Category Archives: World

PORTLAND, Maine - The oceanic whitetip shark’s declining status in the wild warrants listing as threatened under the Endangered Species Act, an arm of the federal government has determined. The ...

CANBERRA, Australia - Australia’s prime minister on Sunday ruled out any deal to get the United States to honour an agreement to resettle hundreds of Muslim refugees that President Donald Trump ...

MILAN - Iranian bioengineer Nima Enayati saw for himself what a difference a few days can make. Enayati was prevented from boarding a Turkish Airlines flight to the United States on Monday after Presi...

MADRID - Actor-turned-director Raul Arevalo’s first film, “The Fury of a Patient Man,” has won best picture at the 31st Spanish Film Academy’s Goya Awards. Arevalo, 37, was als...

KABUL - Avalanches in Afghanistan have killed at least 54 people in the last three days, officials said Sunday. Omer Mohammadi, spokesman for the Afghan state minister for disaster management and huma...

MILAN - Italy’s prime minister emphasized the significance of NATO and outlined a new agreement between Italy and Libya to fight human trafficking during a phone call with U.S. President Donald ...

WASHINGTON - The fierce battle over President Donald Trump’s travel and refugee ban edged up the judicial escalator Monday, headed for a possible final face-off at the Supreme Court. Travelers, ...

NEW YORK - Travellers at New York’s Kennedy International Airport seem to be entering the United States undeterred a day after a federal judge blocked Donald Trump’s executive order bannin...

HOUSTON - The quarterback served as ringmaster for “The Greatest Show on Turf.” The running backs were known simply by their initials: LT and TD. And the receiver also known by two letters...

PORTLAND, Ore. - The family of an Iranian infant who was temporarily banned from coming to the United States for life-saving heart surgery is “overwhelmingly relieved and thrilled” the chi...