Category Archives: World
Turkey-Dutch relations shatter after Turkish visits banned
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands - The escalating dispute between NATO allies Turkey and the Netherlands hit a new low Sunday, with a Turkish minister escorted out of the country less than a day after Turkey...
Mar 11, 2017
Report: Missed opportunities led to 2016 Texas balloon crash
SAN ANTONIO - U.S. regulators ignored expert warnings that hot-air balloons like one that crashed in July in Texas, killing 16 people, have higher accident rates than other aircraft and similar fatali...
Mar 11, 2017
Sheriff: drunk man steals Keys forklift, 'needed to drive'
MARATHON, Fla. - Florida Keys authorities say a drunken man from Rhode Island stole a forklift and crashed into a gate, telling deputies he lost his car keys and needed something to drive. The Monroe ...
Mar 11, 2017
Trump praises arrest of 'troubled person' at White House
POTOMAC FALLS, Va. - President Donald Trump said Saturday that the U.S. Secret Service did a “fantastic job” apprehending a “troubled person” who got onto the White House groun...
Mar 11, 2017
Pence appeals for complete GOP support for health overhaul
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Vice-President Mike Pence appealed for total GOP congressional support for a White House-backed health overhaul during a brief visit Saturday to Kentucky, where the Republican govern...
Mar 11, 2017
Twin blasts kill 40 near religious sites in Syria's capital
BEIRUT - Twin blasts Saturday near holy shrines frequented by Shiites in the Syrian capital Damascus killed at least 40 people and wounded over a hundred, most of them Iraqis, according to Syrian and ...
Mar 11, 2017
German police order mall to stay closed after attack threat
BERLIN - Police ordered a shopping mall in the western German city of Essen not to open Saturday after receiving credible tips of an imminent attack. The shopping centre and the adjacent parking lot s...
Mar 11, 2017
S.Koreans celebrate Park's removal, but ousted leader silent
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - A day after a court removed her from power over a corruption scandal, ousted South Korean President Park Geun-hye maintained her silence on Saturday as her opponents and su...
Mar 11, 2017
Cyprus: EU opposes peace deal giving Turks key freedoms
NICOSIA, Cyprus - European Union member states have rejected Turkey’s demand that its citizens be granted the freedom to relocate and transfer money, services and goods to EU member Cyprus under...
Mar 11, 2017
Maoist rebel attack kills 11 paramilitary soldiers in India
NEW DELHI - Maoist rebels on Saturday shot and killed at least 11 Indian paramilitary soldiers in an ambush in central India, police said. The attack also left three soldiers wounded in the rebel-infe...
Mar 10, 2017
