Category Archives: World
China says navy rescues ship from pirates, omits Indian role
BEIJING - China’s navy says its forces rescued a freighter from attack by pirates in the Gulf of Aden over the weekend. Missing from the report was any mention of the participation of the Indian...
Apr 10, 2017
FBI is reviewing terrorism-related tips
WASHINGTON - The FBI has been reviewing the handling of thousands of terrorism-related tips and leads from the past three years to make sure they were properly investigated and no obvious red flags we...
Apr 10, 2017
2 dead after SUV slams into people in church parking lot
CHINO, Calif. - An SUV has slammed into a group of pedestrians in a church parking lot in California, killing two people and injuring several others. The SUV hit the pedestrians Sunday evening as they...
Apr 10, 2017
Trump-taxes: President scraps tax plan, timetable threatened
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump has scrapped the tax plan he campaigned on and is going back to the drawing board in a search for Republican consensus behind legislation to overhaul the U.S. tax s...
Apr 10, 2017
G-7 ministers seek unity in bid to press Russia over Assad
LUCCA, Italy - Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven industrialized nations met Monday to try to forge a common response to the deadly chemical attack in Syria, with new sanctions against Russian ...
Apr 10, 2017
9 life sentences in state case on Charleston church slayings
CHARLESTON, S.C. - Convicted Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof was given nine consecutive life sentences in prison after he pleaded guilty to state murder charges Monday, leaving him to await exec...
Apr 10, 2017
Gorsuch sworn into Supreme Court, restores conservative tilt
WASHINGTON - Justice Neil Gorsuch took his place in history Monday as the newest addition on the bench of the Supreme Court, restoring a narrow conservative majority and marking a much-needed politica...
Apr 10, 2017
Spain's first female defence minister Carme Chacon dies
MADRID - Carme Chacon, Spain’s first female defence minister and a prominent socialist party leader, has died. She was 46. The party said in a statement that Chacon died on Sunday from a heart c...
Apr 10, 2017
Le Pen criticized for denying French blame in WWII roundup
PARIS - Marine Le Pen, a leading contender in France’s presidential race, has prompted an outcry by denying that the French state was responsible for the roundup of Jews in World War II. Her rem...
Apr 10, 2017
Suicide bomber explodes in military academy, killing 5
MOGADISHU, Somalia - A suicide bomber blew himself up at a military academy in the western part of Somalia’s capital, killing at least five soldiers, said a military officer. Two military colone...
Apr 10, 2017
