Category Archives: World
Sex offenders can live next door to victims in many states
EDMOND, Okla. - A convicted sex offender who molested his niece when she was 7 years old moved in next door to his victim nearly a dozen years after he was sent to prison for the crime. Outraged, the ...
Aug 21, 2017
German Foreign Ministry pokes fun at Breitbart gaffe
BERLIN - Germany’s Foreign Ministry is having some fun at the expense of a Breitbart News gaffe. The online news site’s London operation on Friday used a photo of famous German soccer star...
Aug 21, 2017
Putin appoints new Russian ambassador to US
MOSCOW - A career Russian diplomat, who gained the reputation of a hawk during his earlier tenure at the Defence Ministry, was named the new ambassador to the United States on Monday. The 62-year old ...
Aug 21, 2017
Danish police find torso of woman after submarine sinking
HELSINKI - The body of a woman has been found in the Baltic Sea near where a missing Swedish journalist is believed to have died on a privately built submarine, Danish police said late Monday. A femal...
Aug 21, 2017
Bangladesh sentences 10 to death for 2000 plot to kill PM
NEW DELHI - A Bangladesh court has sentenced to death 10 leaders and activists from a banned Islamist group for a plot in 2000 to kill Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina by planting bombs at one of her rall...
Aug 21, 2017
UK promises to prosecute online hate crimes vigorously
LONDON - British authorities are promising to prosecute hate crimes committed online as vigorously as those that take place face-to-face, recognizing the growth of hate speech on social media and the ...
Aug 21, 2017
Aid workers face unique crisis in South Sudan war, says ICRC
KAMPALA, Uganda - South Sudan’s civil war presents humanitarian workers with “one of the unique crises” in the world, the president of the International Committee of the Red Cross sa...
Aug 21, 2017
French police rule out terror in van's fatal bus stop hits
MARSEILLE, France - A van rammed into two bus stops in the French port city of Marseille on Monday, killing one person and injuring another, but investigators ruled out terrorism as a motive, police s...
Aug 21, 2017
US Embassy in Russia stops issuing tourist visas for 8 days
MOSCOW - In a step that could affect hundreds of thousands of Russian tourists, the U.S. Embassy in Russia said Monday it would suspend issuing nonimmigrant visas for eight days from Wednesday in resp...
Aug 21, 2017
Trump commits US to fight on in Afghanistan; no speedy exit
WASHINGTON - Reversing his past calls for a speedy exit, President Donald Trump recommitted the United States to the 16-year-old war in Afghanistan Monday night, declaring U.S. troops must “figh...
Aug 21, 2017