Category Archives: World
Afghan official: 20 forces killed in co-ordinated attacks
KABUL - Militants launched attacks on several check points in southern Afghanistan killing at least 20 security forces, a provincial official said. Gul Islam Seyal, spokesman for the provincial govern...
May 21, 2017
Letters show Hernandez asked to move, share cell in prison
BOSTON - Five letters authenticated by state officials show Aaron Hernandez asked prison officials to share a cell with inmates he described as close friends. In a June 2015 letter, Hernandez asks to ...
May 20, 2017
Schnabel to make Vincent van Gogh film with Dafoe
CANNES, France - Julian Schnabel will direct a film about Vincent van Gogh starring Willem Dafoe as the Dutch post-impressionist master. The film, titled “At Eternity’s Gate,” was an...
May 20, 2017
Deadly Times Square attack highlights NYC pedestrian safety
NEW YORK - Fears of a terrorist attack prompted officials to ring many of the pedestrian plazas of Times Square with squat steel posts capable of stopping a speeding vehicle. But those barriers only c...
May 20, 2017
Iran strikes back at US with more reciprocal sanctions
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran has sanctioned nine more U.S.-linked businesses, organizations and people over America’s sanctions over its ballistic missile program. Iran’s Foreign Ministry published...
May 20, 2017
What's next for Iran after President Hassan Rouhani's win?
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - After Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s electoral victory Saturday, what’s next for the Islamic Republic? Here’s some things to watch for: HARD-LINERS&...
May 20, 2017
Spain: Catalan leader won't debate secession in Parliament
BARCELONA, Spain - Catalan president Carles Puigdemont has rejected the Spanish government’s offer to present his proposal for a regional independence referendum before Parliament. Puigdemont sa...
May 20, 2017
Rouhani, a man of the Islamic Revolution, opens Iran to West
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - As Iran’s chief nuclear envoy, Hassan Rouhani earned the nickname “diplomat sheikh” when negotiators in 2004 reached a deal that saw the Islamic Republi...
May 20, 2017
Chris Cornell fans hold vigil outside Detroit concert venue
DETROIT - Fans have gathered at a Detroit concert venue to remember singer Chris Cornell. A candlelight vigil was held Friday night outside the Fox Theatre where Cornell performed Wednesday night with...
May 20, 2017
Last batch of rebels leaving central Homs in Syria
BEIRUT - The final batch of opposition fighters and their families began leaving a besieged neighbourhood in the central city of Homs Saturday, a move that will bring the country’s third largest...
May 20, 2017