Category Archives: World

BRUSSELS - In the year since suicide bombings ripped through the Brussels airport and subway, those affected have found themselves fighting to be recognized as victims, battling for compensation, and ...

HONG KONG - The three candidates vying to be Hong Kong’s next leader squared off in a feisty debate in front of hundreds of voters who peppered them with questions. They wrangled over policy pro...

GAZA, Palestinian Territory - The Islamic militant group Hamas has drafted a new political program it hopes will improve ties with neighbouring Egypt and the West, and present a more moderate image th...

NEW YORK - America’s most popular dog breed is taking yet another victory Lab. Labrador retrievers extended their record run last year in the top spot, leading the American Kennel Club’s n...

BANGKOK - Tourists used to toss coins at a green sea turtle that lived in a pond in eastern Thailand, wishing for luck and longevity. But swallowing the shiny tidbits turned out to be a death sentence...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - The crumbling house where Aretha Franklin was born looks no different from many others on Lucy Avenue in Memphis’ Soulsville neighbourhood: empty and shuttered, with plywood ove...

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - South Korea’s just-ousted president returned home early Wednesday after being grilled by prosecutors in a long-awaited investigation of corruption allegations that en...

WASHINGTON - Time for talk running out, President Donald Trump on Tuesday warned wavering House Republicans that their jobs were on the line in next year’s elections if they failed to back a GOP...

Amid continuing economic turmoil, Venezuela skipped heating oil contributions to a Massachusetts-based non-profit for a second consecutive winter, signalling that the popular program that began with f...

WASHINGTON - After FBI Director James Comey publicly has acknowledged the existence of an ongoing counterintelligence investigation into potential links between the Trump campaign and the Russian gove...