Category Archives: World

CARACAS, Venezuela - A Venezuelan violinist who is a well-known face of protests against his country’s socialist government has been freed after more than two weeks in prison. The office of Vene...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand - Like squabbling siblings, New Zealand and Australia have close ties but also a rivalry that can sometimes turn ugly. That tension spilled into politics on Tuesday, when Austr...

CONCORD, N.H. - At the New Hampshire State Library’s latest art exhibit, the bright smiles and bold colours of the canvases belied the broken hearts of those who attended its opening reception. ...

MANILA, Philippines - Philippine police said Wednesday that an updated report shows anti-drug operations in a northern province this week left 32 alleged drug offenders dead - 11 more than earlier rep...

LOS ANGELES - Robert Yancy, the only child of singer Natalie Cole and grandson of crooner Nat King Cole, has died. He was 39. Yancy was found dead Monday night at his home in the Sherman Oaks section ...

MILWAUKEE - A Wisconsin man who doctors say came perilously close to death after accidentally shooting a nail into his heart while working on his house calmly drove himself to the hospital and even pa...

CANBERRA, Australia - Scientists have potentially narrowed the search area for the missing Malaysian airliner to three specific locations in the southern Indian Ocean through new satellite and drift a...

KABUL - Sultan Hossaini sent three of his children from their rural home to the capital, Kabul, hoping they would gain degrees and employment in the new Afghanistan that was promised after the overthr...

JERUSALEM - The Israeli military says it has demolished the West Bank home of a Palestinian man who stabbed three Israelis to death in their home at a nearby Jewish settlement last month. Omar al-Abed...

KIBBUTZ NIRIM, Israel - Israel is pressing ahead with construction of an underground barrier along the border with the Gaza Strip in an ambitious project meant to halt the threat of attack tunnels bui...