Category Archives: World

PARIS - French authorities have handed preliminary kidnapping charges to a 34-year-old man in the case of a 9-year-old girl who went missing from a wedding celebration in France. Grenoble prosecutor&#...

WASHINGTON - Congress needs to combine a $7.9 billion disaster relief package for Harvey with a contentious increase in the nation’s borrowing limit, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says, argu...

WASHINGTON - A plan President Donald Trump is expected to announce Tuesday for young immigrants brought to the country illegally as children was embraced by some top Republicans on Monday and denounce...

BEIJING - China says President Donald Trump’s threat to cut off trade with countries that deal with North Korea is unacceptable and unfair. Trump said on Twitter on Sunday the United States is c...

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesia’s corruption court on Monday sentenced one of the country’s top judges to eight years in prison for taking bribes, the second time a constitutional Court jud...

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - South Korean warships conducted live-fire exercises at sea Tuesday as Seoul continued its displays of military capability following U.S. warnings of a “massive milita...

HOUSTON - While the number of evacuees seeking refuge in Houston’s emergency shelters dwindled 10 days after Harvey struck, many people who had left by Monday still faced dire housing needs. Som...

XIAMEN, China - Five major emerging economies including China and India agreed Monday to strengthen co-operation against terrorism and a range of organizations in a declaration that includes some Paki...

ISTANBUL - Turkish officials have denounced German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Martin Schulz, her main opponent in this month’s general election, for their anti-Turkish rhetoric during a televi...

JOHANNESBURG - Crimes against humanity are being committed in Burundi, according to a United Nations commission of inquiry. Killings, torture, sexual violence, degrading treatment, enforced disappeara...