Category Archives: World
Turkey fires tens of thousands in coup plotters hunt
ISTANBUL - Asserting that “all the evidence” points to a U.S.-based Muslim cleric as the mastermind of last week’s failed coup, Turkey’s government on Tuesday fired tens of tho...
Jul 18, 2016
France calls up reservist forces after deadly Nice rampage
NICE, France - France called up thousands of reserve security forces Friday as authorities tried to determine why a Tunisian deliveryman known only to be a petty criminal took the wheel of a 19-ton tr...
Jul 18, 2016
Voters split over how to secure US from illegal immigration
WASHINGTON - Most Americans reject Donald Trump’s proposal to build a wall along the U.S. border with Mexico and his support for deporting those in the country illegally. But they’re divid...
Jul 18, 2016
Pence wins Trump's vote; GOP team addresses America Saturday
WASHINGTON - After frenzied, final decision-making, Donald Trump announced Indiana Gov. Mike Pence as his running mate Friday, adding an experienced politician with deep Washington connections to the ...
Jul 18, 2016
Family and friends remember slain Baton Rouge officers
BATON ROUGE, La. - Just days before he was shot and killed Sunday morning, a Baton Rouge police officer posted an emotional Facebook message saying he was “physically and emotionally” tire...
Jul 18, 2016
Brexit minister: Some EU migrants may have to leave UK
LONDON - Exposing the uncertainties unleashed by Britain’s decision to leave the European Union, the U.K. minister in charge of negotiating the divorce said Sunday that most EU citizens in Brita...
Jul 18, 2016
The Latest: Turkey's 85,000 mosques pray for dead in coup
ISTANBUL - The Latest on Turkey’s failed military coup. (all times local): 12:35 p.m. Prayers are being read simultaneously from Turkey’s 85,000 mosques at noon to rally the country to def...
Jul 18, 2016
Panama's Manuel Noriega to have surgery on brain tumour
PANAMA CITY - Imprisoned former Panamanian strongman Manuel Noriega is scheduled to have a benign brain tumour surgically removed. Noriega’s doctor is Eduardo Reyes and he says a neurologist has...
Jul 18, 2016
Amazon's Jeff Bezos gets cameo in new 'Star Trek' film
LOS ANGELES - Amazon founder Jeff Bezos got to live out every Trekkie’s fantasy by playing an alien in the new “Star Trek” movie. Bezos is listed in the credits for “Star Trek ...
Jul 18, 2016
Pakistani model's brother says he killed her for 'honour'
MULTAN, Pakistan - The brother of slain Pakistani model Qandeel Baloch on Sunday confessed to strangling her for “family honour” because she posted “shameful” pictures on Faceb...
Jul 18, 2016
