Category Archives: World

TOKYO - An avalanche killed seven Japanese high school students and an instructor Monday during a mountaineering field trip at a ski resort north of Tokyo, authorities said. Nearly 50 students and ins...

NEW YORK - Mayor Bill de Blasio says the wildly popular statue of a young girl staring down Wall Street’s famous “Charging Bull” will be allowed to remain through February 2018. De B...

SOFIA, Bulgaria - A centre-right, pro-European Union party is the clear winner in Bulgaria’s parliamentary election, according to near final results Monday. With about 96.7 per cent of the votes...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The four people killed last week in a quiet Northern California neighbourhood include a woman and her two children, authorities said. The victims are Angelique Vasquez, 45; her da...

WARSAW, Poland - Poland’s foreign minister on Monday challenged the legality of Donald Tusk’s re-election to a top European Union job, saying the vote was “fake” and that it ex...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Bahrain is alleging a 14-member group backed by Iran planned assassinations in the island kingdom. The Interior Ministry issued a statement early Monday saying 11 members...

PARIS - French Guiana faced a nationwide strike Monday over crime and economic difficulties, amid protests that have paralyzed the French territory in South America, halted flights and a rocket launch...

LUCKNOW, India - India’s most populous state is running out of meat. After the Hindu right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party came to power in Uttar Pradesh this month on the back of a resounding elect...

SINGAPORE - French President Francois Hollande said Monday that European countries can fight protectionism in trade and other forms by standing united and reaching out to Asia. Speaking at a lecture i...

LAS VEGAS - A man sitting at the back of a public bus on the Las Vegas Strip opened fire “for no apparent reason” as passengers got off at a stop in the heart of the tourism corridor, poli...