Category Archives: World

BERLIN - German authorities say a forest fire near a village southwest of Berlin is under control, but the situation remains precarious because of unexploded World War II ammunition that’s burie...

DURHAM, N.C. - A judge says a Texas man’s affair with a North Carolina man’s wife should cost him nearly $9 million. The Herald-Sun of Durham reports that Superior Court Judge Orlando Huds...

JOHANNESBURG - Curiosity and awe have greeted a complete lunar eclipse, the longest one of this century and visible in much of the world. The so-called “blood moon,” when it turns a deep r...

WASHINGTON - A secret recording of Donald Trump discussing payments to a Playboy model has brought renewed attention to the question of whether and how he might have tried to block politically damagin...

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is prematurely claiming he proved naysayers wrong in boosting U.S. economic growth. Speaking at events Thursday in Iowa and Illinois, Trump claimed victory in advan...

DIRIAMBA, Nicaragua - A pro-government mob shoved, punched and scratched at Cardinal Leopoldo Brenes and other Catholic leaders as they tried to enter the Basilica San Sebastian. “Murderers!R...

TOKYO - A newly released memo by a wartime Japanese official provides what a historian says is the first look at the thinking of Emperor Hirohito and Prime Minister Hideki Tojo on the eve of the Japan...

ADAM, Palestinian Territory - Israel’s military on Friday searched the West Bank village of a Palestinian teenager who broke into a settlement home and stabbed three Israelis, including one who ...

YAMMOUNE, Lebanon - In the fields of this quiet village surrounded by mountains, men and women work clearing dirt and dry leaves from around cannabis plants, a major source of livelihoods in this impo...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand - Florida student Tyah-Amoy Roberts said after spending a week in New Zealand that she’s strongly considering moving to the country for college. The 17-year-old is one of...