Category Archives: World

JERUSALEM - An Israeli Cabinet minister called off a long-planned visit to Jordan on Tuesday for a joint scientific venture following a spat between the countries over a deadly shooting in Jerusalem. ...

BAY MINETTE, Ala. - Authorities in Alabama say no weapon was recovered from a man fatally shot by a deputy on Interstate 10. AL.com reports (http://bit.ly/2qmmj7S) Baldwin County Sheriff Huey Mack sai...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand - When researchers travelled to a tiny, uninhabited island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, they were astonished to find an estimated 38 million pieces of trash washed up on...

ABIDJAN, Cote d’Ivoire - Ivory Coast’s government has reached an agreement with mutinous soldiers who had taken to the streets in the West African nation’s largest cities to demand m...

ILFRACOMBE, England - As a vast “ransomware” attack raced from computer to computer, infecting tens of thousands around the world, a young tech expert worked from his bedroom in England to...

BEIRUT - Syria’s government says it “categorically” denies U.S. accusations of mass killings at a prison, including executions of political opponents, and burning the victims in a cr...

VIENNA - A man in Vienna has turned up at a waste-disposal site with an apparently live World War II-era hand grenade. That was too much to handle even for trash collectors specializing in environment...

JAKARTA, Indonesia - A conservation group says a rare albino orangutan rescued in Indonesia has been named “Alba” after thousands of suggestions were sent from around the world. The Borneo...

SPARTA, N.J. - A New Jersey police officer has cut a deal to keep his job after slapping a prankster wearing a bunny suit. Hopatcong (hoh-PAHT’-kahng) Officer Nicholas Maresca Jr. pleaded guilty...

DETROIT - The Wall Street Journal reports that Ford Motor Co. is planning substantial job cuts in order to boost profits and raise its stock price. The newspaper says the cuts would target salaried em...