Category Archives: World

Turmoil embroils US Latino group amid leader's Trump backing
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - The oldest Latino civil rights organization in the U.S. is facing turmoil over its leader’s initial support for President Donald Trump’s immigration plan and it comes a...
Feb 08, 2018
Bardot warns Putin on animal cruelty before World Cup
PARIS - Brigitte Bardot, the French film star who became an animal rights activist, is using the upcoming soccer World Cup hosted by Russia to express her concerns to President Vladimir Putin about th...
Feb 08, 2018

Omarosa says on 'Big Brother' country is not going to be OK
Omarosa Manigault Newman is starting to tell her story, as promised. And the former White House aide’s story is: America is not going to be fine under President Donald Trump. “No,” a...
Feb 08, 2018
Rio beefs up Carnival security amid wave of violence
RIO DE JANEIRO - Authorities in Rio de Janeiro state said Thursday that security is being beefed up as the world-famous Carnival bash begins, following a wave of violence caused by rival drug traffick...
Feb 08, 2018
AP Exclusive: Rohingya say military cut off food in Myanmar
NAYAPARA REFUGEE CAMP, Bangladesh - Abdul Goni says the Myanmar government was starving his family one stage at a time. First, soldiers stopped the Rohingya Muslim from walking three hours to the fore...
Feb 08, 2018
Congress stumbles into gov't shutdown, budget deal stalled
WASHINGTON - The U.S. government stumbled into a shutdown at midnight as a rogue Senate Republican blocked a speedy vote on a massive, bipartisan, budget-busting spending deal, protesting the return o...
Feb 08, 2018
Syria says rare US strike an effort 'to support terrorism'
BEIRUT - Syrian state-run media said Thursday a rare U.S. strike on government-backed troops in eastern Syria killed and wounded dozens of tribal fighters, calling it a new effort “to support te...
Feb 08, 2018

Pentagon misconduct complaints increase; fewer found guilty
WASHINGTON - The number of complaints filed against senior military and defence officials has increased over the past several years, but more cases are being rejected as not credible and fewer officer...
Feb 08, 2018

Police say Texas officer's killer likely gunned down 2nd man
DALLAS - A gunman who mortally wounded a suburban Dallas police officer likely killed a second man before barricading himself in an apartment and randomly firing his weapon during the standoff, author...
Feb 08, 2018
Jack Johnson descendant hopes for pardon, maybe from Trump
In Jim Crow America, it’s no wonder that Jack Johnson was the most despised African-American of his generation. The first black boxing heavyweight champion of the world, Johnson humiliated white...
Feb 08, 2018