Category Archives: World

TIVERTON, R.I. - A Rhode Island town has reached a settlement with the families of two men who were buried in the wrong cemetery plots. A lawyer for one of the two families tells WPRI-TV (http://bit.l...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - A top United Arab Emirates official said Saturday the Arab countries isolating Qatar do not seek to force out the country’s leadership over allegations it supports ...

SANAA, Yemen - Yemen’s internationally-recognized government on Saturday ordered the creation of a committee to investigate allegations of human rights violations, following reports that U.S. mi...

ISTANBUL - Turkish authorities announced Saturday they will not allow the Istanbul Pride march to take place on Sunday - the third year in a row the celebration has been banned. The move prompted crit...

LONDON - British officials were investigating a cyberattack Saturday on the country’s Parliament after discovering “unauthorized attempts to access parliamentary user accounts.” A st...

BERLIN - Two giant pandas - Meng Meng and Jiao Qing - received a celebrity welcome Saturday in Berlin from the German capital’s mayor and the Chinese ambassador after they safely weathered a lon...

BOGOTA - At least eight people have died and five are missing after an underground explosion at a coal mine in central Colombia. Rescuers are attempting to locate possibly trapped survivors, but as th...

DAMASCUS, Syria - The Syrian government released Saturday hundreds of detainees including some who backed the insurgency against President Bashar Assad on the eve of a major Muslim holiday. Hours afte...

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump and Vice-President Mike Pence plan to be among the guests as Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin (mih-NOO’-shin’s) weds a Scottish actress. Mnuchin is to ...

PESHAWAR, Pakistan - The death toll from twin blasts in the northwestern town of Parachinar climbed to 67 Saturday, bringing the overall death toll from three separate attacks in Pakistan to 85, with ...