Category Archives: World
UK minister tells lawmakers not to delay Brexit
LONDON - Britain’s top minister for leaving the European Union said Sunday that lawmakers should let Prime Minister Theresa May “get on with the job” of quitting the bloc, and the ma...
Mar 12, 2017
'Carlos the Jackal,' 1970s extremist, faces Paris trial
PARIS - Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, also known as Carlos the Jackal, is due to go on trial Monday for a deadly attack in a Paris’ shopping mall decades ago, the oldest one blamed on the former public...
Mar 12, 2017
46 killed, dozens missing in Ethiopia garbage dump landslide
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - A mountain of trash gave way in a massive garbage dump on the outskirts of Ethiopia’s capital, killing at least 46 people and leaving several dozen missing, residents sai...
Mar 12, 2017
Nigerian police say 2 teenage suicide bombers shot dead
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria - Police in Nigeria say two teenage female suicide bombers have been shot dead by troops as they tried to sneak into the northeastern city of Maiduguri. Borno State police spokesman...
Mar 12, 2017
Madagascar cyclone death toll reaches 50, authorities say
JOHANNESBURG - Madagascar’s government says the death toll from Cyclone Enawo has risen to at least 50, with 20 people missing. The island nation’s disaster management agency on Sunday sai...
Mar 12, 2017
Despite poaching, South Africa plans for rhino horn trade
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa’s government is moving ahead with plans to allow a domestic trade and limited export of rhino horns, alarming many international conservationists who believe rhinos w...
Mar 12, 2017
Report: Park's advisers offer to resign after her ouster
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - The senior advisers to ousted South Korean President Park Geun-hye offered to resign on Monday, news reports said, three days after the country’s constitutional Court...
Mar 12, 2017
Freed Jordanian who killed 7 Israeli girls shows no remorse
IBDIR, Jordan - A Jordanian soldier who killed seven Israeli schoolgirls in a 1997 shooting rampage was unrepentant after his release from prison Sunday, lashing out at Israelis with harshly derogator...
Mar 11, 2017
AP Interview: Former Obama spokesman talks Trump, Russia
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - A former White House spokesman during the Obama administration said Sunday he believes more will come to light regarding ties between Russia and aides to President Donald...
Mar 11, 2017
Northeast blizzard could dump 18 inches of snow on New York
NEW YORK - The Northeast is bracing for winter’s last hurrah - a blizzard expected to sweep the New York region starting Monday with possibly the season’s biggest snowstorm dumping up to 1...
Mar 11, 2017
