Category Archives: World
Postponement talk raised for Nobel Literature Prize
COPENHAGEN - The Swedish Academy’s permanent secretary has indicated that the recent crisis within the body that hands out the coveted Nobel Prize in Literature, may mean postponing this year...
Apr 25, 2018
Chemical weapons team gathers more samples from Syrian town
BEIRUT - Inspectors from the global chemical weapons watchdog made a second visit Wednesday to a Syrian town hit by an alleged chemical attack, collecting samples from a new location that will be sent...
Apr 25, 2018
Lax vetting on Trump nominees begins to frustrate senators
WASHINGTON - As President Donald Trump’s pick to lead Veterans Affairs skids to a halt, senators from both parties are voicing frustration that the White House is skipping crucial vetting of nom...
Apr 25, 2018
Indian court jails spiritual guru for life in rape case
NEW DELHI - An Indian court on Wednesday found a high-profile spiritual guru guilty of raping a teenage female devotee in 2013 and sentenced him to life in prison. The verdict against 77-year-old Asar...
Apr 25, 2018
Korean leaders seek to control optics at historic summit
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - Kim Jong Un will be in uncharted territory when the third-generation autocrat walks across the border and into the southern half of the Demilitarized Zone separating the ri...
Apr 25, 2018
GOP unsettled by narrow win in US House race in Arizona
GLENDALE, Ariz. - It took a big money push from the Republican Party, tweets by the president and the support of the state’s current and former governors, but the GOP held onto an Arizona U.S. H...
Apr 25, 2018
US Embassy move in Israel emblematic of broader policy shift
WASHINGTON - When the Stars and Stripes is hoisted over the new U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem next month it will be a physical milestone in a broader, striking shift by the Trump administration away from ...
Apr 25, 2018
Attorneys urge appeals court to block Iraqi deportations
CINCINNATI - Civil rights attorneys contended Wednesday that the Trump administration tried to rush deportations of Iraqis who faced torture, sexual slavery and even beheadings in their home country. ...
Apr 25, 2018
Texas gang member executed for killing girl, grandmother
HUNTSVILLE, Texas - A prisoner on Texas death row for killing a 5-year-old girl and her grandmother in a gang-related shooting at a child’s birthday party in Fort Worth a decade ago was executed...
Apr 25, 2018
Martha Stewart's studio props up for auction
BEVERLY, Mass. - The pots and pans that once appeared on home decor and food expert Martha Stewart’s television shows may soon find a place in someone’s home. The Salem News reports that B...
Apr 25, 2018