Category Archives: World
US, Russia agree on 'steps' in Syria, but won't say what
MOSCOW - The United States and Russia agreed Friday on new steps they said could make a difference in Syria’s relentless civil war, hinting at an improbable military partnership that has been th...
Jul 18, 2016
The Nice victims: A boy, a businessman, a police official
The Bastille Day crowd on the waterfront in Nice, France, was a festive mixture of French locals and foreign visitors. The truck that slammed into them late Thursday, apparently intent on hitting as m...
Jul 18, 2016
France attacker called volatile, showed no jihadist links
NICE, France - The man responsible for turning a night of celebration into one of carnage in the seaside city of Nice was a petty criminal who hadn’t been on the radar of French intelligence ser...
Jul 18, 2016
The Latest: Flights resume to Istanbul international airport
ANKARA, Turkey - The Latest on the attempted military coup in Turkey (all times local): 12:30 a.m. Flights into Istanbul’s international airport have resumed after being halted for nearly 24 hou...
Jul 18, 2016
The Latest: Hollande cancels trip to Prague after attack
NICE, France - The latest on the deadly truck attack in France (all times local): 11:20 a.m. French President Francois Hollande has cancelled his trip to Prague planned for next week following the dea...
Jul 18, 2016
Documents: Pulse gunman repeatedly taunted for being Muslim
ORLANDO, Fla. - The gunman who opened fire at a gay Florida nightclub last month had complained he was repeatedly taunted for being Muslim in his job as a security guard at a Florida courthouse, accor...
Jul 18, 2016
Foreign ownership of US debt slips again in May
WASHINGTON - Foreign holdings of U.S. Treasury securities fell for the second straight month in May. The Treasury Department said Monday that total foreign holdings dropped 0.5 per cent to $6.21 trill...
Jul 18, 2016
Judge tosses parts of Cosby's lawsuit over secrecy promises
PHILADELPHIA - A federal judge has pared back a lawsuit in which Bill Cosby claims a woman accusing him of sexual assault, her mother, two lawyers and the publisher of the National Enquirer violated a...
Jul 18, 2016
Police look into Playboy model's post of naked woman at gym
Los Angeles police were investigating after a Playboy model took a photo of a naked woman in a gym locker room and posted it to social media with insulting comments about the woman’s body, autho...
Jul 18, 2016
Clinton condemns shooting of Baton Rouge officers
CINCINNATI - Hillary Clinton on Monday called for an end to the “madness” after the death of three law enforcement officers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, condemning a series of recent shootin...
Jul 18, 2016
