Category Archives: World
US says ex-intel official defected to Iran, revealed secrets
WASHINGTON - A former U.S. Air Force counterintelligence specialist who defected to Iran despite warnings from the FBI has been charged with revealing classified information to the Tehran government, ...
Feb 13, 2019
Suicide bomber targeting Iran's Revolutionary Guard kills 27
TEHRAN, Iran - A suicide car bomber claimed by an al-Qaida-linked group attacked a bus carrying members of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guard paramilitary force Wednesday, killing at least 27 peop...
Feb 13, 2019
2 managers of New Delhi hotel where fire killed 17 arrested
NEW DELHI - Two managers of a New Delhi budget hotel where a fire killed 17 people have been arrested, police said Wednesday. The general manager of the Arpit Palace Hotel, Rajender Singh, and manager...
Feb 13, 2019
UK government downplays suggestion it will seek Brexit delay
LONDON - The British government on Wednesday downplayed a report that its chief Brexit negotiator said lawmakers will have to choose between backing Prime Minister Theresa May’s unpopular divorc...
Feb 13, 2019
Naeem Khan gets a boost from a trio of '70s Halston muses
NEW YORK - Naeem Khan brought 1970s glam back to New York Fashion Week with the help of a few models of the era. The Halston icons Pat Cleveland, Karen Bjornson and Alva Chinn closed Khan’s show...
Feb 13, 2019
Police recover rare Goeldi's monkey, stolen from Florida zoo
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Kali, the 12-year-old rare Goeldi’s monkey reported stolen from the Palm Beach Zoo, has been found safe and sound. West Palm Beach police said Wednesday morning on Twitte...
Feb 13, 2019
China: No evidence Huawei a national security threat
BEIJING - U.S. and other countries have not presented any conclusive evidence that Chinese telecoms gear maker Huawei Technologies threatens their national security and are merely stirring fears out o...
Feb 13, 2019
Absent Iran takes centre stage at Mideast talks in Poland
WARSAW, Poland - Although it is absent from the stage, Iran is nevertheless taking the spotlight at a Middle East security conference co-hosted by the United States and Poland that has highlighted dee...
Feb 13, 2019
Nigeria in battle against fake news ahead of elections
ABUJA, Nigeria - In Nigeria fake news can be so outlandish, yet widely believed, that the president recently felt compelled to declare that he had not died and been replaced by a Sudanese body double....
Feb 13, 2019
No exit: El Chapo likely off to 'Alcatraz of the Rockies'
NEW YORK - In the world of corrections, there are inmates who pose security risks, and then there’s El Chapo. Drug lord Joaquin Guzman has an unparalleled record of jailbreaks, having escaped tw...
Feb 13, 2019