Category Archives: World
70 years after Pakistan-India split, Sikhs search for home
PESHAWAR, Pakistan - Radesh Singh’s grandfather was just 11 years old when he left his village in India’s Punjab province to move to Peshawar, in the far northwest of the country on the bo...
Aug 14, 2017
AP EXPLAINS: Impact of Saudi death sentences, Shiite unrest
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - There has been a spike in violence in an eastern town in Saudi Arabia, where masked security forces patrol the streets in armoured cars and come under fire from local Shi...
Aug 14, 2017
New life for Medicaid after GOP's health care debacle
WASHINGTON - It may not equal Social Security and Medicare as a “third rail” program that politicians touch at their own risk, yet Medicaid seems to have gotten stronger after the Republic...
Aug 14, 2017
After failure of SC nuke plant, backers seek federal aid
WASHINGTON - Proponents of nuclear power are pushing to revive a failed project to build two reactors in South Carolina, arguing that the demise of the $14 billion venture could signal doom for an ind...
Aug 14, 2017
Clerical abuse scandal hits Argentine president's school
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Rufino Varela was a distraught, confused 12-year-old when he went looking for help from the school chaplain to tell him he’d been sexually abused by a mason at his fami...
Aug 14, 2017
Death sentences of Shiites point to limits of Saudi reforms
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Saudi Arabia’s new crown prince hopes to transform the kingdom and modernize society, but the planned execution of 14 Shiite protesters charged with violence agains...
Aug 14, 2017
Third of Syrian refugee kids not in school, despite pledges
MANSHIYEH, Jordan - Since his family fled civil war in Syria five years ago, 15-year-old Ali al-Sbehi hasn’t set foot in a school. Instead, he has put in 12-hour shifts in a supermarket, a fast ...
Aug 14, 2017
Officer on fatal Charlottesville crash: 'Hahahaha love this'
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - A Massachusetts police officer is facing disciplinary action for writing “Hahahaha love this” on Facebook in response to a story about a car striking and killing a cou...
Aug 14, 2017
Will NKorea's Kim pull the trigger? Possible signs to watch
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - Tensions between the United States and North Korea tend to flare suddenly and fade almost as quickly - but the latest escalation won’t likely go away quite so easily....
Aug 14, 2017
British cybersecurity expert pleads not guilty to US charges
MILWAUKEE - A British cybersecurity researcher credited with helping curb a recent worldwide ransomware attack pleaded not guilty Monday to federal charges accusing him of creating malicious software ...
Aug 14, 2017