Category Archives: World
Mediators want Congo political crisis solved by Christmas
KINSHASA, Congo - Mediators urged Congo’s president and opposition parties Wednesday to reach an agreement before Christmas on a peaceful settlement to the country’s political crisis, sayi...
Dec 21, 2016
Bogdan Roscic new incoming head of Vienna State Opera
VIENNA - The Austrian government has chosen Sony manager Bogdan Roscic to head the Vienna State Opera as of 2020. Culture Minister Thomas Drozda, who announced the appointment Wednesday, says it is me...
Dec 21, 2016
Trump: Deadly violence in Germany is 'attack on humanity'
PALM BEACH, Fla. - President-elect Donald Trump declared Wednesday that the deadly truck attack on a Christmas market in Germany was “an attack on humanity and it’s got to be stopped.̶...
Dec 21, 2016
Aleppo evacuations in heavy snow end brutal war chapter
BEIRUT - Hundreds of rebel fighters and civilians, including small children swaddled in thick blankets, were bused out of war-ravaged Aleppo in heavy snow on Wednesday as the evacuation of former rebe...
Dec 21, 2016
James Taylor cancels Manila concert over Duterte's drug war
MANILA, Philippines - James Taylor has cancelled his February concert in Manila, saying reports of summary executions of suspected drug offenders in the Philippines without judicial proceedings are &#...
Dec 20, 2016
Indonesia police kill 3 suspected militants, defuse bombs
TANGERANG, Indonesia - Indonesian police said three suspected militants who were planning a holiday season suicide bombing were killed in a gunbattle Wednesday on the outskirts of Jakarta in the secon...
Dec 20, 2016
For 2nd day, Alaska volcano eruption sparks aviation alert
For the second straight day, the Alaska Volcano Observatory issued its highest alert level for aviation when a volcano erupted with a towering ash cloud in the Aleutian Islands. Observatory volcanolog...
Dec 20, 2016
Richard Marx says he's no 'big hero' after plane incident
LOS ANGELES - Richard Marx says he wasn’t a hero for apparently intervening after an unruly passenger disrupted a Korean Air flight and had to be restrained. Marx and his wife, Daisy Fuentes, do...
Dec 20, 2016
California man convicted in wine theft from famed restaurant
SAN FRANCISCO - A California man has pleaded guilty to a charge stemming in part from the theft of more than 100 wine bottles worth more than $500,000 from a famed Napa Valley restaurant. Federal pros...
Dec 20, 2016
Feds shut down Barefoot Bandit's flight-school fundraiser
SEATTLE - A man who became known as the “Barefoot Bandit” during a teenage crime spree in stolen cars, boats, and planes had his flight-school fundraiser grounded by federal probation offi...
Dec 20, 2016
