Category Archives: World

London City Airport says all flights in and out have been cancelled for Monday after an unexploded World War II-era bomb was found nearby in the River Thames. The Metropolitan Police service says it h...

BERLIN - Millions of dressed-up revelers and schoolchildren took to the streets across Germany to celebrate Carnival with elaborate costumes, chocolates and fervour Monday. The popular street parades ...

CAIRO - The United States and Egypt on Monday reaffirmed their commitment to battle Islamic militants in the Middle East as U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson held talks with Egyptian officials in ...

HUALIEN, Taiwan - The 17 people who died last week after a strong earthquake hit Taiwan’s east coast were honoured at a memorial service on Monday, with hundreds of attendees bowing their heads ...

LONDON - Oxfam’s deputy chief executive in the United Kingdom resigned Monday, saying she took “full responsibility” for failing to act immediately in the sexual misconduct scandal i...

MOSCOW - Wading through knee-deep snow, hundreds of emergency workers searched a vast field near Moscow on Monday for remains of the 71 victims from the crash of a Russian airliner, and aviation exper...

KABUL - Afghan local officials have confirmed an attack over the weekend in southern Helmand province, saying the Taliban there killed 16 pro-government militiamen. Two officials in Helmand say the at...

BEIRUT - Turkey’s foreign minister assailed the United States on Monday, claiming that American forces in Syria are intentionally stalling the fight against Islamic State militants as an excuse ...

NAIROBI, Kenya - As a student, Leah Wangari imagined a glamorous life as a globe-trotting flight attendant, not toiling in dirt and manure. Born and raised in Kenya’s skyscraper-filled capital, ...

NEW YORK - Jennifer Egan and Sherman Alexie are the 2018 winners of the Carnegie Medal for literary excellence. Egan won the fiction prize for “Manhattan Beach,” her novel set in New York ...