Category Archives: World

LONDON - Scotland’s leader delivered a shock twist to Britain’s EU exit drama on Monday, announcing that she will seek authority to hold a new independence referendum in the next two years...

NEW YORK - The publishing of the upcoming books by Barack and Michelle Obama will be a global event. Penguin Random House announced Monday that it has lined up publishers from Ireland to South Africa ...

North Korea on Monday tried to shift the blame for the deadly attack in Malaysia on the estranged half- brother of its leader Kim Jong Un to the United States and South Korea. North Korea’s depu...

BERLIN - Ground staff at Berlin’s two airports went on strike Monday for the second time in four days, forcing the cancellation of hundreds of flights. The ver.di union called on staff at the Te...

BEIJING - Chinese officials are issuing new warnings about the spectre of global religious extremism seeping into the country, following reports of fighters from China’s Muslim minority fighting...

Islamabad is hosting female lawmakers from 12 countries at a conference on the role of women in strengthening democracy. Pakistanis Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s daughter opened the three-day ga...

MARKSVILLE, La. - The head of the Louisiana State Police called it the most disturbing thing he’s seen: a 6-year-old autistic boy’s lifeless body, strapped into the front seat of a car rid...

WASHINGTON - Some of Donald Trump’s boasts from the first weeks of his presidency were dashed by developments in recent days. For example, builders of the Keystone XL pipeline were let off the h...

BERLIN - Chancellor Angela Merkel’s chief of staff says that while the German government hasn’t blocked campaign appearances by Turkish politicians, that isn’t a “free passR...

MOGADISHU, Somalia - A suicide car bomber detonated near a hotel in Somalia’s capital Monday morning, killing at least six people and injuring four others, police said. The bomber detonated near...