Category Archives: World

Mourners pay respects to former Iranian leader Rafsanjani
TEHRAN, Iran - Mourners from all walks of life in Iran - from the country’s president to passers-by on the street - paid their respects on Monday to the late Iranian leader Akbar Hashemi Rafsanj...
Jan 08, 2017

Hope, Trump upstage 'La La Land's' moment in the sun
BEVERLY HILS, Calif. - The sunny musical “La La Land” may have danced its way to a Golden Globes record Sunday night, but the film’s seven accolades were a mere sideshow to the eloqu...
Jan 08, 2017

Travellers lose 25,000 items in Florida airport rampage
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Dan and Janice Kovacs and their two children were passing through airport security when the gunfire erupted. They were shoeless - with wallets, passports and carry-on items chu...
Jan 08, 2017

4 more inmates die in latest Brazil prison rebellion
RIO DE JANEIRO - Four inmates have died in a penitentiary rebellion in the city of Manaus as the overall death toll from a week of bloodshed in Brazilian prisons approaches 100. The security office fo...
Jan 08, 2017
Deep freeze grips Europe, threatens homeless, migrants
BELGRADE, Serbia - Blizzards and dangerously low temperatures persisted in parts of Europe on Sunday, prompting Pope Francis to draw attention to the homeless suffering in freezing weather. In Serbia,...
Jan 08, 2017
Israel sorry for official's call to 'take down' UK minister
LONDON - Israel’s embassy in Britain apologized Sunday after an employee was recorded saying he wanted to “take down” a U.K. government minister who has criticized Israeli settlement...
Jan 08, 2017
Trump son-in-law moves to distance self from business ties
NEW YORK - Jared Kushner, President-elect Donald Trump’s son-in-law and one of his closest advisers, is taking steps to distance himself from his sprawling New York real estate business in what ...
Jan 08, 2017

Navy, Trump planning biggest fleet expansion since Cold War
BATH, Maine - With President-elect Donald Trump demanding more ships, the Navy is proposing the biggest shipbuilding boom since the end of the Cold War to meet threats from a resurgent Russia and sabe...
Jan 08, 2017
Trump celeb crew awaits his turn in spotlight, and their own
WASHINGTON - Fabio, the golden-haired model who graced the cover of hundreds of romance novels, was wrapping up Thanksgiving dinner at Donald Trump’s South Florida club when the president-elect ...
Jan 08, 2017

500 Muscovites brave intense cold for bike ride
MOSCOW - For hundreds of Muscovites, the fact that the temperature had plunged to minus-27 Celsius (minus-17 F) was no reason to avoid going for a group bicycle ride. About 500 cyclists, many equipped...
Jan 08, 2017