Category Archives: World
Germany, France pledge new efforts to strengthen eurozone
BERLIN - Germany and France pledged Monday to seek ways to strengthen the 19-nation eurozone, with harmonizing corporate taxes among the possible measures they will mull over in the coming weeks. Germ...
May 22, 2017
Iran reformists sweep Tehran municipal council election
TEHRAN, Iran - Candidates backing reform of Iran’s clerically overseen government swept municipal elections in Tehran, taking all 21 local council seats in the country’s capital while mode...
May 22, 2017
Trump avoids pointing to Saudis' human rights failings
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - As President Donald Trump opened his keynote address in Saudi Arabia, he lavished praise on the “magnificent” kingdom and “the grandeur of this remarkable plac...
May 22, 2017
China says no mining in its immediate plans for Antarctica
BEIJING - China plans to expand its scientific research in Antarctica in coming years amid worries over the area’s susceptibility to climate change, but has no immediate plans to mine or develop...
May 22, 2017
AP Interview: WFP chief says 600,000 kids risk famine death
AMMAN, Jordan - A tough-talking former Republican governor with friends in the Trump administration has become the unexpected booster of one of the United Nations agencies facing potentially deep U.S....
May 22, 2017
IS claims attack on Iraqi training camp north of Baghdad
BAGHDAD - The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for an attack Monday on a military training centre in Diyala north of Baghdad that killed at least four soldiers and wounded four others, inclu...
May 22, 2017
Indonesia police arrest dozens in raid on Jakarta gay sauna
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesian police detained dozens of men including several foreigners in a weekend raid on a gay sauna in the capital, another sign of growing hostility to homosexuality in the wo...
May 22, 2017
Trump Israel trip 1st presidential flight from Saudi Arabia
JERUSALEM - Even before President Donald Trump began his trip to Israel, he had made history of sorts. His flight from Riyadh to Tel Aviv on Monday marked a rare direct flight between Saudi Arabia and...
May 22, 2017
Questions about Russia chase Trump during first Israel visit
JERUSALEM - President Donald Trump solemnly placed a note in the ancient stones of Jerusalem’s Western Wall on Monday, sending a signal of solidarity to an ally he’s pushing to work harder...
May 22, 2017
List of winners in top categories at Billboard Music Awards
A list of winners in the top categories at the 2017 Billboard Music Awards, held Sunday at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. - Top artist: Drake. - Top Hot 100 song: The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey, ...
May 21, 2017