Category Archives: World

BALTIMORE - The Baltimore school bus driver who died along with five others in a collision with a commuter bus was found at fault in three traffic-related cases in the last eight years, according to c...

JOHANNESBURG - South African police say a man who posed as a prosecution official and targeted Oscar Pistorius in a scam attempt has been sentenced to four years in prison. Police said Tuesday that 33...

KABUL - An Afghan official says a roadside bombing has killed seven civilians in a northern province. District chief Ahmad Lemar Osmanyar says the victims were all relatives and they were travelling i...

MOSCOW - Russia’s defence minister is assailing NATO for applying pressure to deny port access to Russian warships en route to Syria’s shores. Sergei Shoigu said Tuesday the denial hasn...

BALTIYSK, Russia - Russia held civil defence drills involving 40 million people last month, the largest since the collapse of the Soviet Union. State media broadcast instantly recognizable Soviet imag...

RICHMOND, Va. - A music promoter in Virginia is facing backlash on social media for dressing in blackface as part of his Halloween costume over the weekend. Multiple news outlets report that Chris Bop...

COPENHAGEN - Danish police have issued an international arrest warrant for a Syrian refugee whose wife and two daughters were found murdered in the family’s apartment in southern Denmark. Police...

ORLANDO, Fla. - Police negotiators talking to the Orlando nightclub gunman at first weren’t sure if the person they had on the phone was actually in the Pulse nightclub, according to audio recor...

MALMO, Sweden - Pope Francis pressed his call for Christians to forge greater unity, urging Sweden’s tiny Catholic community on Tuesday to set aside divisions with Lutherans as the two churches ...

BISMARCK, N.D. - Protesters at the demonstration against the Dakota Access pipeline are increasingly divided over how to stop the project, with militant younger activists seeking more aggressive tacti...