Category Archives: World

Florida, angry and grieving, takes gun protest to streets
PARKLAND, Fla. - Thousands of angry students, parents, teachers and neighbours of a Florida high school where 17 people were killed demanded Saturday that immediate action be taken on gun-control legi...
Feb 17, 2018

Pope revives lapsed sex abuse commission amid skepticism
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis revived his lapsed sex abuse advisory commission by naming new members Saturday, after coming under fire for his overall handling of the scandal and his support for a Chile...
Feb 17, 2018

'Three Billboards' wins, women make waves at UK film awards
LONDON - Ferocious female-led tragicomedy “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” was the big winner Sunday at the British Academy Film Awards in London, where women demanding an end t...
Feb 17, 2018
Kurdish doctors report suspected Turkish gas attack in Syria
BEIRUT - Six civilians suffered breathing difficulties and other symptoms indicative of poison gas inhalation after an attack launched by Turkey on the Kurdish-controlled enclave of Afrin, local docto...
Feb 17, 2018
Top German diplomat: 'We no longer recognize our America'
MUNICH - Germany’s foreign minister slammed the “America first” approach of President Donald Trump’s administration Saturday, saying that close U.S. ties with a strong European...
Feb 17, 2018

Trump adviser: Russian meddling 'incontrovertible'
MUNICH - President Donald Trump’s national security adviser said Saturday there was “incontrovertible” evidence of a Russian plot to disrupt the 2016 U.S. election, a blunt statement...
Feb 17, 2018
India, Iran to step up co-operation on Afghanistan
NEW DELHI - India and Iran said Saturday that they would step up co-operation in combatting extremism, terrorism and drug trafficking, and restoring peace and stability in war-wracked Afghanistan. Ind...
Feb 17, 2018

Pakistani court sentences convicted serial killer to death
LAHORE, Pakistan - A Pakistani court on Saturday sentenced a serial killer to death after finding him guilty of killing eight children, including a 7-year-old girl whose rape and murder drew nationwid...
Feb 17, 2018
Kosovo celebrates a decade of independence from Serbia
PRISTINA, Kosovo - Kosovo is celebrating 10 years of independence from Serbia in two-day festivities that started Saturday around the country. British singer Rita Ora, who was born in Kosovo before he...
Feb 17, 2018
Trio of suicide bombers kill 20 at crowded market in Nigeria
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria - A trio of suicide bombers detonated at a crowded fish market in northern Nigeria, killing at least 20 people, police said Saturday. Borno state police spokesman Joseph Kwaji confi...
Feb 17, 2018