Category Archives: World
Pence's 'Mexican thing' remark draws ridicule from Latinos
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Latino scholars and activists are criticizing Republican Mike Pence for referring to “that Mexican thing,” at the vice-presidential debate as he tried to brush aside cr...
Oct 5, 2016
German minister says plight of stranded Syrians 'a scandal'
KUFR SUM, Jordan - Germany’s development minister says it’s “a scandal” that more than 70,000 displaced Syrians are going hungry and thirsty in a remote desert area on the bord...
Oct 5, 2016
Iraq, Turkey summon each other's ambassadors in protest
BAGHDAD - Turkey and Iraq summoned each other’s ambassadors on Wednesday to protest statements by one country’s prime minister and the other’s parliament, a move reflecting growing t...
Oct 5, 2016
Kerry holds up Afghan deal with warlord as model for Taliban
BRUSSELS - Afghanistan’s recent peace deal with a notorious warlord could be a model for reconciliation with the Taliban, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Wednesday, imploring the country...
Oct 5, 2016
Donors pledge $15.2 billion to Afghanistan despite fatigue
BRUSSELS - International donors pledged $15.2 billion dollars on Wednesday to help keep Afghanistan’s beleaguered government afloat for the next four years, despite growing reluctance to pour mo...
Oct 5, 2016
Cambodian opposition leader temporarily leaves refuge
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Cambodia’s acting opposition leader briefly left the party headquarters where he took refuge from arrest four months ago and was able to register to vote in next year̵...
Oct 5, 2016
World's oldest man celebrates bar mitzvah, 100 years late
JERUSALEM - The world’s oldest man has finally celebrated his bar mitzvah - a hundred years later than usual. Israel Kristal, 113, has lived through both World Wars and survived the Auschwitz co...
Oct 5, 2016
Israel strikes Gaza after rocket fire on Israeli city
JERUSALEM - Israel carried out airstrikes on Hamas posts in the Gaza Strip after a rocket fired from the Palestinian territory landed in a street in the southern Israeli town of Sderot on Wednesday, t...
Oct 5, 2016
Doctors: Brain injury could've factored into police shooting
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Less than a year after a devastating motorcycle wreck that friends say left him muddled and struggling, Keith Lamont Scott was shot to death by Charlotte police officers who said he ...
Oct 5, 2016
Activists blast LAPD video showing part of confrontation
LOS ANGELES - When the Los Angeles Police Department released video capturing part of a deadly confrontation between police and a black man, the criticism was immediate. Although activists had been ca...
Oct 5, 2016
