Category Archives: World

GLOUCESTER, Mass. - A 12-year-old Massachusetts girl used what she learned about creating a tourniquet from “The Hunger Games” to rescue her friend. The Gloucester Times reports (http://bi...

ISLAMABAD - Officials say Indian and Pakistani troops have traded fire in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir, killing two civilians and wounding three others on the Pakistani side. A Pakistan ar...

MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin says that early on in his tenure he floated the idea of Russia joining NATO. In a series of interviews with American film director Oliver Stone, Putin said he...

BERLIN - German authorities arrested four Syrian brothers on terrorism charges Monday for allegedly fighting for an extremist group in their homeland five years ago. Mustafa K., 41, Abdullah K., 39, S...

WASHINGTON - So what’s next for James Comey? The former FBI director boldly challenged the president who fired him, accused the Trump administration of lying and supplied material that could be ...

TOKYO - A giant panda cub was born in a Tokyo zoo Monday, but its gender, weight and even whether it will survive are uncertain. The mother, ShinShin, whose previous cub survived only six days, was ho...

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is trying to change the subject back to his promise to make American job creation a top priority. “We want to get back to running our great country,” Tr...

DOHA, Qatar - Qatar said Monday it had begun shipping cargo through Oman to bypass Gulf countries that have cut off sea routes to the tiny, energy-rich nation, the latest move by Doha to show it can s...

KABUL - The Taliban’s second in command and head of the militant Haqqani network has denied any involvement in recent deadly attacks in Kabul and western Afghanistan. In an audio message sent la...

PARIS - President Emmanuel Macron is trying to boost France’s diplomatic profile in the Middle East and reconcile tensions between Qatar and its neighbours over Islamic extremism. Macron’s...