Category Archives: World
China says 20,000 Myanmar refugees have fled across border
BEIJING - More than 20,000 people from Myanmar have fled across the border into China, the Chinese government said Thursday, following months of violence between ethnic rebel groups and government for...
Mar 09, 2017
Kremlin denies violating nuclear arms pact with US
MOSCOW - The Kremlin on Thursday rejected U.S. claims of Russian violations of a landmark nuclear arms treaty, saying it has respected the pact and will continue to do so. The controversy over the 198...
Mar 09, 2017
France says Russia sanctions to remain in place
PARIS - France’s foreign minister says sanctions on Russia cannot be lifted until there is progress in Ukraine. The European Union sanctions were imposed on Russia for backing separatists in eas...
Mar 09, 2017
Struggling French candidate Fillon appoints new team members
PARIS - French conservative candidate Francois Fillon has unveiled new senior positions in his campaign team following the resignation of some members last week amid a corruption allegations scandal. ...
Mar 09, 2017
After harsh campaign words, Trump reaching out to ex-rivals
WASHINGTON - After months rehashing the GOP primary campaign and bragging about his victory, President Donald Trump has begun reaching out to former rivals whose help he now needs. The latest on his l...
Mar 09, 2017
White House: Trump unaware of Flynn's foreign agent work
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump was not aware that his former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, had worked to further the interests of the government of Turkey before appointing him, the W...
Mar 09, 2017
US force in Syria to help anti-IS fighters with firepower
BEIRUT - A Kurdish-led force fighting the Islamic State group with the support of U.S. troops will close in on the extremists’ de facto capital Raqqa within a few weeks, but the battle for the c...
Mar 09, 2017
Pope open to studying ordination of married men as priests
BERLIN - Pope Francis says the church must study whether it’s possible to ordain married men to minister in remote communities facing priest shortages. In an interview published Thursday with Ge...
Mar 09, 2017
New rifts surface as EU mulls future without Britain
BRUSSELS - Top European Union officials struggled Friday to reassure smaller countries from the east that they would not be left behind as the bloc charts its future without Britain. At a summit in Br...
Mar 09, 2017
Catholic diocese in India removes vicar accused of rape
NEW DELHI - A Roman Catholic diocese in southern India is considering using security cameras and other measures to curb sexual abuse by priests after a vicar was arrested on charges of raping a teenag...
Mar 09, 2017
