Category Archives: World

MOSCOW - A Russian fighter jet based on an aircraft carrier currently near Syria’s shores has crashed on a training mission, but its pilot has bailed out safely, the Defence Ministry said Monday...

WASHINGTON - President-elect Donald Trump is considering an oil billionaire and a North Dakota lawmaker for top posts as he moves to roll back President Barack Obama’s environmental and energy p...

NEW YORK - A work by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch fetched over $54 million at Sotheby’s auction of impressionist and modern art on Monday. “Girls on the Bridge,” a seminal work from...

The Kardashian clan might be getting serious about taking a step back from social media. Kendall Jenner’s Instagram account vanished over the weekend, but her 68 million followers on the picture...

BEIJING - Chinese President Xi Jinping reaffirmed the importance of relations with the United States in a phone conversation with President-elect Donald Trump on Monday, opening communication with a p...

ALBANY, N.Y. - A woman accused of killing her twin sister by driving their vehicle off a Hawaii cliff in May was being held Monday in a New York jail after being charged with murder for the second tim...

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama on Monday abandoned his dire warnings and dark predictions about his newly elected successor and urged Americans to give President-elect Donald Trump time to rise t...

BRUSSELS - Britain’s foreign secretary says Donald Trump’s U.S. presidency could be a “moment of opportunity” for Europe, even as other EU diplomats worry about Trump’s i...

TEHRAN, Iran - Iran’s state TV is reporting that Iran and China have signed an agreement to hold joint military drills and co-operate in fighting terrorism. Iranian Defence Minister Gen. Hossein...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands - The Dutch counterterrorism co-ordinator warned Monday that if the Islamic State group’s self-declared caliphate collapses it could trigger an increase in jihadi fighters...