Category Archives: World
UK police release 3 bomb suspects; Grande to play concert
LONDON - British police say three of the 14 people arrested over the Manchester arena suicide bombing have been released without charge, and the investigation so far has found bomber Salman Abedi acte...
Jun 01, 2017
McCain urges Australia to stick by US despite Trump jitters
SYDNEY, Australia - U.S. Sen. John McCain urged Australia on Tuesday not to abandon its alliance with America despite jitters over President Donald Trump, saying the U.S. needs its allies more than ev...
Jun 01, 2017
S. Korea's new leader orders probe of US missile launchers
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - Calling it a “very shocking” incident, South Korea’s new president on Tuesday demanded an investigation into why his office wasn’t told by defence o...
Jun 01, 2017
Migrant dinghy catches fire in Mediterranean, 34 rescued
LISBON, Portugal - Portuguese and Spanish rescue services have saved 34 migrants who leaped into the sea after their inflatable craft travelling from Morocco to Europe caught fire in the Mediterranean...
Jun 01, 2017
WWII grenades from German flea market blow up in summer heat
BERLIN - Police in western Germany say a neighbourhood was evacuated after World War II-era grenades and other munitions bought at a flea market began exploding in summer-like heat. Police said Tuesda...
Jun 01, 2017
Subway performer attacked by subway dancers using hula hoop
NEW YORK - A New York City subway performer says he was injured after an attack by a subway dance group that was angry they didn’t receive tips for a dance routine. Jean Loup Wolfman says he tri...
Jun 01, 2017
Lebanon seeks to ban 'Wonder Woman,' citing Israeli actress
BEIRUT - Lebanon is seeking to ban the new “Wonder Woman” movie because its lead actress, Gal Gadot, is an Israeli - a reflection of how the decades-old animosity between the two neighbour...
Jun 01, 2017
Polish, Afghan forces free 11 hostages from the Taliban
WARSAW, Poland - Polish and Afghan special forces, backed by U.S. air power, freed 11 people who had been taken hostage by the Taliban in Afghanistan’s Helmand province, Poland’s Defence M...
Jun 01, 2017
US-backed Syrian fighters reach gates of IS capital of Raqqa
BEIRUT - U.S.-backed fighters on Tuesday reached the northern entrance of the Syrian city of Raqqa, the de facto capital of the Islamic State group, amid intense clashes and airstrikes on Raqqa’...
May 31, 2017
Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega dies at 83
PANAMA CITY - Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega, a onetime U.S. ally who was ousted by an American invasion in 1989, died late Monday at age 83. Panamanian President Juan Carlos Varela wrote i...
May 31, 2017