Category Archives: World

CAIRO - Shady Lewis Botros says his recently published novel - “Ways of the Lord” - can be broadly viewed as an attempt to answer one question: What it’s like to be a Christian in Eg...

BAGHDAD - The Islamic State group’s deliberate destruction of agriculture in northern Iraq has hindered the return of hundreds of thousands of residents, Amnesty International said in a report r...

WASHINGTON - The Trump administration on Thursday announced a sharp refocus of its Africa strategy to counter what it called the “predatory” practices of China and Russia, which are “...

WASHINGTON - For some time now, President Donald Trump has been encouraging people to think of Mexico as a portal for international terrorists who “pour” into the U.S. Except, he says, for...

WASHINGTON - It has been quite a week for Nancy Pelosi. The televised meeting with President Donald Trump. The deal with restless Democrats to secure their votes to become House speaker. The fashion s...

TOKYO - The surprise arrest of Nissan’s former chairman on charges of falsifying financial reports is providing a window into possible corporate intrigue at the Japanese automaker. Japanese medi...

TOKYO - Japan’s space agency says more than 200 photos taken by two small rovers on an asteroid show no signs of a smooth area for the planned touchdown of a spacecraft early next year. The Japa...

LONDON - British Prime Minister Theresa May has confirmed that she will step down before the country holds its next scheduled national election in 2022. Arriving at an EU summit in Brussels on Thursda...

KINSHASA, Congo - An early-morning fire in Congo’s capital destroyed nearly 80 per cent of the capital city’s voting machines just 10 days before the presidential election, officials said ...

ANKARA, Turkey - A high-speed train hit a railway engine and crashed into a pedestrian overpass Thursday at a station in the Turkish capital of Ankara, killing nine people and injuring dozens, officia...