Category Archives: World
3 dead, 2,000 evacuated as storm strikes Malaysian state
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - A northern Malaysian state was paralyzed Sunday by a severe storm that led to three deaths and the evacuation of some 2,000 people in the worst flooding in years. Penang, a po...
Nov 05, 2017
Slovak neo-Nazi leader defeated in regional election
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia - Slovakia’s neo-Nazi parliamentary party suffered a blow after its chairman failed to get re-elected as the head of a regional government, according released Sunday. Marian...
Nov 05, 2017
Saudi arrests of princes consolidates another's power grab
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabia’s heir to the throne is overseeing an unprecedented wave of arrests of dozens of the country’s most powerful princes, military officers, influential bus...
Nov 05, 2017
Saudi-led coalition warns Iran over Yemen missile launch
SANAA, Yemen - The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen closed off the land, sea and air ports to the Arab world’s poorest country early Monday after a rebel-fired ballistic missile targeted Ri...
Nov 05, 2017
Catalan Five get conditional freedom in Belgium
BRUSSELS - Ousted Catalan president Carles Puigdemont and four close separatist allies regained their freedom at the end of a tumultuous Sunday that started when they surrendered in Brussels to face p...
Nov 05, 2017
Trump declares North Korea "threat to the civilized world."
TOKYO - Declaring that North Korea was “a threat to the civilized world,” President Donald Trump vowed Monday in Japan that the United States “will not stand” for Pyongyang men...
Nov 05, 2017
Sicilians vote for new governor in last test before 2018
MILAN - More than 4.6 million voters in Sicily are heading to the polls Sunday to pick a new regional governor in the last important vote before a national election early next year. While five candida...
Nov 05, 2017
Trump's Asia trip presents a crucial international test
HONOLULU - On his most grueling and consequential trip abroad, President Donald Trump stands ready to exhort Asian allies and rivals on the need to counter the dangers posed by North Korea’s nuc...
Nov 04, 2017
Sprint, T-Mobile end merger talks
NEW YORK - Wireless carriers Sprint and T-Mobile called off a potential merger, saying the companies couldn’t come to an agreement that would benefit customers and shareholders. The two companie...
Nov 04, 2017
Lawyer: Ex-'Boomer and Carton' radio host to fight charges
NEW YORK - A lawyer for a former sports radio host charged with cheating investors to pay gambling debts says his client will fight a newly filed indictment. Attorney Robert Gottlieb said Craig Carton...
Nov 04, 2017