Category Archives: World

BERLIN - A strike by the ground staff at Germany’s Hamburg Airport has caused the cancellation of more than 50 flights. The ver.di labour union called ground staff out on a one-day strike starti...

YORBA LINDA, Calif. - Five people died and two were injured after a small plane apparently came apart Sunday over a suburban Southern California neighbourhood, raining debris on streets and backyards ...

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Pope Francis urged religious leaders Monday to work together to reject the “miserable crudeness” of war as he opened the first-ever papal visit to the Ara...

HONG KONG - It may be the year of the pig, but Hong Kong has had enough of the wild ones. Authorities in the densely populated financial centre are looking for ways to cut down on potentially dangerou...

PARIS - France’s Defence Ministry says French armed forces have intervened in northern Chad and launched airstrikes at an armed group coming in from Libya. The operation took place Sunday and wa...

NAIROBI, Kenya - Somalia’s homegrown extremist rebels, al-Shabab, have claimed responsibility for a car bomb explosion on Monday that killed at least seven people in Somalia’s capital. Al-...

WASHINGTON - Worried about a potential Republican primary challenge, President Donald Trump’s campaign has launched a state-by-state effort to prevent an intraparty fight that could spill over i...

LONDON - With Brexit just seven weeks away, Britain’s ruling Conservative Party was locked in tense negotiations with itself Monday to rework the U.K.’s divorce deal with the European Unio...

LISBON, Portugal - A key group of European Union countries endorsed Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido as the country’s interim president on Monday, piling the pressure on embattled Presid...

CARACAS, Venezuela - More than a dozen European Union countries endorsed Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido as the country’s interim president Monday, piling the pressure on embattled Pres...