Category Archives: World

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association says it is investigating actor Brendan Fraser’s claim that its former president, Philip Berk, groped him in 2003. Fraser, 49, best known for his role in &...

LOS ANGELES - You have a firm grip on this year’s Oscar nominees, last year’s winners and what host Jimmy Kimmel will undoubtedly joke about (and the best picture award goes to … oop...

STARKE, Fla. - As the execution drugs were being administered, inmate Eric Scott Branch let out a blood-curdling scream. Then he yelled “murderers! murderers! murderers!” as he thrashed on...

BANGKOK - First, their villages were burned to the ground. Now, Myanmar’s government is using bulldozers to literally erase them from the earth - in a vast operation rights groups say is destroy...

WASHINGTON - The Trump administration is considering an offer from Republican mega-donor Sheldon Adelson to pay for at least part of a new U.S. embassy in Jerusalem, four U.S. officials told The Assoc...

WASHINGTON - Congress is reserving one of the nation’s greatest distinctions for the Rev. Billy Graham, selecting him to lie in honour in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda next Wednesday and Thursday. Am...

LINCOLN, Neb. - The nation’s largest privately-owned bank holding company and a major car rental chain said Thursday they will stop promotions aimed at National Rifle Association members. The Ne...

NEW DELHI - The U.S. president’s son heaped praise on the Indian media and complained of coverage at home, as he neared the end of a whirlwind trip across India promoting Trump-brand luxury real...

The U.N. Security Council delayed a vote on a resolution demanding a 30-day humanitarian cease-fire across Syria until Saturday in hopes of closing a gap over the timing for a halt to fighting. Russia...

MANILA, Philippines - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s top aide has summoned the U.S. ambassador to discuss a global threat assessment by American intelligence agencies that mentioned Dute...