Category Archives: World

PHILADELPHIA - For all of the hoopla attached to a political convention, it all comes down to this: that moment when the presumptive nominee becomes the nominee outright. On Tuesday night, Hillary Cli...

PHILADELPHIA - The Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia this week is fertile fundraising ground for one Florida congressional candidate, but not in the traditional sense of high-priced donor...

BERLIN - A court near Berlin on Tuesday convicted a 33-year-old German security guard of kidnapping, abusing and murdering two small boys - including a child refugee - and sentenced the man to life in...

BERLIN - Top security officials in Germany called Tuesday for tougher security screening of asylum-seekers and also announced that more police officers will be hired following four attacks in the coun...

ISTANBUL - Turkey’s deputy prime minister says President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is to travel to Russia next month to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin - the first meeting between the two ...

SRINAGAR, India - Authorities lifted a curfew in most of Indian-controlled Kashmir’s main city Tuesday after a 17-day security lockdown, but shops and businesses remained shut due to a strike ca...

VIENTIANE, Laos - North Korea warned the United States on Tuesday that it will pay a “terrifying price” if the Korean Peninsula sinks into deeper tensions, stepping up its rhetoric hours a...

HANOI, Vietnam - Vietnam’s prime minister vowed to defend the country’s sovereignty in the South China Sea as he was re-elected Tuesday by the rubber-stamp National Assembly. In his accept...

BERLIN - Officials say a man has shot dead a doctor before killing himself at a Berlin hospital. The shooting occurred around 1 p.m. Tuesday at the mouth, jaw and face surgery unit of the Benjamin-Fra...

GENEVA - The U.N. weather agency says it suspects a 54-degree Celsius (129.2 Fahrenheit) temperature recorded in Kuwait has set a record for the eastern hemisphere. The World Meteorological Organizati...