Category Archives: World

TOKYO - Japan’s Emperor Akihito has expressed his intention to retire and relinquish his title in the next few years, rather than reduce his duties as he ages, the country’s public televis...

NICOSIA, Cyprus - The Department of Antiquities in Cyprus says work crews have accidentally uncovered a rare, Roman-era mosaic floor depicting the labours of Hercules along a street in the coastal tow...

MANILA, Philippines - In one of the world’s most disputed waters, the puny Philippine navy doesn’t stand a chance against China’s flotilla of combat ships. So when diplomacy went now...

PAMPLONA, Spain - An American was gored and five other runners were injured Wednesday in the next-to-last running of the bulls at Pamplona’s San Fermin festival, officials said. One of the six b...

BEIJING - China warned other countries Wednesday against threatening its security in the South China Sea after an international tribunal handed the Philippines a victory by saying Beijing had no legal...

WASHINGTON - Donald Trump was angry: A reporter had the gall to suggest that ego was behind his purchase of New York’s famed Plaza Hotel. When Trump thought about it, though, he decided it was t...

HOMESTEAD, Pa. - A group of police officers have picked up the check for a couple who didn’t want to sit near them at a Pennsylvania restaurant. A server at the Eat’n Park restaurant in th...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - A man charged with shooting three people and then running over and killing a Memphis police officer is scheduled to appear in court for a preliminary hearing. Justine Welch faces char...

DALLAS - After each fatal shooting of a black man by an officer, President Barack Obama has swiftly spoken out against bad policing, giving voice to the generations of African-Americans who have found...

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. - With hugs and handshakes, Bernie Sanders endorsed Hillary Clinton for president on Tuesday and emphatically told his supporters their “political revolution” must now tur...