Category Archives: World
US intelligence chiefs decline to discuss Trump contacts
WASHINGTON - Lawmakers verbally sparred with top intelligence chiefs on Wednesday after they staunchly refused to answer questions about conversations they had with President Donald Trump regarding pr...
Jun 06, 2017
Trump defends tweeting as way to get out 'honest' message
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is defending his use of social media, saying that the mainstream media doesn’t want him to get his “honest and unfiltered message out.” The presid...
Jun 06, 2017
Trump's spending plan targets cities' anti-terrorism funding
LAS VEGAS - Cities are pushing back on the possibility of losing millions of dollars in U.S. anti-terrorism grants under President Donald Trump’s spending plan - the third straight White House t...
Jun 06, 2017
Siding against ally Qatar, Trump injects US into Arab crisis
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump injected the United States into a volatile crisis among America’s Mideast allies, siding Tuesday with Saudi Arabia and other countries against Qatar in a disp...
Jun 06, 2017
Egyptians in Qatar fear being swept up in Gulf crisis
CAIRO - Egyptian officials say the diplomatic crisis between Qatar and its Gulf neighbours has yet to affect the 300,000 Egyptian workers in the tiny, energy-rich country, amid fears they could be exp...
Jun 06, 2017
Judge says part of lawsuit in Flint water crisis can proceed
FLINT, Mich. - A judge has refused to dismiss portions of a sweeping lawsuit against state and local officials in the Flint water crisis. Residents who drank lead-tainted water can continue to press a...
Jun 06, 2017
Important milestones in Qatar's history amid Gulf rift
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Qatar, now embroiled in a diplomatic crisis with other Arab nations, is a small country with a history of turmoil and coups. Its massive natural gas reserves and tiny pop...
Jun 06, 2017
The Latest: Neighbors had some suspicions about Zoughba
LONDON - The Latest on the attacks in the London Bridge area (all times local): 8 p.m. Residents of an Italian suburb where one of the London Bridge attackers spent time say he was a “good boy...
Jun 06, 2017
Hostage-taker in Australia had been acquitted of terror plot
CANBERRA, Australia - A gunman who killed a man and took a woman hostage before dying in a police shootout had been acquitted of plotting a terror attack at a Sydney army base years earlier, police sa...
Jun 06, 2017
Police release new photos in hunt for Manchester bomb clues
LONDON - Police investigating the Manchester bombing freed three more people without charge, including the bomber’s brother, and released more photos Tuesday as they worked to reconstruct the ki...
Jun 06, 2017