Category Archives: World
All eyes on turnout as Iran election looms closer
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran’s presidential election may turn on turnout. Historically, the more Iranians who cast ballots, the greater the chance a reformist or a moderate like incumbent President Hassa...
May 13, 2017
Venice Biennale awards German artists 2 Golden Lions
MILAN - Germany has swept the 57th Venice Biennale, winning top Golden Lion prizes for the best national pavilion and best artist in the main curated show. The oldest contemporary art fair opened its ...
May 13, 2017
Mnuchin: US partners more comfortable with Trump on trade
BARI, Italy - U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says major trading partners “are much more comfortable” with the Trump administration’s trade policies and understand U.S. growth...
May 13, 2017
Official: North Korea open to US talks under conditions
BEIJING - A top North Korean diplomat said that Pyongyang would be willing to meet with the Trump administration for negotiations “if the conditions are set.” Choe Son Hui, director genera...
May 13, 2017
Kurdish-led forces advance on IS-held Raqqa, say activists
BEIRUT - Syrian Kurdish-led forces were closing in Saturday on the de-facto capital of the Islamic State group in Syria, seizing a cotton mill only a couple of miles north of the city and clashing wit...
May 13, 2017
Tour bus tips over in Turkey, killing at least 24 people
ISTANBUL - A tour bus tipped over Saturday on a serpentine mountain road in Turkey, killing 24 people as it fell off a cliff and hit a car, Turkish authorities said. The governor of Mugla province, Am...
May 13, 2017
Trump lawyers: Documents show no undisclosed Russian income
WASHINGTON - Lawyers for President Donald Trump said Friday that a review of his last 10 years of tax returns did not reflect “any income of any type from Russian sources,” but their lette...
May 13, 2017
GOP leaders see more smoke than fire in Comey's dismissal
CORONADO, Calif. - Chaos is President Donald Trump’s style, yet as long as the Republican delivers on health care, taxes and tapping a new FBI director as solid as his Supreme Court pick, GOP le...
May 13, 2017
Gunmen kill 10 labourers near port in southwest Pakistan
QUETTA, Pakistan - A Pakistani official says gunmen have killed 10 labourers who were working on a road project in the country’s southwest Local police official Abdul Salam says the attack took ...
May 13, 2017
Pope makes 2 Fatima children saints on centenary of visions
FATIMA, Portugal - Pope Francis added two Portuguese shepherd children to the roster of Catholic saints Saturday, honouring young siblings whose reported visions of the Virgin Mary 100 years ago turne...
May 13, 2017