Category Archives: World

MONTPELIER, Vt. - A man who helped pitch Dos Equis beer as the Most Interesting Man in the World turned his attention from his favourite beer to his favourite beard by judging a competition called Ver...

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis will visit Egypt in late April, reflecting improved Vatican-Muslim dialogue after years of tension that developed during the previous papacy of Benedict XVI. The Vatican sa...

PARIS - The Latest on incident at Orly Airport in Paris where a man was shot to death after attempting to seize a soldier’s weapon (all times local): 8:40 p.m. Paris prosecutor Francois Molins s...

MOSCOW - A Russian news report says an intelligence agent charged by the United States in the hacking of half a billion Yahoo user accounts worked at an investment bank owned by billionaire Mikhail Pr...

ORLY, France - Yelling that he wanted to kill and die for Allah, a suspected Islamic extremist attacked a French soldier Saturday morning at Paris’ Orly Airport and wrested away her assault rifl...

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump defiantly refused to back down Friday from his explosive claim that Barack Obama wiretapped his phones, and sidestepped any blame for the White House decision to hi...

RALEIGH, N.C. - North Carolina judges issued partial victories Friday to both Republican legislators and new Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper over laws designed to undercut his powers. The judicial panel th...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - From the deserts of southern New Mexico and Nevada to islands in the Pacific Ocean, the U.S. government conducted dozens of nuclear weapons tests from the 1940s until the early 196...

HOUSTON - Former Texas Rep. Steve Stockman, who invited rocker Ted Nugent to President Barack Obama’s 2013 State of the Union address, is accused of spending money meant for charity on himself a...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Arkansas lawmakers gave final approval Friday to legislation removing Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee from the holiday honouring slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. The...