Category Archives: World

Israel in deal to resettle Africa migrants, then backtracks
JERUSALEM - Israel announced a deal with the U.N. on Monday to resettle African migrants in Western nations, but hours later put the agreement on hold. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had announced ...
Apr 02, 2018
Gaza toll rises to 18, Israel rejects excessive force claims
GAZA, Palestinian Territory - Israel’s military rejected new allegations Monday of unlawful use of force against unarmed Palestinians during mass protests in Gaza last week, as the Palestinian d...
Apr 02, 2018

With the blow of a whistle, Trump kicks off Easter Egg Roll
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump helped kick off the White House Easter Egg Roll on Monday with a “ready,” ”set” and the blow of a whistle. “You ready kids?” the...
Apr 02, 2018

Trump pushes Republicans to use 'nuclear option' on border
WASHINGTON - Trump administration officials said Monday they’re crafting a new legislative package aimed at closing immigration “loopholes,” hours after the president called on Repub...
Apr 02, 2018
Extremists kill 4 African Union soldiers in southern Somalia
MOGADISHU, Somalia - Somalia’s al-Shabab Islamic extremists on Sunday launched an attack on a base for African Union troops in the country’s south, killing four Ugandan peacekeepers, said ...
Apr 02, 2018
House where Rosa Parks sought refuge displayed, briefly
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The house where Rosa Parks sought refuge in Detroit after fleeing the South is being briefly displayed in Rhode Island, after a trans-Atlantic journey and the abrupt cancellation of...
Apr 02, 2018
Police looking at 'red flags' before California cliff crash
SEATTLE - Investigators said Monday they were examining “red flags” in a Washington state family’s past in hopes of explaining why their SUV went off a 100-foot cliff in an apparent ...
Apr 02, 2018

China space lab mostly burns up on re-entry in south Pacific
BEIJING - China’s defunct Tiangong 1 space station mostly burned up on re-entry into the atmosphere over the central South Pacific on Monday, Chinese space authorities said. The experimental spa...
Apr 02, 2018

Syrian rebels begin evacuating last stronghold near Damascus
BEIRUT - Syrian state media said Monday that the largest rebel group in the suburbs of Damascus has begun evacuating its last stronghold after seven years of war, but the rebels refused to say whether...
Apr 02, 2018

Malaysia set to intercept boat said to be carrying Rohingya
BANGKOK - Malaysian authorities said Monday that they have stepped up patrols to intercept a boat thought to be carrying dozens of people from Myanmar’s beleaguered Rohingya Muslim minority seek...
Apr 02, 2018