Category Archives: World

BRUNSWICK, Maine - One of the oldest-known Native American birch-bark canoes will go on display at a Maine historical society museum, possibly as early as this fall. Carbon dating by the Pejepscot His...

CARACAS, Venezuela - A prominent anti-government activist was barred from leaving Venezuela on Saturday for planned meetings with European leaders, dealing a setback to opposition attempts to rally in...

VENICE, Italy - The last time Israeli director Samuel Maoz came to the Venice Film Festival, he won the top prize with his first feature film. Then, his main feeling was shock. Eight years later he...

NAIROBI, Kenya - Seven girls died early Saturday when a fire gutted their dormitory at a high school in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, the country’s education minister said. The cause of the fi...

CAIRO - An international medical aid group has called on Libyan authorities to end arbitrary detention of refugees, migrants and asylum seekers, slamming conditions inside detention facilities in the ...

KARACHI, Pakistan - Pakistani police say two gunmen targeting an ethnic party lawmaker after Eid prayers instead shot down two others, including a child, in the southern port city of Karachi. Police o...

BERLIN - Residents in two German cities are evacuating their homes as authorities prepare to dispose of World War II-era bombs found during construction work this week. About 21,000 people have been o...

BERLIN - The European Union’s budget chief says there can be no negotiations with Britain about a post-Brexit trade deal unless the two sides make progress on “fundamental questions”...

SHAH PORIR DWIP, Bangladesh - Aid officials said relief camps were reaching full capacity as thousands of Rohingya refugees continued to pour into Bangladesh on Sunday fleeing violence in western Myan...

HOUSTON - A Texas city that lost its drinking water system to Harvey struggled Saturday to restore service, and firefighters kept monitoring a crippled chemical plant that has twice been the scene of ...