Category Archives: World

Ivanka Trump to continue working on women's issues
DES MOINES, Iowa - She may not be working in the White House, but that doesn’t mean Ivanka Trump is staying out of politics. Although she has said she will have no official role in her father...
Jan 16, 2017

Egypt court strikes down islands deal in blow to president
CAIRO - An Egyptian court on Monday ruled against the government’s attempt to transfer two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia, an embarrassment for President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi that could deepen...
Jan 16, 2017
Pakistani filmmaker first-ever artist to co-chair WEF
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan’s Academy Award-winning filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy is about to become the first ever artist to co-chair the World Economic Forum. A Monday statement from Chinoy’s...
Jan 16, 2017

Oman says it accepts 10 Guantanamo Bay detainees
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Oman said Monday it accepted 10 detainees from the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay ahead of President Barack Obama leaving office, part of his efforts to shrink the facilit...
Jan 16, 2017

PBS: No 'red flag' on funding under Trump, but it's early
PASADENA, Calif. - PBS is waiting, but not quietly, to see what the Trump administration’s impact on public broadcasting and its federal funding may be, PBS chief executive Paula Kerger said. ...
Jan 15, 2017
Poodle reunited with owners after crash in eastern Montana
MILES CITY, Mont. - A toy poodle who ran away after a car crash in eastern Montana has been reunited with its owners after managing to survive in severe winter weather for over a week. LJ disappeared ...
Jan 15, 2017

Obama speaks on Israel, Trump in last White House interview
WASHINGTON - The increase of Israeli settlements has “gotten so substantial” that it is inhibiting the possibility for an “effective, contiguous Palestinian state,” President B...
Jan 15, 2017
At inaugural rehearsal, Trump sub sports military haircut
WASHINGTON - The hair was the giveaway. The man in the black coat, white shirt and red tie who raised his right hand as if to take the oath of the nation’s highest office on Sunday sported a mil...
Jan 15, 2017
Pope demands protection for migrants as sea search continues
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis demanded Sunday that “every possible measure” be taken to protect young refugees, as search and rescue efforts continued off Libya’s coast following the l...
Jan 15, 2017

Attorney General Lynch: 'We have always pushed forward'
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Attorney General Loretta Lynch, in her final speech as head of the Justice Department, praised the work of the Obama administration to advance the dream of justice and said worries ...
Jan 15, 2017