Category Archives: World
US spy planes help Philippine troops quell siege
ILIGAN, Philippines - American spy planes are helping Filipino troops quell a nearly three-week siege by Muslim militants in a southern city where 13 Philippine marines were killed in the biggest sing...
Jun 10, 2017
London Bridge attacker tried to rent larger truck
LONDON - British police have arrested two more suspects over the London Bridge attack, and revealed that the carnage could have been worse had the attackers succeeded in their goal of renting a larger...
Jun 09, 2017
Naked truth: Models sport pithy slogans painted on bare bods
NEW YORK - Dozens of people have gathered in Times Square to tell the naked truth - or tell the truth naked. Brooke Champlain stood nude in one of New York’s busiest areas Friday with the slogan...
Jun 09, 2017
Gianforte to plead guilty to assault charge
HELENA, Mont. - U.S. Rep.-elect Greg Gianforte of Montana will plead guilty to assaulting a reporter the day before being elected the state’s only congressman last month, a prosecutor said Frida...
Jun 09, 2017
Kansas man accused of hate crime in death of Indian citizen
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A man accused in a bar shooting in suburban Kansas City that left one Indian national dead and another wounded was indicted by a federal grand jury on hate crime charges, the U.S. J...
Jun 09, 2017
CNN dumps Reza Aslan after Trump tweet
NEW YORK - CNN has dumped author Reza Aslan less than a week after he profanely referred to President Donald Trump in a tweet. The network, in a statement on Friday, said it was not continuing with a ...
Jun 09, 2017
NewsAlert: Trump dispute Comey's claims
WASHINGTON - Trump disputes former FBI director Comey’s claims, says he would be willing to testify under oath. The Canadian Press
Jun 09, 2017
Mosque leader quits after imam's genital mutilation comment
FALLS CHURCH, Va. - A leader at one of Virginia’s largest mosques has resigned after the imam there made comments in support of female genital mutilation. Imam Johari Abdul-Malik, who was direct...
Jun 09, 2017
Journal entry before bus crash: 'God has called me here'
ATLANTA - Hours before a 17-year-old Alabama girl was killed in a bus crash, she wrote a final journal entry about her mission trip to Africa: “God has called me here and he’s done so for ...
Jun 09, 2017
Al-Jazeera a target in Gulf confrontation with Qatar
DOHA, Qatar - The Arabic news network Al-Jazeera has been thrust into the centre of the story as Qatar came under virtual siege by its Gulf neighbours, pressuring it to shut down the channel that has ...
Jun 09, 2017