Category Archives: World
Analysis: Gorsuch a win for Trump and GOP establishment
WASHINGTON - With Judge Neil Gorsuch on the verge of confirmation to the Supreme Court, President Donald Trump - the first truly outsider president in recent memory - is nearing his first major legisl...
Apr 07, 2017
Timeline of the Syrian civil war and US response
The U.S. attack on a Syrian air base came after years of heated debate and deliberation in Washington over intervention in the bloody civil war. Chemical weapons have killed hundreds of people since t...
Apr 07, 2017
World response to US strike reflects divide over Syria
BEIRUT - The U.S. missile strike on a Syrian air base was widely welcomed as a response to this week’s chemical weapons attack, but condemned by Syria’s government and its allies Russia an...
Apr 07, 2017
AP Explains: What is the US/Russia "deconfliction line?"
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - A communication link between U.S. and Russian military officials has protected pilots flying missions over the crowded skies of war-ravaged Syria, but now Moscow says it ...
Apr 07, 2017
Brian Williams calls images of US missile launch 'beautiful'
NEW YORK - Brian Williams is facing online criticism for waxing poetic about what he called “beautiful pictures” of U.S. missiles launching during an attack on a Syrian air base. Video rel...
Apr 07, 2017
Laura Ingraham writing book on Trump and populism
NEW YORK - Laura Ingraham’s next book is a tribute to President Donald Trump, and a warning. The conservative commentator’s “Billionaire at the Barricades: The Populist Revolution fr...
Apr 07, 2017
Alabama governor halts impeachment, not disparaging report
MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley won a court fight Friday to halt his looming impeachment hearings, but couldn’t prevent the release of an investigative report that describes his p...
Apr 07, 2017
Carcasses in Pennsylvania park are for environmental study
NAZARETH, Pa. - Don’t disturb the carcasses. That’s the message folks at the Jacobsburg Environmental Education Center in eastern Pennsylvania have for visitors. The Pennsylvania Departmen...
Apr 07, 2017
Truck attack angers Swedes, raises questions about policies
STOCKHOLM - One brutal attack by a man who drove a stolen truck into shoppers in Stockholm has brought Sweden’s open-door immigration policies under increased scrutiny - and raised the question ...
Apr 07, 2017
China condemns Syria chemical attack, supports investigation
BEIJING - China has condemned this week’s deadly chemical weapons attack in Syria and says it supports an independent investigation under the United Nations. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chu...
Apr 07, 2017
