Category Archives: World
US backed Syrian force clears area retaken from IS
BEIRUT - U.S.-backed Syrian fighters cleared explosives in the last area retaken from the Islamic State group on Sunday and arrested a number of militants hiding in tunnels, a day after declaring mili...
Mar 24, 2019
Military-backed party leads Thailand's post-coup election
BANGKOK - A military-backed party has taken the lead in Thailand’s first election since a 2014 coup, preliminary results showed, suggesting junta leader and Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha coul...
Mar 24, 2019
Terror at sea: Helicopter rescues frighten cruise passengers
STAVANGER, Norway - Rodney Horgen recalled the moment he thought he was facing the end: when a huge wave crashed through the Viking Sky cruise ship’s glass doors and swept his wife 30 feet acros...
Mar 24, 2019
Another cyclone bears down on northwest Australian coast
SYDNEY, Australia - Residents of Australia’s northwest coast were bracing for a torrid night of fierce winds and heavy rain on Sunday as the country’s second major cyclone of the weekend s...
Mar 24, 2019
UK PM May faces heavy pressure to step down to save Brexit
LONDON - Embattled Prime Minister Theresa May was scrambling Sunday to win over adversaries to her Brexit withdrawal plan as key Cabinet ministers denied media reports that they were plotting to oust ...
Mar 24, 2019
Blast kills 8 children collecting scrap metal in Sudan
CAIRO - Sudanese officials say eight children have been killed in an explosion near a military facility where they were searching for scrap metal to resell. The officials say the explosion happened Sa...
Mar 24, 2019
Russian accused of trying to smuggling orangutan out of Bali
DENPASAR, Indonesia - Indonesian authorities have arrested a Russian tourist who was attempting to smuggle a drugged orangutan out of the resort island of Bali, a conservation official said Sunday. An...
Mar 24, 2019
FAA to look at Boeing's fixes for 737 Max jets next week
NEW YORK - Boeing on Saturday confirmed the flight-control software fixes that it plans to make for its grounded 737 Max 8, the plane involved in two fatal accidents within five months. The company is...
Mar 23, 2019
Barbra Streisand under fire for Michael Jackson remarks
Barbra Streisand is coming under intense criticism on social media for telling a British newspaper that two men who say they were molested as children by Michael Jackson were “thrilled to be the...
Mar 23, 2019
Ethiopian Airlines chief questions Max training requirements
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - The warning and training requirements set for the now-grounded 737 Max 8 aircraft may not have been adequate, in light of the Ethiopian plane crash that killed 157 people, the ...
Mar 23, 2019