Category Archives: World
16 injured in Kashmir protests after 2 rebels killed
SRINAGAR, India - Massive anti-India protests and clashes erupted in disputed Kashmir on Sunday, leading to injuries to at least 16 people after a gunbattle between militants and government forces ove...
Jan 13, 2019
Iceland's Northern Lights: Beautiful sight, risky drives
AKUREYRI, Iceland - Police in Iceland have a warning for visitors: Beware our roads in the winter. Spending a clear winter night under an Arctic sky lit up by spectacular streaks of colour from the No...
Jan 13, 2019
Israel confirms Syria strike, ends mission on Lebanon border
JERUSALEM - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday confirmed that Israel has struck hundreds of Iranian and Hezbollah targets in Syria, including a weapons facility in a weekend airstrike, as the...
Jan 12, 2019
Illinois refuses permit for concert to be hosted by R. Kelly
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Illinois officials say a concert in Springfield that was to be hosted by R. Kelly cannot take place in the wake of new sexual misconduct allegations against the R&B star. Illin...
Jan 12, 2019
Stephen King complaint spurs newspaper subscription drive
PORTLAND, Maine - A Maine newspaper that horrified author Stephen King by dropping its local book review coverage is using his complaint to boost digital subscriptions. King, who lives in Bangor, comp...
Jan 12, 2019
Granddad: Wisconsin girl has no link to suspected kidnapper
MADISON, Wis. - The grandfather of a northwestern Wisconsin girl who authorities say was abducted during a home invasion that left her parents dead said Saturday that the family has no connection to t...
Jan 12, 2019
Motive for slaying of California policewoman still a mystery
DAVIS, Calif. - A gunman on a bicycle ambushed a rookie policewoman in Northern California, shooting her from the shadows, then reloaded and narrowly avoided wounding others before walking home and ca...
Jan 12, 2019
Trump calls report on FBI probe of him 'most insulting'
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Saturday called “most insulting” a published report that federal law enforcement officials were so concerned about his behaviour in the days after he...
Jan 12, 2019
US starts withdrawing supplies, but not troops, from Syria
WASHINGTON - The U.S. military says it has started pulling equipment, but not troops, out of Syria as a first step in meeting President Donald Trump’s demand for a complete military withdrawal. ...
Jan 12, 2019
Selective shutdown? Trump tries to blunt impact, takes heat
WASHINGTON - The government shutdown is wreaking havoc on many Americans: Hundreds of thousands of federal employees don’t know when they’ll see their next paycheque, and low-income people...
Jan 12, 2019