Category Archives: World

MANILA, Philippines - Philippine communist rebels declared a weeklong cease-fire Friday to promote the resumption of long-stalled peace talks aimed at ending one of Asia’s longest-raging rebelli...

HONOLULU - U.S. Food and Drug Administration tests found hepatitis A in scallops from the Philippines, which have been identified as the likely source of an outbreak of the virus in Hawaii. The Hawaii...

WASHINGTON - A firm run by Donald Trump’s campaign chairman directly orchestrated a covert Washington lobbying operation on behalf of Ukraine’s then-ruling political party, attempting to s...

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Bloomington police were searching Friday for an armed woman they say robbed a convenience store near the Indiana University campus, prompting the school to issue an emergency alert...

LONDON - You might not think there’s much overlap between Amy Winehouse and the work of playwright Terence Rattigan, chronicler of upper-crust British stiff upper lips. But the troubled diva is ...

MIAMI - Tropical Storm Kay has formed in the Pacific off the coast of Mexico. The storm’s maximum sustained winds early Friday are near 40 mph (65 kph) with no significant change in strength exp...

BEIJING - The Chinese government is holding chief editors of news websites personally liable for content, months after several portals posted material that was seen as embarrassing to President Xi Jin...

FONTANA, Calif. - A wildfire quickly turned into an inferno and within hours had ravaged pine forests near the California ski town of Wrightwood - but only half of its more than 4,500 residents heeded...

NEW YORK - Hillary Clinton can’t seem to escape her use of a private email server as she runs for president. But faced with the choice of Donald Trump, voters seem willing to tolerate the questi...

SALEM, Ore. - Nine living marijuana plants will be displayed at the Oregon State Fair in a first of its kind event for the United States starting next Friday. The exhibit of the non-flowering, immatur...