Category Archives: World
Afghan official: 650 tons of drugs seized in past 12 months
KABUL - An Afghan official says that in the past 12 months the country’s counter-narcotics department has seized almost 650 tons of contraband drugs and alcohol. Gen. Baz Mohammad Ahmadi, deputy...
Apr 04, 2017
Sweden PM finds gender-segregated school bus 'disgusting'
COPENHAGEN - It is “disgusting” if girls at a private Islamic school in Stockholm are directed to the back door of a school bus while boys use the front door, as claimed by a television do...
Apr 04, 2017
Spain seizes property worth $735M linked to Assad's uncle
MADRID - Spanish police investigating a money laundering case on Tuesday raided properties and blocked dozens of bank accounts, including some belonging or linked to relatives of former Syrian vice-pr...
Apr 04, 2017
German officials meet with journalist imprisoned in Turkey
ISTANBUL - German officials met Tuesday with a German-Turkish journalist imprisoned in Istanbul for the first time since his incarceration, saying he is doing well but voicing concerns that he is bein...
Apr 04, 2017
US ratchets up urgency on N. Korea ahead of China visit
WASHINGTON - The White House is ratcheting up the urgency over North Korea’s nuclear pursuit ahead of President Donald Trump and President Xi Jinping’s first meeting, with a senior U.S. of...
Apr 04, 2017
Boeing signs $3B deal with Iran airline, a first under Trump
TEHRAN, Iran - Boeing Co. has signed a $3 billion deal with an Iranian airline for 30 new aircraft, officials said Tuesday, in the first major sale by a U.S. company in the Islamic Republic since the ...
Apr 04, 2017
Chemical attack kills dozens in Syria, US blames Assad
BEIRUT - A chemical weapons attack in an opposition-held town in northern Syria killed dozens of people on Tuesday, leaving residents gasping for breath and convulsing in the streets and overcrowded h...
Apr 04, 2017
US tells companies not to overlook qualified Americans
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration has issued a stern warning to U.S. companies as they begin applying for coveted skilled-worker visas, cautioning that it would investigate and prosecute those who...
Apr 04, 2017
Border agency fields pitches for Trump's wall with Mexico
SAN DIEGO - One bidder wants to cover President Donald Trump’s border wall with solar panels. Another suggests building a wall large enough for a deck that would offer tourists scenic views of t...
Apr 04, 2017
White House officials offer change to health care bill
WASHINGTON - White House officials made a new offer to conservative House Republicans late Monday on the GOP’s failed health care bill, hoping to resuscitate a measure that crashed spectacularly...
Apr 03, 2017
