Category Archives: World
Syrian civilians begin leaving rebel-held parts of Aleppo
BEIRUT - Dozens of families and some opposition fighters started leaving besieged rebel-held neighbourhoods in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on Saturday after the government opened safe corridors...
Jul 30, 2016
Russia to appeal blanket ban on weightlifters for Olympics
MOSCOW - Russia will immediately appeal the decision to ban all eight of its weightlifters from the Rio de Janeiro Olympics for doping. Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutkov told Match TV on Saturday ...
Jul 30, 2016
Outrage, caution from Latino stars in critical election year
LOS ANGELES - Celebrities are known to jump on political bandwagons, whether it’s Oprah Winfrey cheering candidate Barack Obama in 2008 or Clint Eastwood and his GOP convention monologue deridin...
Jul 30, 2016
George Takei calls Donald Trump to task, in Spanish
LOS ANGELES - George Takei is speaking out against GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump, and he’s doing it in Spanish. In an English-subtitled video that’s drawn more than 12 million vi...
Jul 30, 2016
NTSB: Balloon hit power lines before crashing, killing 16
LOCKHART, Texas - A hot air balloon hit high-tension power lines before crashing into a pasture in Central Texas, killing all 16 on board, according to federal authorities investigating the worst such...
Jul 30, 2016
Pakistani police question cleric, cousin of murdered model
MULTAN, Pakistan - Pakistani police say they have questioned a cleric and a cousin of the model and social media star Qandeel Baloch who was killed for “family honour” after she posted pic...
Jul 30, 2016
Fighting between Turkish forces, Kurdish rebels kills 43
ISTANBUL - Authorities say fighting between Turkish forces and Kurdish rebels in the restive southeast of the country has killed eight Turkish soldiers and 35 Kurdish fighters. The office of Turkey...
Jul 30, 2016
Philippine president calls off truce after rebel attack
MANILA, Philippines - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte called off a 5-day-old cease-fire after communist guerrillas killed a government militiaman and failed to declare their own truce by a Saturd...
Jul 30, 2016
German lawyer: Erdogan lawsuits in Germany remain in place
BERLIN - A German lawyer who has represented Turkey’s president says lawsuits filed in Germany over alleged insults remain in place, despite Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s announcement that he was...
Jul 30, 2016
3 dead, 1 hurt in shooting near Seattle; suspect in custody
SEATTLE - A gunman attacked a gathering of young adults at a suburban Seattle home, killing two people at a fire pit before firing more shots from the roof, the grandmother of one of the witnesses sai...
Jul 30, 2016
