Category Archives: World
Russia and Iran affirm commitment to Syrian government
BEIRUT - Russia and Iran renewed their support for the Syrian government in a flurry of calls on Sunday, saying last week’s U.S. missile strike violated Syrian sovereignty but failed to boost th...
Apr 09, 2017
Brief hijacking shows return of piracy to Somalia coast
MOGADISHU, Somalia - The brief hijacking of a Lebanese-registered ship has drawn attention to the resurgence of piracy off the coast of Somalia, after five years of inactivity. Pirates boarded the OS ...
Apr 09, 2017
Pope on Palm Sunday decries suffering from war, terrorism
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis on Sunday decried a deadly attack on a Coptic church in Egypt during Palm Sunday celebrations, just weeks before his planned visit to Cairo. The pontiff expressed his ̶...
Apr 09, 2017
Fierce clashes rock Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon
SIDON, Lebanon - Residents fled the largest Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon on Sunday as clashes between security forces and radical Islamists intensified for the third day. Ambulances rushed the ...
Apr 09, 2017
Suicide bombers kill 44 at Palm Sunday services in Egypt
TANTA, Egypt - Suicide bombers struck hours apart at two Coptic churches in northern Egypt, killing 44 people and turning Palm Sunday services into scenes of horror and outrage at the government that ...
Apr 09, 2017
Historian: Nazi leader Hitler once had Jewish landlord
BERLIN - A German historian says Nazi leader Adolf Hitler lived for almost a decade in a house that belonged to a Jewish merchant. Paul Hoser says Hitler lived at Thierschstrasse 41 in Munich’s ...
Apr 09, 2017
North Korea says Syria airstrikes prove its nukes justified
PYONGYANG, Korea, Democratic People’s Republic Of - North Korea has vowed to bolster its defences to protect itself against airstrikes like the ones President Donald Trump ordered against an air...
Apr 09, 2017
Insurgents kill 13 Afghan forces in separate attacks
KABUL - Insurgents have killed at least 13 Afghan security forces in separate attacks, officials said Sunday, as the country struggles to contain a long-running Taliban insurgency and combat a growing...
Apr 09, 2017
India news anchor learns of husband's death on live TV
NEW DELHI - People across India are hailing the composure of a television news anchor who learned of her husband’s death as she delivered a breaking news report on live TV. Supreet Kaur was read...
Apr 09, 2017
Filipino Bataan Death March survivors mark 75th anniversary
SAN FRANCISCO - Ramon Regalado was starving and sick with malaria when he slipped away from his Japanese captors during the infamous 1942 Bataan Death March in the Philippines, escaping a brutal trudg...
Apr 08, 2017
