Category Archives: World
Pakistan, Afghanistan start joint survey after border clash
QUETTA, Pakistan - Pakistan and Afghanistan started a joint survey agreed on following last week’s deadly clashes along the two countries’ disputed boundary in Pakistan’s southwest, ...
May 08, 2017
Afghan air force pounds area after death of IS commander
KABUL - Afghanistan’s air force has pounded Islamic State targets in an eastern province where an Afghan and U.S. military raid last month killed the militant group’s top commander, the go...
May 08, 2017
Act II for France's Macron: getting the majority to govern
PARIS - Freshly elected to the French presidency, Emmanuel Macron now faces an equally difficult Act II: securing the parliamentary majority he needs to make good on his campaign promises to lift Fran...
May 08, 2017
Hvorostovsky makes surprise appearance at Met Opera gala
NEW YORK - Dmitri Hvorostovsky walked stiffly toward the centre of the stage after the surprise announcement by Metropolitan Opera General Manager Peter Gelb. The 54-year-old Russian withdrew in Decem...
May 08, 2017
1 million children refugees from South Sudan's civil war
NAIROBI, Kenya - More than 1 million children have fled South Sudan’s civil war, two United Nations agencies said Monday, part of the world’s fastest growing refugee crisis. Another 1 mill...
May 08, 2017
Southern California hit by drenching rains, cool weather
LOS ANGELES - A spring storm hit Southern California on Sunday with gusty winds, thunderstorms and pea-size hail stones, prompting everything from the postponement of a baseball game to the sight of c...
May 07, 2017
Mexico and police chief slam Texas' new 'sanctuary city' ban
AUSTIN, Texas - The Mexican government, San Antonio’s police chief and others slammed Texas’ new “sanctuary cities” law on Monday, saying that requiring local law enforcement t...
May 07, 2017
Family sues Texas officer, department in 15-year-old's death
DALLAS - The family of a black 15-year-old shot and killed by a white suburban Dallas police officer has sued the officer and his department, accusing the department of inadequately training the offic...
May 07, 2017
NewsAlert: French prime minister says Emmanuel Macron has won the French presidential election
PARIS - France’s prime minister says that centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron has won the French presidential election. Bernard Cazeneuve said in a statement minutes after the last polls closed t...
May 07, 2017
Obama urges Congress to show 'courage' on health care
BOSTON - Former President Barack Obama, in his first public comments about the ongoing debate over his signature health care plan, implored members of Congress on Sunday to demonstrate political coura...
May 07, 2017