Category Archives: World
Hate graffiti, knife found at Israeli Reform synagogue
JERUSALEM - Israeli police on Thursday found hate graffiti against liberal streams of Judaism scrawled on the walls of a synagogue affiliated with the Reform movement, as well as death threats address...
Nov 24, 2016
Wildfire blamed on 'terror' roars through Israeli city
HAIFA, Israel - A wildfire roared through parts of Israel’s third-largest city on Thursday, forcing tens of thousands of people to evacuate their homes as the country’s leaders raised the ...
Nov 24, 2016
Convictions in Danish celebrity-snooping case
COPENHAGEN - A former employee of a payment-processing company and a former chief editor of a gossip magazine were convicted Thursday for illegally accessing credit card transactions and using them to...
Nov 24, 2016
Iranian filmmaker imprisoned for a year over his work
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Iranian filmmaker Keywan Karimi has begun serving a year-long prison sentence handed down over footage authorities deemed insulting, his production company confirmed on T...
Nov 24, 2016
Custody extended for 5 suspects in French attack plot case
PARIS - Citing the risk of imminent threat, French anti-terrorism authorities are keeping five men in custody without charge in an investigation into a suspected new plot to attack France. The suspect...
Nov 24, 2016
Death toll in Iraq bombing claimed by IS rises to 73
MOSUL, Iraq - The death toll from a car bombing south of Baghdad claimed by the Islamic State group rose to 73 on Friday, including about 40 Iranian pilgrims, as Iraqi forces fought house to house to ...
Nov 24, 2016
New Zealand quake upended geology, harming tourism, farmers
KAIKOURA, New Zealand - In terms of human life, the magnitude 7.8 earthquake that hit New Zealand this month was relatively merciful: two fatalities. But geologically, it moved roads and mountains and...
Nov 24, 2016
EU Parliament president Schulz to go into German politics
BRUSSELS - The president of the European Parliament announced Thursday that he will leave his post and go into German politics, where he could become the main opponent to Chancellor Angela Merkel in n...
Nov 24, 2016
Snow falls in November in Tokyo for first time in 54 years
Tokyo residents woke up Thursday to the first November snowfall in more than 50 years. And the Japan Meteorological Agency said it was the first time fallen snow on the ground was observed in November...
Nov 24, 2016
Britain urges Pakistan, India to resolve Kashmir crisis
ISLAMABAD - Britain’s top diplomat on Thursday urged Pakistan and India to find a lasting solution for Kashmir a day after a deadly exchange of fire killed more than a dozen people in the disput...
Nov 24, 2016
