Category Archives: World

BARCELONA, Spain - Catalonia’s regional government on Friday chose Oct. 1 as the date for a referendum on a split from Spain, stepping up the confrontation with the country’s central gover...

EUGENE, Ore. - Inside a mosque in the college town of Eugene, a half-dozen men prostrated themselves on a carpet while another man led the midday prayers. Over his melodic recitation came a tapping so...

TOKYO - Japan’s education minister said Friday he will launch a new investigation into documents that allegedly show Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pressured bureaucrats to give preferential treatmen...

SAN HLAN, Myanmar - Navy ships and fishing boats navigated high waves in bad weather Friday to retrieve bodies and debris from the waters off Myanmar’s coast where a military plane carrying 122 ...

TOKYO - Japan’s parliament on Friday passed a law allowing Emperor Akihito to become the country’s first monarch to abdicate in 200 years, but put off a debate over how to tackle the shrin...

WASHINGTON - In a rare show of self-restraint from a man who often seems to lack it, President Donald Trump stayed off Twitter Thursday as former FBI Director James Comey testified in front of Congres...

WASHINGTON - When former FBI Director James Comey revealed Thursday that he orchestrated a disclosure of damaging details about his conversations with President Donald Trump, he demonstrated his savvy...

British billionaire Richard Branson on Thursday called President Donald Trump very “naive” to withdraw from the Paris climate accord, saying he failed to recognize that clean energy is che...

LONDON - The Latest on Britain’s parliamentary election (all times local): 11:40 p.m. President Donald Trump has told British Prime Minister Theresa May that he looks forward to working with her...

NEW YORK - Taylor Swift is getting back together with a few of her famous exes, including Spotify and Pandora. The pop star’s representative confirmed her full catalogue will return to all strea...