Category Archives: World

NEW YORK - As Donald Trump’s party came together, a 28-year-old liberal activist ousted top House Democrat Joe Crowley in the president’s hometown Tuesday night, a stunning defeat that sud...

WASHINGTON - As President Donald Trump was heading to Singapore for a historic summit with North Korea’s leader, a State Department diplomatic security agent who was part of the advance team rep...

NEW LONDON, Conn. - At the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, officers-in-training spend four years together at a riverside campus steeped in shared values of honour, respect and devotion to duty. Yet for all ...

CHICAGO - Ayrial Miller is clearly annoyed. Her mother is sitting with her on the couch in their Chicago apartment, scrolling through the teen’s contacts on social media. “Who’s this...

SAN FRANCISCO - Apple CEO Tim Cook intends to continue lambasting U.S. immigration policies and other issues that trouble him to avoid falling into an “appalling silence.” Cook outlined hi...

MAE SAI, Thailand - Heavy rainfall stymied efforts to rescue members of a youth soccer team trapped in a cave in northern Thailand by flooding underground passages faster than water can be pumped out,...

BEIJING - U.S. Defence Secretary Jim Mattis arrived in Beijing on Tuesday for meetings with senior Chinese leaders, as the world waits for indications that North Korea is taking steps to dismantle its...

CAIRO - With hugs and kisses, family and friends of a Yemeni actor celebrated after he and at least three other detainees were freed after being held for nearly a year without charge in prisons that A...

RAWALPINDI, Pakistan - When Pakistan’s military spokesman held a press conference earlier this month on emerging threats, Matiullah Jan, a journalist who has written critically of the judiciary ...

MEXICO CITY - For much of the past century, it was hard to get elected to any office in Mexico - even to get a government job - without being a staunch member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party,...