Category Archives: World
The Latest: Macron pledges improved intelligence co-operation
MANCHESTER, England - The Latest on the blast at an Ariana Grande concert in northern England (all times local): 2:10 p.m. French President Emmanuel Macron walked to the British Embassy to offer suppo...
May 23, 2017
Trump makes personal appeal to both sides for Mideast peace
JERUSALEM - President Donald Trump made a personal appeal for peace between Israel and the Palestinians, calling on both sides to put aside the “pain and disagreements of the past,” as he ...
May 23, 2017
Hands off US election, ex-CIA director says he warned Russia
WASHINGTON - Former CIA Director John Brennan told Congress Tuesday he personally warned Russia last summer against interfering in the U.S. presidential election and was so concerned about Russian con...
May 23, 2017
Analysis: In Mideast, Trump pushes shared worries over Iran
JERUSALEM - As he hopscotches through the Middle East, President Donald Trump is urging Israel and its Arab neighbours to unite around a “common cause”: their deep distrust of Iran. Trump&...
May 23, 2017
Gestures tell of friendship that toppled S. Korea president
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - A steely gaze from one woman. A slight, apologetic bow from another. On the first day of the biggest trial in South Korea in years, two small gestures reflect the state of ...
May 23, 2017
Timeline: The rise and fall of South Korea's Park Geun-hye
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - Handcuffed and her inmate number put on her clothing, South Korea’s disgraced ex-President Park Geun-hye was brought to a Seoul court on Tuesday to stand trial on a s...
May 23, 2017
South Korea's Park denies charges as corruption trial begins
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - Former President Park Geun-hye denied corruption charges Tuesday at the start of a criminal trial that could potentially send South Korea’s first female leader to pri...
May 23, 2017
5 killed, 286 held in Bahrain raid on Shiite cleric's town
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Bahrain police raided a town Tuesday that is home to a prominent Shiite cleric facing possible deportation, arresting 286 people in an assault in which officers fired tea...
May 23, 2017
Explosions strike Syria's Damascus and Homs, 4 killed
BEIRUT - An explosion claimed by the Islamic State group in the central Syrian city of Homs on Tuesday killed at least four people and wounded more than two dozen, Syria’s state media and the mi...
May 23, 2017
6 years later, memorial for Giffords mass shooting struggles
PHOENIX - Survivors of the mass shooting that left former U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords severely wounded are pleading with the public to help pay for a long-planned memorial after state funding fell throug...
May 23, 2017