Category Archives: World
Searches intensify after body is found in Michael's wake
MEXICO BEACH, Fla. - Rescuers intensified efforts Saturday to find survivors who might be trapped amid the ruins of a small Florida Panhandle community nearly obliterated by Hurricane Michael, where o...
Oct 13, 2018
US pastor freed from Turkey prays with Trump in Oval Office
WASHINGTON - Freed American pastor Andrew Brunson fell to one knee in the Oval Office and placed his hand on President Donald Trump’s shoulder in prayer on Saturday, asking God to provide the pr...
Oct 13, 2018
Saudi Arabia, Turkey have no US ambassadors amid crisis
WASHINGTON - The disappearance of journalist and U.S. resident Jamal Khashoggi after visiting a Saudi consulate in Turkey has thrown the large number of diplomatic vacancies under President Donald Tru...
Oct 13, 2018
IMF-World Bank ends meetings with call to brace for risks
NUSA DUA, Indonesia - Global financial leaders wrapped up an annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank on Saturday by urging countries to brace for potential risks from trade di...
Oct 13, 2018
27 dead in floods, landslides on Indonesia's Sumatra island
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Torrential rains triggered flash floods and landslides on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, killing at least 27 people, including a dozen children at a school, officials said Satu...
Oct 13, 2018
12 feared dead in India cyclone shelter swamped by landslide
NEW DELHI - Twelve people were feared dead in a cyclone shelter swamped by a landslide caused by heavy rains in eastern India, officials said Saturday. Krishan Kumar, a spokesman for the National Disa...
Oct 13, 2018
Leslie weakens from hurricane as it nears Portugal, Spain
LISBON, Portugal - Hurricane Leslie weakened slightly into a post-tropical cyclone late Saturday as it closed in on Portugal and Spain, bringing heavy rain, high winds and dangerous surf to western pa...
Oct 13, 2018
11 killed in crash of car carrying migrants in Greece
THESSALONIKI, Greece - A speeding car carrying migrants collided with a truck in northern Greece on Saturday, killing 11 people, police said. Ten of the victims were believed to be migrants who crosse...
Oct 13, 2018
Ex-3 Doors Down bassist gets 10 years on gun charge
PASCAGOULA, Miss. - The founding member and former bassist of the rock band 3 Doors Down has been sentenced to 10 years in Mississippi state prison for possession of a firearm by a felon. News outlets...
Oct 12, 2018
Bill Cosby switches up legal team with appeal looming
PHILADELPHIA - Bill Cosby is switching up his legal team as he looks to appeal his conviction and three- to 10-year sentence in his Pennsylvania sex assault case. A court filing Friday says the 81-yea...
Oct 12, 2018