Category Archives: World

WASHINGTON - U.S. builders broke ground on fewer apartment buildings last month, pushing overall home construction down 3.7 per cent from March. The Commerce Department said Wednesday that housing sta...

COPENHAGEN - The southern Estonian municipality of Kanepi has a cannabis leaf on its new flag - because that’s what its name means in Estonian. Andrus Seeme, mayor for Kanepi’s 2,500 souls...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands - The international chemical weapons watchdog said Wednesday that chlorine was likely used as a weapon in the rebel-held northern Syrian town of Saraqeb in early February, the l...

SEATTLE - The Washington State Court of Appeals has ruled that photographs from the scene of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain’s death will not be released publicly. KING5-TV reports the court ruled ...

BOISE, Idaho - Idaho Lt. Gov. Brad Little on Tuesday won the hotly contested GOP primary in the race to replace Republican Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter. Little secured the nomination against to...

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesian police on Wednesday shot dead four sword-wielding men who attacked a police headquarters in Sumatra, killing one officer, the latest in a spate of militant attacks acro...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Reformist icon Anwar Ibrahim celebrated a “new dawn” for Malaysia after he was given a royal pardon and freed from custody Wednesday, transforming a political pris...

KABUL - Security forces pushed back an attack by Taliban insurgents Wednesday and took control of Farah city in western Afghanistan, officials said. Farah provincial Gov. Abdul Basir Salangi said more...

SALEM, Ore. - Oregon state Rep. Knute Buehler has won the GOP gubernatorial primary, besting a crowded field vying to compete against incumbent Democrat Kate Brown in November. Buehler, who ran for se...

LINCOLN, Neb. - Sen. Deb Fischer notched an easy Republican primary victory on Tuesday over four other GOP candidates, some of whom argued she wasn’t conservative enough for deep-red Nebraska. F...