Category Archives: World
Egyptian officials: Militant attack kills soldier in Sinai
EL-ARISH, Egypt - Egyptian security officials say militants have attacked the same army checkpoint in Sinai where 12 soldiers were killed earlier this month, this time leaving one soldier dead. They s...
Oct 31, 2016
Georgia's governing party wins large majority in Parliament
TBILISI, Georgia - The governing party in Georgia has solidified its control of the ex-Soviet nation’s Parliament, winning enough seats to change the country’s Constitution, according to e...
Oct 31, 2016
New reports emerge of army attacks on Myanmar's Rohingya
YANGON, Myanmar - Just five months after her party took power, Myanmar’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, is facing international pressure over recent reports that soldiers ha...
Oct 31, 2016
China confirms allowing Philippine fishermen access to shoal
BEIJING - China’s Foreign Ministry on Monday confirmed a decision to allow Philippine fishermen access to a disputed shoal following a visit to Beijing by the Philippine president. Foreign Minis...
Oct 31, 2016
S Korea man rams office after woman in scandal detained
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - South Korean police detained a man who rammed a large excavator into a gate Tuesday near the office where prosecutors questioned a woman at the centre of a scandal that thr...
Oct 31, 2016
Stranded great white shark dies on Cape Cod beach
ORLEANS, Mass. - Officials say a great white shark has died after it was spotted struggling in shallow water in Cape Cod. Cynthia Wigren is the executive director of the Atlantic White Shark Conservan...
Oct 31, 2016
Legoland becomes first brick in Dubai's southern expansion
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - A massive complex of amusement parks planned in the southern desert of Dubai has opened its first park, a Legoland, complete with models of sheikhdom’s architectura...
Oct 31, 2016
Clinton challenges FBI, declaring, 'There's no case here'
KENT, Ohio - Hillary Clinton forcefully challenged the FBI’s new email inquiry Monday, declaring during a campaign rally in battleground Ohio, “There’s no case here.” Clinton&#...
Oct 31, 2016
Trump sticks to attacks, insults, hoping to overtake Clinton
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - Donald Trump plunged into his final-week sprint to Election Day Monday decidedly on his terms: unleashing a harsh new attack against Democrat Hillary Clinton in Michigan, a state...
Oct 31, 2016
Rescuers try to find 15 still trapped by mine blast in China
BEIJING - Hundreds of rescuers were struggling Tuesday to find 15 coal miners still trapped a day after a gas explosion killed 18 of their colleagues in western China. Whether the 15 are alive was not...
Oct 31, 2016
