Category Archives: World
Turkey to reveal details of probe into Khashoggi's killing
ISTANBUL - In a sign of growing pressure on Saudi Arabia, Turkey said it will announce details of its investigation into the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi on Tuesday and U.S. congressional lea...
Oct 21, 2018
Exit poll: Polish populists lead local votes, support down
WARSAW, Poland - The governing populist party, which has repeatedly clashed with European Union institutions, was the top vote winner in local elections Sunday, according to an exit poll, but it was h...
Oct 21, 2018
Russians denounce Trump's intended nuke treaty withdrawal
MOSCOW - A top Russian diplomat says President Donald Trump’s intention to withdraw from a landmark treaty on nuclear weapons is a perilous move. A Russian senator in turn said the U.S. leaving ...
Oct 21, 2018
Israeli leader delays demolition plan for West Bank hamlet
JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday he has decided to postpone the planned demolition of a West Bank hamlet to allow time for a negotiated solution with its residents, in...
Oct 21, 2018
Scottish leader pulls out of media event featuring Bannon
LONDON - Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has pulled out of an Edinburgh conference because former White House strategist Steve Bannon is scheduled to speak at the event. In a tweet Sat...
Oct 21, 2018
Afghans vote for 2nd day amid violence, technical issues
KABUL - Afghanistan’s second day of parliamentary elections marred by violence and delays caused by technical issues came to a close as a roadside bomb on Sunday brought the death toll over the ...
Oct 21, 2018
Suspected militants kill 3 workers in Egypt's Sinai
EL-ARISH, Egypt - Egyptian security officials say three workers contracted to build a security wall in the northern Sinai city of el-Arish have been shot dead by suspected militants. The officials say...
Oct 21, 2018
8 combatants, 6 civilians die in Kashmir battles, clashes
SRINAGAR, India - Three local rebels were killed in a gunbattle with Indian government forces in disputed Kashmir on Sunday, and six civilians were killed in an explosion at the site after the fightin...
Oct 21, 2018
Meghan's schedule in Australia cut back after hectic start
SYDNEY, Australia - The pregnant Duchess of Sussex has had her schedule cut back during her first royal tour, after a hectic start to her visit to Australia and the South Pacific with husband Prince H...
Oct 21, 2018
Young Catholics urge Vatican to issue inclusive LGBT message
VATICAN CITY - Catholic bishops are entering their final week of debate over hot-button issues facing young Catholics, including how the church should welcome gays and respond to the clerical sex abus...
Oct 21, 2018