Category Archives: World
Little Rock club performer faces weapons charge
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - A rapper shot someone in the neck days before performing at a concert in Little Rock that was the site of a shooting that left 28 people injured, federal prosecutors said Monday. U...
Jul 02, 2017
French media reports: 8 injured in shooting near mosque
PARIS - French media reports say eight people have been injured in a shooting near a mosque in the southern city of Avignon in what appears to be a criminal settling of scores. Local magistrate Laure ...
Jul 02, 2017
Top Colombian rebel leader in intensive care after stroke
BOGOTA - The top commander of Colombia’s largest rebel movement was hospitalized Sunday following a stroke and remains in intensive care, just days after his group handed over the last of its in...
Jul 02, 2017
Pope reverses Vatican stand on British sick baby case
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis is calling for the parents of a terminally ill British baby to be allowed to do everything possible to treat their child. A Vatican statement Sunday shifted the Holy See...
Jul 02, 2017
Trump criticized by media organizations over tweeted video
BRIDGEWATER, N.J. - In his latest jab at the media, President Donald Trump on Sunday tweeted a mock video that shows him pummeling a man in a business suit - his face obscured by the CNN logo - outsid...
Jul 02, 2017
Illinois school says 2 of 6 dead in plane crash worked there
PHILLIPS, Wis. - Authorities say six people aboard a Cessna airplane were killed when it crashed in northern Wisconsin. The Price County Sheriff’s Office says the airplane crashed at 3:21 a.m. S...
Jul 02, 2017
Qatar crisis deadline extended by 2 days as nation responds
DOHA, Qatar - Arab nations isolating Qatar extended a deadline Monday for the energy rich country to respond to their demands by another 48 hours, allowing its top diplomat to carry a handwritten resp...
Jul 02, 2017
Abu Dhabi airport now exempt from US laptop ban
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - The capital of the United Arab Emirates became the first city to be exempt from a U.S. ban on laptop computers being in the cabins of airplanes coming from the Mideast, t...
Jul 02, 2017
Niagara Falls looks to develop outdoor recreation activities
NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. - New York state wants to give tourists more to do when they visit Niagara Falls State Park and is asking developers to come forward with plans. Officials say they’re looking...
Jul 02, 2017
Syrian President Bashar Assad will be face of new bank note
BEIRUT - A new 2,000 Syrian Lira ($3.9) bank note with the face of President Bashar Assad will go into circulation Sunday, the Syrian Central Bank announced. The notes are the first time Syria will de...
Jul 02, 2017