Category Archives: World
Deaths of Instagram model, other women shock Iraq
BAGHDAD - She was a 22-year-old former beauty queen, fashion model and social media star, whose daring outfits revealed tattoos on her arms and shoulder. Tara Fares won fame and 2.8 million Instagram ...
Oct 03, 2018
Kavanaugh's 'revenge' theory spotlights past with Clintons
WASHINGTON - To some, Brett Kavanaugh is clearing his name. To others, he’s veering into conspiracy theory. But in blaming “revenge on behalf of the Clintons” for the sexual miscondu...
Oct 03, 2018
Syria hopes to jumpstart rebuilding despite massive hurdles
DAMASCUS, Syria - With back-to-back trade fairs held in Damascus this month, Syria is hoping to jumpstart reconstruction of its devastated cities by inviting international investors to take part in lu...
Oct 03, 2018
Slow arrival of aid frustrates Indonesia quake survivors
PALU, Indonesia - Climbing over reeking piles of sodden food and debris, a crowd on Wednesday searched a warehouse wrecked in Indonesia’s earthquake and tsunami for anything they could salvage: ...
Oct 03, 2018
Trump: Saudi king wouldn't last 2 weeks without US support
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - President Donald Trump says Saudi Arabia’s king “might not be there for two weeks” without U.S. military support, further increasing his pressure on one...
Oct 03, 2018
Melania Trump walks through Ghana's 'Door of No Return'
CAPE COAST, Ghana - Melania Trump walked out the infamous “Door of No Return” at a onetime slave-trade outpost Wednesday and gazed over the crashing ocean waves that carried millions of Af...
Oct 03, 2018
Suspicious envelopes sent to Trump, military officials
WASHINGTON - Authorities were investigating two envelopes suspected of containing a suspected poison that were addressed to top military chiefs and a third with unknown contents sent to President Dona...
Oct 03, 2018
Japanese spacecraft drops observation device onto asteroid
TOKYO - A German-French observation device safely landed on an asteroid on Wednesday after a Japanese spacecraft released it as part of a research effort that could find clues about the origin of the ...
Oct 03, 2018
Wife of former Malaysian leader arrested in graft scandal
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Malaysia’s anti-graft agency said Wednesday that the wife of former Prime Minister Najib Razak has been arrested and will face money laundering charges in a graft scanda...
Oct 03, 2018
Magical film figures lure youth to explore Peruvian wetland
CUZCO, Peru - The Huasao wetland in the heart of the bygone Incan Empire languished for years as a wasteland that locals used as their dump. Cleaned up and given a second life, it’s now attracti...
Oct 03, 2018