Category Archives: World

LOS ANGELES - The Neil Armstrong film “First Man” settled for a third-place landing at the North American box office in its opening weekend in theatres. The Ryan Gosling-starrer and a host...

BERLIN - Police say three people died after they were hit by a small plane in central Germany as it attempted to take off from an aborted landing. Police in Hesse state said the victims, two adults an...

KABUL - The Taliban have attacked an army base in western Afghanistan, killing 17 Afghan soldiers and abducting 11 others, officials said Sunday. Ghausuddin Noorzai, the district chief in Pusht Rod, s...

KATHMANDU, Nepal - Nepalese internet providers have begun blocking thousands of pornographic websites as part of a government directive aimed at stopping sexual violence, officials said Sunday. The go...

ASAKA, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe renewed his pledge Sunday to push for a revision to the country’s war-renouncing constitution, in which he wants the military explicitly mention...

AMSTERDAM, N.Y. - Mourners at a funeral for four sisters and their family members killed in a New York limousine crash were assured Saturday that their loved ones can still see their tears and feel th...

NAIROBI, Kenya - Somalia on Sunday marked the first anniversary of one of the world’s deadliest attacks since 9-11, a truck bombing in the heart of Mogadishu that killed well over 500 people, wh...

TEHRAN, Iran - Iran’s president on Sunday tried to downplay U.S. sanctions targeting the country’s vital oil and gas sector that are set to be restored next month. Speaking in Tehran Unive...

JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday threatened “very painful blows” against Gaza’s Hamas rulers if they don’t halt protests along the perimeter fenc...

LONDON - Storm Callum is weakening after its gusty winds and strong rains killed two people and caused damages in some parts of Britain. Officials say one man died Saturday after a landslide in wester...