Category Archives: World
Virginia clashes bring attention to anti-fascist movement
SEATTLE - The deadly white nationalist demonstration in Virginia has brought new attention to an anti-fascist movement whose black-clad, bandanna-wearing members have been a regular presence at protes...
Aug 17, 2017
Australian court: Refugee camp in Papua New Guinea is legal
SYDNEY, Australia - Australia’s highest court ruled on Thursday that the country’s policy of sending asylum seekers who try to reach its shores by boat to migrant camps in Papua New Guinea...
Aug 17, 2017
Veterans get expanded college assistance under Trump
BRIDGEWATER, N.J. - Military veterans are getting unlimited access to college assistance under legislation President Donald Trump has signed into law. The Forever GI Act removed a 15-year limit on usi...
Aug 17, 2017
Anti-Muslim Australian senator wears burqa in Parliament
CANBERRA, Australia - An Australian senator provoked an angry backlash from lawmakers by wearing a burqa in Parliament on Thursday as part of her campaign for a national ban on Islamic face covers. Pa...
Aug 17, 2017
Brother of Pole implicated kidnap plot to fight extradition
LONDON - The brother of a Polish man suspected of kidnaping a British model will fight his extradition to Italy. The U.K. National Crime Agency says officers arrested Michal Konrad Herba, 36, in centr...
Aug 17, 2017
Battered bronze sphere returns to World Trade Center site
NEW YORK - A 25-ton, bronze sphere damaged by the collapsing World Trade Center is finally being returned to a spot overlooking the rebuilt site. Workers on Wednesday began hoisting sections of the Ko...
Aug 17, 2017
Overdoses on the road: Drugged driving rises as a menace
COLUMBUS, Ohio - An SUV crashed after all four occupants overdosed on heroin in North Carolina. The same day, a man in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, grabbed the steering wheel after his grandson lost co...
Aug 17, 2017
Search area expands for Army helicopter missing off Hawaii
HONOLULU - The U.S. Coast Guard said Thursday it was now searching up to 50 miles (80 kilometres) off Hawaii for five soldiers missing after their Black Hawk helicopter crashed during nighttime traini...
Aug 17, 2017
Kabul catwalk: Afghan models show off traditional clothing
KABUL - Amid tight security, over two dozen young models, including six women, strutted down the catwalk in the garden of a private Kabul villa, proudly displaying the traditional clothing and costume...
Aug 17, 2017
8 charged in Thailand's latest case of insulting monarchy
BANGKOK - At least eight people have been charged with insulting the monarchy for allegedly burning portraits of members of Thailand’s royal family, a legal aid group said Thursday . Thai Lawyer...
Aug 17, 2017