Category Archives: World

BAGHDAD - Iraq hanged 13 prisoners convicted on terror charges, the Justice Ministry announced Friday, following a recommendation by the prime minister to speed up executions of those on death row for...

DENPASAR, Indonesia - The international airport on the Indonesian resort island of Bali reopened Friday afternoon after a nearly 12-hour closure due to a volcanic ash threat that disrupted travel plan...

BEIJING - China will offer humanitarian assistance to Bangladesh to help shelter and feed hundreds of thousands of Muslim Rohingya refugees from neighbouring Myanmar, the foreign minister said Friday....

BELGRADE, Serbia - Serbia has reopened the country’s main museum, 15 years after it was closed for renovation following neglect during the era of wars and economic crisis in the 1990s. Hundreds ...

WASHINGTON - A key Democratic senator is urging President Donald Trump not to pick a Supreme Court nominee who’s openly interested in overturning Roe v. Wade. West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin s...

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump’s embattled Chief of Staff John Kelly is back in the spotlight this week as Trump prepares to overhaul his communications team amid a string of staff departur...

TOKYO - For the second time in two days, U.S. Defence Secretary Jim Mattis is trying to assuage an Asian ally’s worries about America’s commitment to the region amid the ongoing denucleari...

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - The United States formally ended seven decades of military presence in South Korea’s capital Friday with a ceremony to mark the opening of a new headquarters farther ...

GUATEMALA CITY - U.S. Vice-President Mike Pence had a blunt message for three Central American governments: You must do more to stop migrants who enter the United States illegally. “This exodus ...

PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia - Malaysia’s government will sell much of the huge stash of jewelry and luxury goods, including diamond necklaces, tiaras and designer handbags that were seized in a money-la...