Category Archives: World
Bridge collapses into river in Kashmir; 5 dead, 11 missing
MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan - An old wooden bridge over a fast-moving river in Kashmir collapsed as dozens of students were taking pictures on it, leading to at least five deaths on Sunday. Javed Ayub, a s...
May 13, 2018
Israel kicks off US Embassy celebration, boosts border force
JERUSALEM - Israel on Sunday kicked off festivities to celebrate the opening of the new U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem, even as it bolstered its forces along the Gaza border and in the West Bank in anticip...
May 13, 2018
Militants attack Afghan government building, 10 dead
KABUL - Militants attacked a provincial government building in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday, killing at least ten people, officials said. Attahullah Khogyani, the spokesman for the governor of Nangar...
May 13, 2018
Police: Members of a family bombed 3 Indonesian churches
SURABAYA, Indonesia - Co-ordinated suicide bombings carried out by members of the same family struck three churches in Indonesia’s second-largest city Sunday, police said, as the world’s m...
May 12, 2018
Broadway performance cancelled due to Jim Parsons injury
NEW YORK - An injury to actor Jim Parsons has forced the cancellation of a performance of the Broadway revival of “The Boys in the Band.” People who said they attended the Saturday matinee...
May 12, 2018
NewsAlert: ISIL says Paris knife attack suspect is one of their 'soldiers'
The Islamic State group’s news agency is claiming that the suspect in the Paris knife attack was one of their “soldiers.” French authorities say they are opening a terrorism investig...
May 12, 2018
Episcopal Church leader to speak at royal wedding ceremony
LONDON - Kensington Palace says the head of the Episcopal Church, the Most Rev. Michael Bruce Curry, will speak at the wedding of Prince Harry and American actress Meghan Markle. Curry will give the a...
May 12, 2018
22 world records set at Christie's Rockefeller auction
NEW YORK - Twenty-two world records have been set at a Christie’s auction, including the $832 million total for the priciest private collection of artworks and other treasures, owned by Peggy an...
May 12, 2018
French police question parents, friend of Paris attacker
PARIS - Investigators are following the trail of a 20-year-old Frenchman born in Chechnya who rampaged through a festive Paris neighbourhood slashing passers-by with a knife, raising anew the spectre ...
May 12, 2018
New Ohio exhibit explores history of blacks in comic books
WILBERFORCE, Ohio - A new exhibit explores the history of blacks in comic books as the film “Black Panther” spurs interest in black comic book characters. “Behind the Mask: Black Pow...
May 12, 2018