Category Archives: World
McConnell criticizes Iran nuke deal as 'windfall' for Tehran
WASHINGTON - Aiming to prove their commitment to Israel, senior U.S. lawmakers are backing bipartisan legislation that would slap Iran with new sanctions while maintaining rigorous enforcement of the ...
Mar 28, 2017
'Carlos the Jackal' sentenced to life for 1974 attack
PARIS - A French court on Tuesday convicted the man known as “Carlos the Jackal,” once the world’s most-wanted fugitive, of a deadly 1974 attack on a Paris shopping arcade and senten...
Mar 28, 2017
Smurfette is shunned in Israeli ultra-Orthodox city
BNEI BRAK, Israel - Israel’s pious ultra-Orthodox Jewish community has long chafed at public displays of women, whether the images are of female public figures or ordinary women. Now even animat...
Mar 28, 2017
J is not OK - Swiss court nixes letter as baby's name
BERLIN - J is not OK - as a name, that is, according to a Swiss court. The Zurich administrative court said in a ruling released Tuesday it had upheld a local registry’s office decision to rejec...
Mar 28, 2017
White House calls for domestic cuts to finance border wall
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is proposing immediate budget cuts of $18 billion from programs like medical research, infrastructure and community grants so U.S. taxpayers, not Mexico, can cover ...
Mar 28, 2017
'Spider-Man,' 'Blade Runner' footage kicks off CinemaCon
LAS VEGAS - Iron Man just put Spider-Man in time out. Sony Pictures on Monday unveiled the second trailer for “Spider-Man: Homecoming” at CinemaCon, featuring Tom Holland, the newly anoint...
Mar 28, 2017
EU court rules Russia sanctions over Ukraine are valid
BRUSSELS - The European Union’s top court has ruled that the bloc’s economic sanctions on Russian companies over the crisis in Ukraine are valid. The EU Court of Justice’s decision T...
Mar 28, 2017
Amazon buys Mideast's Souq.com after $800M counteroffer
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Amazon purchased the Middle East’s biggest online retailer Souq.com on Tuesday for an undisclosed amount, a day after a state-backed firm disclosed an $800 million ...
Mar 28, 2017
Worst humanitarian crisis hits as Trump slashes foreign aid
NAIROBI, Kenya - The world’s largest humanitarian crisis in 70 years has been declared in three African countries on the brink of famine, just as President Donald Trump’s proposed foreign ...
Mar 28, 2017
Sour note: Brexit forces orchestra move from UK to Belgium
LONDON - It’s a resonant moment of European cultural harmony: a Swedish soprano and a pan-European orchestra rehearsing a Bach cantata in a medieval English church. With Britain about to leave t...
Mar 28, 2017
