Category Archives: World

JERUSALEM - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has been sidelined, isolated and humiliated by the Trump administration. But the embattled Palestinian leader may have the final say in determining the ...

RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazil’s Workers’ Party is comparing far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro to Adolf Hitler in a new video. The video was published Thursday from the party’s Twitter acc...

MEXICO CITY - It was a lovely wedding, officiated by an archbishop, with designer dresses, palatial decorations and a huge convention-centre reception. But for Mexico’s austerity-minded presiden...

HELSINKI - A political party catering to the ethnic Russian minority is expected to win the most votes in Saturday’s parliamentary election in Latvia - a Baltic member of the European Union and ...

PARIS - France paid tribute to Charles Aznavour on Friday in a solemn and subdued ceremony that contrasted sharply with the singer’s joyful character. One of France’s most famous personali...

WASHINGTON - Record imports drove the U.S. trade deficit up for the third straight month in August. The deficit in the trade of goods with China and Mexico hit records. The Commerce Department said Fr...

PARIS - He left his home in Lyon, France, for a visit to his homeland, and then vanished - putting the International Criminal Police Organization, best known as Interpol, at the centre of its own miss...

HOLLADAY, Utah - A toddler in Utah was a little too helpful when he shredded more than $1,000 that his parents were saving. Ben and Jackee Belnap were saving the cash to reimburse Ben’s parents ...

OSLO - Raped after being forced into sexual slavery by the Islamic State group, Nadia Murad did not succumb to shame or despair - the young Iraqi woman spoke out. Surgeon Denis Mukwege treated countle...

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - Former South Korean President Lee Myung-bak was convicted and sentenced to 15 years in prison Friday in a corruption case that has badly tainted his status as the country&#...