Category Archives: World

Israeli PM: Airstrikes dealt 'severe blows' to Iran, Syria
JERUSALEM - Israel’s prime minister said Sunday his country delivered “severe blows” to Iranian and Syrian forces and vowed to take further action against its adversaries following t...
Feb 10, 2018
Bus plunges into ditch in southwestern Pakistan; 8 killed
QUETTA, Pakistan - A Pakistani official says a passenger bus bound for the city of Karachi has skidded off a road and plunged into a ditch in southwestern Pakistan, killing eight people. Salah Uddin, ...
Feb 10, 2018

Iranian-Canadian dies in custody in Tehran after crackdown
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - An Iranian-Canadian university professor detained in Tehran has died in custody, activists and a family member said Sunday, marking the latest suspicious death of a detai...
Feb 10, 2018
3 dead, 4 rescued after Grand Canyon helicopter crash
PHOENIX - Four survivors of a deadly tour helicopter crash onto the jagged rocks of the Grand Canyon were being treated at a Nevada hospital Sunday while crews tackled difficult terrain in a remote ar...
Feb 10, 2018
Boko Haram releases 13 hostages after talks with Nigeria
YOLA, Nigeria - Boko Haram extremists have freed three university lecturers and 10 women who it had kidnapped in separate raids last year, Nigeria’s government said Saturday. The academics were ...
Feb 10, 2018

Indonesia bus crash kills 27; police say brakes failed
JAKARTA, Indonesia - A packed tourist bus returning from an outing collided with a motorbike and plunged from a hill on Indonesia’s main island of Java after its brakes apparently malfunctioned,...
Feb 10, 2018
Professor replaced after insisting Australia isn't a country
MANCHESTER, N.H. - An online adjunct professor incorrectly told a student that Australia isn’t a country and gave her a failing grade, prompting Southern New Hampshire University to replace the ...
Feb 10, 2018
Fine arts museum celebrating Chinese New Year
BOSTON - The Museum of Fine Arts is opening its doors to celebrate the Lunar New Year. The renowned Boston museum says admission will be free all day Saturday, and musical and dance performances from ...
Feb 10, 2018

Trump accuses Democrats of playing politics with memo
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Saturday accused the Democrats of playing politics with classified information, asserting that their memo countering GOP allegations about the conduct of the FBI...
Feb 10, 2018
Danish prince visits ailing father after leaving Olympics
COPENHAGEN - Denmark’s Crown Prince Frederik has returned from the Winter Olympics in South Korea to visit his ailing father at a Copenhagen hospital. The royal household said Saturday that Fred...
Feb 10, 2018