Category Archives: World

Duterte warns he'll order navy to fire if sea wealth taken
MANILA, Philippines - The Philippine president says he has no intention of going into war over territorial feuds but will order the navy to fire if other countries extract resources from waters within...
Feb 10, 2018

Polish adviser says Israel wants 'monopoly on the Holocaust'
WARSAW, Poland - An adviser to Poland’s president says he thinks Israel’s negative reaction to a law criminalizing some statements about Poland’s actions during World War II stemmed ...
Feb 10, 2018

Israel strikes Syria, downs Iranian drone, as F-16 crashes
JERUSALEM - In its most serious engagement in neighbouring Syria since fighting there began in 2011, Israel shot down an infiltrating Iranian drone Saturday and struck Iranian targets deep in Syria be...
Feb 09, 2018
A Me Too moment at NY Fashion Week thanks to French designer
NEW YORK - French designer Myriam Chalek says didn’t want to put on just another show at New York Fashion Week. Instead, she gathered a small group of sexual misconduct survivors, sent them down...
Feb 09, 2018

2 soldiers killed in attack on army camp in Indian Kashmir
JAMMU, India - Two soldiers were killed and three others wounded in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Saturday as soldiers traded fire with armed militants who were holed up inside an army camp, officials ...
Feb 09, 2018

Man in US illegally guilty of killing 2 California deputies
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A man in the United States illegally was convicted Friday of killing two Northern California deputies in a case that helped fuel the national immigration debate. Luis Bracamontes ...
Feb 09, 2018

Wyoming secretary of state resigns amid misconduct claims
CHEYENNE, Wyo. - Wyoming’s secretary of state, a potential 2018 candidate for governor, resigned Friday following accusations of sexual misconduct by two women dating from decades ago, marking a...
Feb 09, 2018

'Urban Light' sculpture switches from incandescent to LED
LOS ANGELES - Artist Chris Burden’s famous sculpture “Urban Light” is casting a new glow on the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. The 10th anniversary of the installation of the 202 ...
Feb 09, 2018
Ex-Miss America from Arkansas squares off with state senator
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - A former Miss America says that while an Arkansas politician is criticizing a public university that put up a billboard touting its dance program, society needs both entertainers a...
Feb 09, 2018
Court rules Los Angeles sheriff violated immigrants' rights
LOS ANGELES - A federal judge ruled that the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department and immigration officials violated the rights of suspected immigrants who were detained after they should hav...
Feb 09, 2018