Category Archives: World
Police: Bandit gang abducts 7 Pakistani police officers
MULTAN, Pakistan - Pakistani police say bandits have abducted seven policemen from a forested area of southern Punjab. They say the gang wants several of its members who are behind bars to be freed. S...
Aug 20, 2017
Spanish town struggles to reconcile locals as extremist cell
RIPOLL, Spain - They were brothers and boyhood friends from a town with no unfamiliar faces. They were linked by Moroccan roots and equally tied by their upbringings in Ripoll, an ancient hub in the C...
Aug 20, 2017
Bomb kills 3 Lebanese troops battling Islamic State
BEIRUT - Lebanon suffered its first casualties from a massive operation to drive the Islamic State group from an area along the Syrian border on Sunday when a roadside bomb killed three soldiers. The ...
Aug 20, 2017
Officials: No Powerball winner, jackpot swells to $650M
DES MOINES, Iowa - Powerball officials say there was no grand prize winner in the latest drawing, meaning one of the nation’s largest lottery jackpots will continue growing. Maura McCann of the ...
Aug 20, 2017
Iraq launches operation to take back IS-held town near Mosul
ABU GHADDUR, Iraq - U.S.-backed Iraqi forces on Sunday launched a multi-pronged assault to retake the town of Tal Afar, west of Mosul, marking the next phase in the country’s war on the Islamic ...
Aug 19, 2017
Researchers find wreckage of WWII-era USS Indianapolis
WASHINGTON - Civilian researchers say they have located the wreck of the USS Indianapolis, the World War II heavy cruiser that played a critical role in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima before being st...
Aug 19, 2017
Penn Jillette apologizes to Newfoundland for insult comedy
LOS ANGELES - Penn Jillette is apologizing profusely for his wisecracks insulting Newfoundland. The talkative half of the Penn & Teller magic and comedy act called Newfoundland “a euphemism ...
Aug 19, 2017
Train derails in northern India, killing at least 23
LUCKNOW, India - Rescuers using cutting torchers and cranes worked through the night to pull apart 14 coaches of a crowded train that went off the tracks in northern India, killing 23 people and injur...
Aug 19, 2017
'Nazis' spray-painted on Robert E. Lee statue in Dallas
Dallas police officials say a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee has been vandalized. The Dallas Morning News reported a crew of city workers went to Lee Park early Saturday to power-wash the sp...
Aug 19, 2017
'Free speech rally' cut short after massive counterprotest
BOSTON - Thousands of demonstrators chanting anti-Nazi slogans converged Saturday on downtown Boston in a boisterous repudiation of white nationalism, dwarfing a small group of conservatives who cut s...
Aug 19, 2017