Category Archives: World
French far-right leader charged with alleged EU funds misuse
PARIS - French far-right leader Marine Le Pen was charged Friday with allegedly misusing European Parliament funds to pay two parliamentary aides who also work at her National Front headquarters. Her ...
Jun 30, 2017
Mariah Carey pays tribute at Manchester bomb victim funeral
LONDON - Mariah Carey sent a video message and the stars of the long-running British TV show “Coronation Street” were among the mourners at a funeral for Manchester concert bombing victim ...
Jun 30, 2017
Unbowed 'Julius Caesar' director urges artists 'take risks'
NEW YORK - The theatre director who endured death threats and lost corporate sponsors after staging a Donald Trump-inspired version of “Julius Caesar” has a message to any artist fearful o...
Jun 30, 2017
Hundreds flee Mosul as Iraqi forces squeeze extremists
MOSUL, Iraq - Hundreds of civilians fled Mosul’s Old City on Friday as Iraqi forces slowly squeezed the last pockets of Islamic State resistance, and the U.N. warned that the “intense and ...
Jun 30, 2017
Lebanon: Suicide attacks near Syria border kill 1 girl
BEIRUT - Explosions, including five suicide bombings, shook a Lebanese border town early on Friday, killing a Syrian girl and wounding seven Lebanese soldiers as the army raided several refugee settle...
Jun 30, 2017
UN cites 'notable trend' of people returning home in Syria
GENEVA - Nearly a half-million people who were displaced within Syria by the war have returned to their homes, the U.N. refugee agency said Friday, pointing to a “notable trend of spontaneous re...
Jun 30, 2017
Turkish, Qatari ministers meet amid crisis with Arab states
ANKARA, Turkey - Qatar’s defence minister held talks with his Turkish counterpart on Friday as the Gulf nation’s feud with four other major Arab states deepens amid a sweeping list of dema...
Jun 30, 2017
More court challenges expected for Trump's new travel ban
WASHINGTON - A scaled-back version of President Donald Trump’s travel ban is now in force, stripped of provisions that brought protests and chaos at airports worldwide in January yet still likel...
Jun 30, 2017
Trump ups trade tensions with SKorea in welcoming new leader
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump and South Korea’s new leader showed joint resolve on North Korea on Friday despite their divergent philosophies for addressing the nuclear threat, yet the U.S...
Jun 30, 2017
Never mind: Police say would-be robber apologizes to clerk
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. - Police in South Carolina are seeking a man who apologized after attempting to rob a convenience store. The Sun News reports that Horry County police say they responded June 18 to ...
Jun 30, 2017