Category Archives: World
Orlando gunman's widow pleads not guilty to aiding husband
OAKLAND, Calif. - The widow of the Orlando nightclub gunman pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges of aiding and abetting her husband’s support of the Islamic State group and hindering the inve...
Jan 18, 2017
Price tries to reassure on health care; Dems not buying it
WASHINGTON - Offering reassurances, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for health secretary said Wednesday the new administration won’t “pull the rug out” from those covered b...
Jan 18, 2017
Stephen Miller: the aide 'who helped Trump find his voice'
WASHINGTON - Stephen Miller was a teenager in California when got his first political gig as a regular guest on a local conservative talk radio show, eager to complain about his liberal high school. I...
Jan 18, 2017
In inaugural speech will Trump call on our better angels?
WASHINGTON - Tradition suggests it’s time for Donald Trump to set aside the say-anything speaking style and rise to the inaugural moment. But bucking tradition or ignoring it altogether, is what...
Jan 18, 2017
Turkey rounds up 27 with links to suspected nightclub gunman
ANKARA, Turkey - Turkish police rounded up 27 people linked to the suspected gunman in Istanbul’s New Year’s Eve nightclub attack and the justice minister said Wednesday that the capture o...
Jan 18, 2017
Turkish parliament resumes voting on Erdogan's powers
ANKARA, Turkey - Turkey’s parliament on Wednesday embarked on a second round of voting on a contentious package of constitutional amendments that would give President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’...
Jan 18, 2017
Israeli Arab, policeman killed amid clashes over demolitions
JERUSALEM - An Israeli Arab rammed his vehicle into a group of police officers on Wednesday, killing one of them before he was shot dead during clashes in southern Israel, police said. Local residents...
Jan 18, 2017
Moldova: PM insists ex-Soviet republic wants to join EU
BUCHAREST, Romania - Moldova’s prime minister on Wednesday reacted angrily to a suggestion by the nation’s president that the ex-Soviet republic may shelve a trade pact with the European U...
Jan 18, 2017
Advocates: Asylum-seekers are being turned away at border
SAN DIEGO - Immigrant advocacy groups said Tuesday that U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers are allegedly turning away asylum-seekers before their claims can be heard, violating obligations un...
Jan 18, 2017
Court denies a request to arrest Samsung's de facto head
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - A Seoul court on Thursday denied a request to arrest one of South Korea’s most powerful men, the heir to the Samsung Electronics juggernaut, in a setback to prosecuto...
Jan 18, 2017