Category Archives: World
Attorneys seek information on aborted Alabama execution
MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Execution team members stuck an inmate repeatedly in the lower legs, ankles and groin in effort to find a usable vein before the state called off the lethal injection, according to ...
Feb 23, 2018
EU warns Turkey after its warships force gas rig to halt
NICOSIA, Cyprus - The European Union warned Turkey on Friday to rein in its navy after Turkish warships threatened and blocked a rig from reaching a site southeast of Cyprus where it was to drill for ...
Feb 23, 2018
US tightens sanctions on North Korean shipping
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration escalated pressure on North Korea Friday by slapping sanctions on scores of companies and ships accused of illicit trading with the pariah nation. Treasury Secret...
Feb 23, 2018

EU official says UK seems delusional over post-Brexit ties
BRUSSELS - A top European Union official says Britain’s view of its future ties with the EU after Brexit seems delusional. European Council President Donald Tusk said Friday that “if the m...
Feb 23, 2018
EU leaders can't agree yet on post-Brexit budget
BRUSSELS - European Union leaders are unlikely to agree this year on a new multiyear budget that will plug a huge funding gap caused by Britain’s departure from the bloc, European Council Presid...
Feb 23, 2018

Trump again criticizes ailing McCain over health care vote
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump renewed his criticism of John McCain for the senator’s dramatic thumbs-down deciding vote last year against the GOP health care repeal. Without using McCain...
Feb 23, 2018
Trump, Turnbull praise each other on immigration and taxes
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump and Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull put their “mateship” on full display Friday at the White House as they took turns praising each otherR...
Feb 23, 2018

CDC seeking $400 million to replace lab for deadliest germs
NEW YORK - Thirteen years after building a state-of-the-art lab for the world’s most dangerous germs, the nation’s top public health agency is asking for more than $400 million to build a ...
Feb 23, 2018

Trump says son-in-law's clearance is up to Kelly
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump says he’ll leave it up to chief of staff John Kelly to decide whether Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, will keep his interim security clearance. ̶...
Feb 23, 2018

White House locked down after vehicle strikes barrier
WASHINGTON - The White House was on lockdown for about an hour Friday after a passenger vehicle struck a security barrier. Local media reported that the driver was armed. The U.S. Secret Service tweet...
Feb 23, 2018