Category Archives: World

HONG KONG - As investigators prepare to wind down the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 search after more than two fruitless years, the airline industry is still working to raise safety standards to prev...

JOHANNESBURG - More than 26,000 people have fled South Sudan to Uganda this month, says the United Nations refugee agency. The thousands of South Sudanese have left their country since fighting erupte...

HELSINKI - Norway paid an emotional tribute Friday to the 77 people killed in a bombing-and-shooting rampage five years ago, with church services and other events marking what the prime minister calle...

LONDON - The estate of former Beatle George Harrison is complaining about the use of his music at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. Harrison’s family tweeted Friday that the use o...

LONDON - Prince William and his wife Kate have released new photos of their son, Prince George, to mark his 3rd birthday. The photos distributed Friday show George, who is third in line to the throne,...

NEW DELHI - The Indian air force Friday lost contact with a transport plane carrying 29 people to islands in the Bay of Bengal, the defence ministry said. The air force, navy and coast guard were usin...

ISTANBUL - Turkey’s president triumphantly rallied supporters after prayers at a mosque Friday as his government announced new details about the state of emergency imposed after an attempted cou...

LONDON - A wide selection of dresses worn by Queen Elizabeth II since her childhood days will be on display at Buckingham Palace this summer. Palace officials said Friday the show will be open to peop...

MOSCOW - Hundreds of local residents and journalists on Friday came to pay their respects to a prominent journalist who died in a car bombing in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv earlier this week. Mourne...

LONDON - For Margaret Thatcher, it was handbags. For Theresa May, it’s shoes. The new British prime minister likes to wear boldly patterned kitten heels, and the media is fascinated. May’s...