Category Archives: World
Corrections officers charged with bribery, racketeering
COLUMBIA, S.C. - More than a dozen South Carolina corrections employees pleaded not guilty Wednesday to federal charges related to bribery and bringing contraband into the state’s institutions, ...
Apr 25, 2018
Police: Man killed deputy, stole his car and robbed store
NORRIDGEWOCK, Maine - A man scheduled to appear in court to face gun charges Wednesday killed a sheriff’s deputy in Maine, stole his cruiser and robbed a convenience store, officials said. The f...
Apr 25, 2018
Oliver Stone, visiting Iran, calls US a global 'outlaw'
TEHRAN, Iran - Oliver Stone, making his first-ever visit to Iran, says the United States is a global “outlaw” that has made a mess of the Middle East. The director of “JFK” and...
Apr 25, 2018
Emiratis investigate joke video of baby government employee
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Prosecutors are investigating a United Arab Emirates government agency’s release of an online video that was meant as a joke and that suggested an 8-month-old baby ...
Apr 25, 2018
Kuwait expels Philippines ambassador amid maid abuse dispute
KUWAIT CITY - Kuwait on Wednesday expelled the Philippines ambassador and recalled its own envoy from Manila over a growing diplomatic dispute sparked by complaints of the abuse of Filipina housemaids...
Apr 25, 2018
Handshakes and kisses aside, some issues split Trump, Macron
WASHINGTON - With exaggerated handshakes and a pair of kisses, President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron professed a sunny, best-friends relationship, even as the two allies strained...
Apr 25, 2018
Melania Trump takes her moment to sparkle in the spotlight
WASHINGTON - There were no celebrity guests, Hollywood entertainers or superstar chefs. But as she stepped out of the background to host her first state dinner, Melania Trump sought to sparkle in her ...
Apr 25, 2018
Seeking aid abroad, Lebanon uproots Syrian refugees
BEIRUT - Three years ago, Ahmad Mohsin was forced to relocate his campsite in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley after soldiers raided the community of Syrian refugees where he lived and smashed their belon...
Apr 25, 2018
RFK funeral train photo exhibit: Kennedy's final journey
SAN FRANCISCO - The assassination of Robert F. Kennedy 50 years ago this June fractured the nation just two months after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. and five years after his brother J...
Apr 25, 2018
Dane convicted of killing, dismembering journalist on sub
COPENHAGEN - A self-taught Danish engineer was convicted of murder Wednesday for luring a Swedish journalist on to his homemade submarine, then torturing and killing her before dismembering her body a...
Apr 25, 2018