Category Archives: World

ISLAMABAD - Two Pakistani research groups have noted that the country saw a significant drop in militant violence last year, crediting the military for the decrease in attacks. The two Islamabad-based...

WASHINGTON - It’s typically an unquestioned honour to participate in the inauguration of an American president. Who wouldn’t want to be part of such a historic event? This time, though, it...

MANILA, Philippines - A massive crowd of mostly barefoot Filipino Catholics joined an annual procession of a centuries-old statue of Jesus Christ held Monday under tight security due to fears of possi...

QIAN’AN, China - An overloaded coal truck rumbles down from the steel factory and hits a bump, sending chunks of its black cargo skittering and click-clicking along the asphalt. Waiting by the r...

WASHINGTON - More Americans feel Barack Obama’s presidency divided the country than feel it brought people together, a new poll shows. Yet he leaves office held in high esteem by a solid majorit...

CHARLESTON, S.C. - An unrepentant Dylann Roof was sentenced to death Tuesday for fatally shooting nine black church members during a Bible study session, becoming the first person ordered executed for...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - For many flight passengers arriving Friday in Fort Lauderdale, it was supposed to be the start of an idyllic week cruising the Caribbean. Then, the deadly shooting in baggage c...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - The FBI agent who interrogated Saddam Hussein alone for months after the former Iraqi leader’s capture is now leading the investigation into the Florida airport shooting ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Esteban Santiago, the former Army soldier held in the mass killing inside the Fort Lauderdale airport, was told Monday that he could face a death sentence. The 26-year-old Iraq...

The text of Meryl Streep’s speech at the Golden Globes after accepting the Cecille B. DeMille Award, according to a transcript provided by Hollywood Foreign Press Association: Thank you very muc...