Category Archives: World
Police: Suspects in Manchester bombing freed without charge
LONDON - All the suspects arrested over last month’s Manchester concert bombing have been released without charge, British police said Sunday, acknowledging that detectives are still not sure wh...
Jun 11, 2017
US-backed Syrian fighters seize parts of IS 'capital' Raqqa
BEIRUT - A U.S.-backed Syrian opposition force said Sunday it has captured a northwestern neighbourhood of the Islamic State group’s de-facto capital of Raqqa the second district to fall in thei...
Jun 11, 2017
Qatar, in regional crisis, hires former US attorney general
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Qatar has paid $2.5 million to the law firm of a former attorney general under U.S. President George W. Bush to audit its efforts at stopping terrorism funding, a matter ...
Jun 11, 2017
Iran says it has killed mastermind of twin attacks
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran says it has killed the alleged mastermind of twin attacks last week claimed by the Islamic State group. The official IRNA news agency on Sunday quotes Intelligence Minister Mahmoud...
Jun 11, 2017
Rallies against Islamic law draw counter-protests across US
SEATTLE - Demonstrators around the country rallied to protest Islamic law, saying it is incompatible with Western democracy. But many of the rallies drew even more raucous counter-protests by people w...
Jun 11, 2017
Republicans urge Trump on tapes; Sessions to testify Tues
WASHINGTON - Fellow Republicans pressed President Donald Trump on Sunday to come clean about whether he has tapes of private conversations with former FBI Director James Comey and provide them to Cong...
Jun 11, 2017
Macron's takeover of French politics is all but complete
PARIS - Emmanuel Macron’s takeover of French politics is all but complete. The newly elected French leader’s gamble that voters wanted to throw out old faces and try something new is payin...
Jun 11, 2017
Opening Ceremony show features live fight scene, Rza music
LOS ANGELES - A fight broke out at the Opening Ceremony fashion show Friday night, but it was all part of the plan. A model tripped during the runway show and shoved another before an all-out brawl un...
Jun 10, 2017
Sessions to appear before Senate intelligence committee
WASHINGTON - Attorney General Jeff Sessions, whose contacts with Russia’s ambassador to the U.S. during the presidential campaign have sparked questions, agreed Saturday to appear before the Sen...
Jun 10, 2017
Gadhafi's son released after more than 5 years of detention
BENGHAZI, Libya - Seif al-Islam, the son and one-time heir apparent of late Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi, has been released after more than five years in detention, his captors said on Saturday. A ...
Jun 10, 2017