Category Archives: World
Pence: Story on possible 2020 presidential run 'disgraceful'
BRIDGEWATER, N.J. - Vice-President Mike Pence has pushed back against a news report suggesting he is laying groundwork for a possible presidential bid in 2020 if President Donald Trump does not run. I...
Aug 07, 2017
Trump seeks communications chief, but he has final word
NEW YORK - For the third time in six months, President Donald Trump is on the hunt for a new communications director. But in practice, the job is filled. It’s Trump who’s the White House...
Aug 07, 2017
Gas explosion in mine in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir kills 5
MUZAFFRABAD, Pakistan - A Pakistani government official says a gas explosion in a coalmine in the Pakistan-controlled part of Kashmir has killed five miners and injured two after a part of the mine co...
Aug 07, 2017
Rev. Jesse Jackson visits Fla., discusses voter suppression
ORLANDO, Fla. - The Rev. Jesse Jackson says there was no evidence of voter fraud in the 2016 presidential election but says President Trump’s Commission on Election Integrity should look at the ...
Aug 07, 2017
Dueling factions in Venezuela stake claims at power
CARACAS, Venezuela - Pro- and anti-government factions dug themselves further into their trenches Monday amid Venezuela’s deepening political crisis, with each side staking a claim to the powers...
Aug 07, 2017
Red Cross says 186 migrants storm Spanish border post
MADRID - The Spanish Red Cross says it has tended to 186 migrants who stormed a pedestrian border post to enter Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta from Morocco. Attempts to cross by force at...
Aug 07, 2017
Video shows California officer pointing gun at passenger
CAMPBELL, Calif. - A video showing a Northern California police officer pointing his gun for more than nine minutes at the passenger in a car stop has drawn attention on social media. The Campbell Pol...
Aug 07, 2017
Kenyan lions kill 1 person grazing livestock in city park
NAIROBI, Kenya - Two lions attacked and killed one person among a group of men grazing cattle in Kenya’s Nairobi National Park at night, police said, highlighting the increasing conflict between...
Aug 07, 2017
Iran signs its biggest-ever car deal with France's Renault
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran signed the country’s biggest-ever car deal on Monday to build tens of thousands of cars annually under a joint venture with French automobile manufacturer Groupe Renault, buo...
Aug 07, 2017
Sicily firefighters suspected of setting blazes to get work
ROME - Fifteen firefighters in Sicily are suspected of deliberately setting fires or having friends or family call in false alarms so they could be called to work and earn money, police said Monday, a...
Aug 07, 2017