Category Archives: World
Spain police: 2 Britons arrested for ramming pedestrians
MADRID - Authorities in Spain say the two men arrested for ramming into pedestrians in a southern coastal town are British nationals who appeared to be drunk. Eight people, including a newborn baby an...
May 29, 2017
Series of bombings kill nearly 40 people across Baghdad
BAGHDAD - A massive bombing by the Islamic State group outside a popular ice cream parlour in central Baghdad and a rush- hour car bomb in another downtown area killed at least 31 people Tuesday, Iraq...
May 29, 2017
Nepal celebrates anniversary of Mount Everest conquest
KATHMANDU, Nepal - Nepal’s mountaineering community celebrated the first conquest of Mount Everest 64 years ago on Monday, as well as this year’s climbing season, during which hundreds sca...
May 29, 2017
Dems view vets as strong candidates in bid to retake House
ATLANTA - Democrats hope to enlist military veterans in another type of fight - for majority control of the House. Looking ahead to next year’s elections, Democrats are trying to recruit at leas...
May 29, 2017
Kelly defends plan for Russia back channel as a 'good thing'
WASHINGTON - Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly is defending an alleged effort by top White House adviser Jared Kushner to create back-channel communications with Russia as a “good thing,...
May 29, 2017
Travel ban to test Supreme Court view of presidential power
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court may soon decide how courts are supposed to view presidential power in the age of Donald Trump. The administration has promised a high court appeal of a ruling blocking t...
May 29, 2017
Trump lashes out at leaks, considers staff upheaval
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is assailing internal leaks as he considers an overhaul of his White House staff and grapples with a burgeoning crisis involving alleged Russian meddling in the 201...
May 29, 2017
Sri Lankan soldiers recover more bodies from mudslides
PELMADULLA, Sri Lanka - A group of Sri Lankan soldiers carried a body wrapped in a tarpaulin to police for identification, while others dug Monday through piles of mud, unearthing a motorbike, pieces ...
May 29, 2017
City clash fuels fear of IS foothold in southern Philippines
MARAWI, Philippines - Militants who have laid siege to a southern Philippines city had been planning a spate of attacks during the holy month of Ramadan to earn recognition as a regional branch of the...
May 29, 2017
Shark leaps into boat and lands on Australian fisherman
CANBERRA, Australia - A 73-year-old Australian fisherman said Monday that he caught a far bigger fish than he hoped for when a 2.7-meter (9-foot) great white shark leapt into his boat, knocking him of...
May 29, 2017