Category Archives: World

BEIRUT - As the U.S.-led coalition ratchets up operations in Syria, there are concerns that it will result in a rerun of what happened in Iraq, where $1 billion in weapons supplied to local fighters i...

SEATTLE - The man who married his former sixth-grade teacher after she was jailed for raping him has filed for legal separation from her. King County court records show 33-year-old Vili Fualaau asked ...

WASHINGTON - The Pentagon scored an important success Tuesday in a test of its oft-criticized missile defence program, destroying a mock warhead over the Pacific Ocean with an interceptor that is key ...

WASHINGTON - The United States started Tuesday to deliver weapons to Kurdish fighters closing in on the Islamic State stronghold of Raqqa, Syria, the Pentagon said. Spokesman Eric Pahon said Tuesday&#...

MADISON, Wis. - A federal appeals court says a transgender student who identifies as a male should be able to use the boys’ bathroom at his Wisconsin high school. Ashton Whitaker, who will gradu...

TAMPA, Fla. - Paul O’Neill, the founder of the progressive metal band Trans-Siberian Orchestra, died of an accidental drug overdose, a Florida medical examiner said in a report released Tuesday....

SHANGHAI - The arrest and disappearance of three labour activists investigating a Chinese company that produces Ivanka Trump shoes in China prompted a call for her brand to stop working with the suppl...

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (KWOH’-moh) and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg have announced plans for a permanent dedication at the Sept. 11 Memorial that would recognize rescue and r...

OMAHA, Neb. - A man convicted of killing four people in Omaha in 2013 has been given Nebraska’s first death sentence since the state’s voters reinstated the punishment in November. A three...

DETROIT - Uber has followed through on threats to fire star autonomous-car researcher Anthony Levandowski, whose hiring touched off a bitter trade-secrets fight with Waymo, the former self-driving car...