Category Archives: World

ROME - Mount Etna has erupted in a fiery show of lava in eastern Sicily. The volcano’s latest eruptions, which can last days and even weeks, began on Monday evening. The giant orange fountains o...

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump has signed an executive order mandating a review of an Obama-era rule aimed at protecting small streams and wetlands from development and pollution, fulfilling a ca...

OFRA, Palestinian Territory - Israeli forces began evacuating nine homes in the West Bank settlement of Ofra on Tuesday, following a Supreme Court decision that ruled they were built on private Palest...

Paris authorities say a high school principal was hit by a projectile, suffering mild head injuries, as student protesters blocked several schools in renewed demonstrations against police violence. It...

PHOENIX - The speaker of the Arizona House said he won’t hear a bill that makes participating in or helping organize a protest that turns into a riot an offence that could lead to criminal racke...

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso - Suspected jihadists have attacked two communities in Burkina Faso’s north while an international film festival takes place in the capital of the West African nation, ...

NEW YORK - When White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer wanted to crack down on leaks last week, he collected his aides’ cellphones to check for communication with reporters. The crackdown quick...

NEW ORLEANS - The streets of New Orleans will be filled Tuesday with costumed revelers, dazzling floats featuring kings and queens, and people of all ages screaming for trinkets and beads. Lots of bea...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Appearing calm and solemn, two young women accused of smearing VX nerve agent on Kim Jong Nam, the estranged half brother of North Korea’s leader, were charged with murd...

RIO DE JANEIRO - The top of a float collapsed during Rio de Janeiro’s world famous Carnival parade early Tuesday, injuring at least 12 people, officials said. The incident involved the second fl...