Category Archives: World
China scores diplomatic victory, avoids criticism from ASEAN
VIENTIANE, Laos - China scored an unequivocal diplomatic victory Monday, preventing Southeast Asia’s main grouping from criticizing it for territorially expanding in the South China Sea, even th...
Jul 25, 2016
More than 50 pro-Sanders demonstrators cited by police
PHILADELPHIA - Police briefly detained more than 50 people after they tried to storm the barricades outside the Democratic National Convention on Monday in a show of anger over Bernie Sanders’ t...
Jul 25, 2016
Suicide bomber kills 14 at Iraq checkpoint; 9 die in Baghdad
BAGHDAD - A suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden car into a checkpoint outside a Shiite town north of Baghdad on Monday, killing at least 14 people, Iraqi officials said, while a string of bombi...
Jul 25, 2016
The Latest: Syrian blew himself up near wine bar by concert
ANSBACH, Germany - The Latest on a series of attacks in Germany in the past week (all times local): 9:30 a.m. Police say a 27-year-old Syrian blew himself up in the outside seating area of a wine bar ...
Jul 25, 2016
IS attacker: Germans "won't be able to sleep peacefully"
ANSBACH, Germany - A Syrian man who tried unsuccessfully to claim asylum in Germany pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group and vowed the nation’s people “won’t be able to slee...
Jul 25, 2016
Police: Bavarian official says attacker was denied asylum
ANSBACH, Germany - A man who blew himself up and injured 12 people after being turned away from an open-air music festival was a 27-year-old Syrian who had been denied asylum, Bavaria’s top secu...
Jul 24, 2016
After turmoil, Sanders, Mrs. Obama, Warren thrill convention
PHILADELPHIA - Seeking to bridge deep Democratic divides, Bernie Sanders robustly embraced his former rival Hillary Clinton Monday night as a champion for the same economic causes that enlivened his s...
Jul 24, 2016
Hemingway (no relation) wins look-alike contest in Key West
KEY WEST, Fla. - For the first time in its 36-year history, a Hemingway has won a competition seeking the man who most looks like literary giant Ernest Hemingway. Dave Hemingway was named the winner o...
Jul 24, 2016
'Star Trek Beyond' soars with $59M at weekend box office
LOS ANGELES - “Star Trek Beyond” has landed atop the weekend box office. Studio estimates Sunday say Paramount’s latest outing with the Starship Enterprise soared to $59.6 million in...
Jul 24, 2016
Coast Guard seeks hoax caller whose 'maydays' cost $500,000
BALTIMORE - The U.S. Coast Guard says it’s looking for a man who has cost the service about $500,000 after responding to nearly 30 of his fake distress calls. In a press release published Friday...
Jul 24, 2016
