Category Archives: World

WASHINGTON - Irritated with the criticism and fallout from Defence Secretary Jim Mattis’ resignation, President Donald Trump on Sunday pushed the Pentagon chief out the door two months earlier t...

London’s Gatwick Airport operated without problems Sunday, but the fugitive drone operators who brought incoming and outgoing flights to a standstill over multiple days remained at large - and a...

MOSCOW - Rescue teams on Sunday found the bodies of nine construction workers who were trapped inside a burning potash mine in Russia’s Ural Mountains. A fire erupted Saturday at the mine operat...

PARIS - French authorities on Sunday defended aggressive police actions to contain violence at yellow vest protests after a policeman was seen briefly brandishing a gun at a surging crowd in Paris. Fr...

WASHINGTON - A top White House official signalled Sunday that President Donald Trump is willing to accept less money than he’s been demanding to build a U.S.-Mexico border wall, but a senior con...

TOKYO - Japan’s Emperor Akihito, marking his 85th birthday - his last before his upcoming abdication - said he feels relieved that his reign is coming to an end without having seen his country a...

PESHAWAR, Pakistan - Police in northwestern Pakistan say four cousins were shot dead over “family honour” on the orders of a village council. District police chief Raja Abdus Saboor said S...

PARIS - French authorities handed preliminary terrorism charges Sunday to a fugitive extremist who is suspected of fighting U.S. forces in Iraq and helping to organize the 2015 shooting attack at sati...

LONDON - The U.S. dispute with China over a ban on tech giant Huawei is spilling over to Europe, the company’s biggest foreign market, where some countries are also starting to shun its network ...

CARITA BEACH, Indonesia - The deadly tsunami struck in the dark, without warning. At least 222 people were killed as waves smashed into houses, hotels and other beachside buildings Saturday night alon...