Category Archives: World
Iranians trample on US flag, mark 1979 Islamic Revolution
TEHRAN, Iran - Iranians on Friday marked the anniversary of the country’s 1979 Islamic Revolution with nationwide celebrations and mass rallies that saw people step on large U.S. flags laid out ...
Feb 10, 2017
Iraqi officials: Suicide bombings in eastern Mosul kill 5
BAGHDAD - Two suicide bombings in the eastern half of the Iraqi city of Mosul, including one that hit a popular restaurant, killed at least five people on Friday and wounded over a dozen others, Iraqi...
Feb 10, 2017
Rosie O'Donnell mirrors Steve Bannon in new Twitter pic
NEW YORK - After saying she’d like to play President Donald Trump’s controversial adviser Steve Bannon on “Saturday Night Live,” comedienne Rosie O’Donnell has apparently...
Feb 10, 2017
French far-right candidate Le Pen opposes dual citizenship
PARIS - French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen has vowed to request all people with dual citizenship in France and other countries to choose only one nationality, except for Europeans a...
Feb 10, 2017
Assad says US troops welcome in Syria to fight 'terrorism'
BEIRUT - Syrian President Bashar Assad said in an interview released on Friday that the United States is welcome to join the battle against “terrorists” in Syria - as long as it is in co-o...
Feb 10, 2017
Researchers: Warm Pacific water led to vast seabird die-off
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A year after tens of thousands of common murres, an abundant North Pacific seabird, starved and washed ashore on beaches from California to Alaska, researchers have pinned the caus...
Feb 10, 2017
Officer who mistook doughnut glaze for drugs disciplined
ORLANDO, Fla. - Officials in Florida say an Orlando police officer who arrested a man after mistaking doughnut glaze for meth has been disciplined. The Orlando Sentinel (https://goo.gl/raXQhh ) report...
Feb 10, 2017
France thwarts 'imminent attack;' 4 arrests, explosive found
PARIS - Anti-terrorism forces arrested four people Friday in southern France, including a 16-year-old girl, and uncovered a makeshift laboratory with the explosive TATP and other ingredients for fabri...
Feb 10, 2017
Late-night comedy rushes in to the Trump era
NEW YORK - HBO’s ads promoting John Oliver on “Last Week Tonight” depict him cowering behind a desk, with the tag line, “Scary times call for a scared man.” Be not afraid...
Feb 10, 2017
Ex-Guardsman gets 11 years for Islamic State group support
ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A former National Guard soldier who admitted travelling to Africa and boarding a truck to join the Islamic State group before ultimately bailing out was sentenced Friday to 11 years ...
Feb 10, 2017
