Category Archives: World

LONDON - The Bank of England surprised financial markets by opting against a cut in interest rates on Thursday, despite clear evidence of the initial economic damage caused by the country’s vote...

LAGOS, Nigeria - Cameroonian security forces have unlawfully killed dozens of civilians and tortured and forced the disappearances of others in mass arrests of suspects in fighting the Boko Haram Isla...

WASHINGTON - The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits was unchanged last week, remaining at the lowest point since mid-April. The Labor Department said Thursday that weekly benefit applic...

FRESNO, Calif. - Despite demands that he “Show both hands!” and shouts that “You’re going to get shot man!” a 19-year-old in California refused to pull one hand from behi...

DALLAS - Delta Air Lines Inc.’s second-quarter profit beat expectations despite lower revenue, and the company plans to limit its growth in a bid to push fares higher. Lower fuel prices have hel...

JOHANNESBURG - South African authorities say eight people, some of them children, have died in a fire at an orphanage. Rescue officials say the fire broke out early Thursday in Parlock on the northern...

KABUL - Afghanistan has no plans to revive a peace process aimed at bringing the Taliban to the negotiating table after a four-nation effort earlier this year produced no results, Afghan officials sai...

KABUL - A leading international rights group said Thursday that an estimated quarter of all Afghan children work for a living yet the government fails to protect them from injury, death or exploitatio...

WASHINGTON - Prices charged by U.S. producers rose in June at the fastest pace in 13 months, reflecting a big jump in the price of gasoline and other energy products. The Labor Department says that it...

BAGHDAD - Iraq on Thursday marked the anniversary of the 1958 overthrow of the monarchy and recent victories over the extremist Islamic State group with a military parade staged in central Baghdad ami...