Category Archives: World

HUALIEN, Taiwan - Rescuers in Taiwan continued their search for survivors in a dangerously tilted building Thursday, more than a day after it was damaged in an earthquake that shook the island’s...

PYEONGTAEK, Korea, Republic Of - Vice-President Mike Pence is trying to counter North Korean “propaganda” around the Winter Olympics with his own symbolism and rhetoric, shining a spotligh...

DHAKA, Bangladesh - A Bangladesh court sentenced former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia on Thursday to five years in prison on corruption charges. The conviction means that Zia, the archrival of the curren...

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica - Religious and social conservatives in Costa Rica have found a lot to object to from President Luis Guillermo Solis’ government. A decision to allow in-vitro fertilization....

MALE, Maldives - China dismissed accusations from the former leader of the Maldives that it is attempting to effectively buy up the Indian Ocean island state, while the Maldives government said Thursd...

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. - A wooden box carried an eagle feather and bone whistle, a gourd rattle and a feather fan - items that carry spiritual energy and are used in Native American religious ceremonies. Th...

NEW YORK - Let’s get this out of the way: Gloria Allred is not, nor has she ever been, running for Miss Congeniality. Over four decades of working for women’s rights, especially on behalf ...

BOGOTA - Colombia will tighten control of over its porous border with Venezuela as thousands of migrants fleeing a rapidly deteriorating political and economic crisis escape into the neighbouring Ande...

DULUTH, Minn. - Two classic American novels will no longer be required reading in eastern Minnesota schools because they contain racial slurs. “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” and R...

WASHINGTON - Two influential Republican senators have injected new information into the partisan dispute over the government’s secret surveillance of a former campaign adviser to President Donal...