Category Archives: World

GENEVA - Three United Nations human rights experts decried rising racism and xenophobia in the United States, citing the white nationalist demonstrations in Charlottesville, Virginia, as the latest ex...

BERLIN - German customs officers say they have found and destroyed 20 rotten snake heads found in a package that had arrived from Nigeria. A spokeswoman for Munich’s main customs office said Wed...

TRENTON, N.J. - Hurricane Gert is churning the surf and creating a high risk for rip currents along the New Jersey shore. Beachgoers are advised to swim near lifeguards. If caught in a rip current, th...

ANKARA, Turkey - Turkey formally asked the German government on Wednesday to arrest and extradite a top suspect in last year’s failed coup attempt following reports suggesting that he has been s...

LISBON, Portugal - Authorities say a 12-month-old baby and two foreign women were among the 13 people killed when a huge oak tree crashed down on an outdoor religious festival in Portugal’s Made...

JOHANNESBURG - Five years after South African police shot dead 34 striking mine workers, recalling police brutality under apartheid, rights groups say no one has been prosecuted and miners’ livi...

DENVER - The former radio host who lost a groping lawsuit to Taylor Swift in federal court this week said he realizes the case was in the pop star’s favour, but he had no interest in backing dow...

HAGATNA, Guam - The threatened missile attack by North Korea on Guam has prompted calls for peace from the island’s indigenous people, who are weary of yet another conflict after enduring centur...

LONDON - The HMS Queen Elizabeth, the biggest ship ever built for the British navy, sailed into its homeport for the first time Wednesday as tens of thousands jammed the harbour to welcome it. The 3 b...

NEWARK, N.J. - Advocates have petitioned for the immediate release of an Afghan man who has been detained for five months since he tried to enter the United States on a special visa for people who hel...