Category Archives: World

WASHINGTON - An FBI report on the rise of black “extremists” is stirring fears of a return to practices used during the civil rights movement, when the bureau spied on activist groups with...

BAGHDAD - Iraq’s top court has paved the way for the self-ruled northern Kurdish region to step back from its controversial independence referendum and annul the vote’s results that overwh...

NAIROBI, Kenya - Kenya’s Supreme Court on Monday upheld President Uhuru Kenyatta’s re-election in a repeat vote that the opposition boycotted while saying electoral reforms had not been ma...

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - South Korea’s spy agency told lawmakers Monday that North Korea has punished two of its top military officers, including one widely seen as its second-most powerful o...

MANILA, Philippines - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has offered to China an opportunity to operate a new, third telecommunications carrier in the country, his spokesman said Monday. The move is...

TEHRAN, Iran - Iran’s supreme leader has visited the earthquake-hit region along the border with Iraq and urged for more efficiency and aid for the people in the stricken area. The temblor kille...

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said Monday that the opioid epidemic is “ravaging so many American families and communities.” It also appears to be more expensive than previously thoug...

JAYAPURA, Indonesia - Hundreds more people have left villages in Papua that were at the centre of clashes with separatists, Indonesian police said Monday. It was the second evacuation from the region ...

CAIRO - The head of the World Food Program in Yemen said on Monday that millions of Yemenis face the risk of more deaths as aid deliveries cannot get to those in need because of the continuing blockad...

SEATTLE - Harbour seals, sea lions and some fish-eating killer whales have been rebounding along the Northeast Pacific Ocean in recent decades. But that boom has come with a trade-off: They’re d...