Category Archives: World

BERLIN - Germany’s agriculture minister is calling for a ban on names such as “vegetarian schnitzel” for meat substitute products, which he argues are misleading. Christian Schmidt t...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Following a year of deadly confrontations between police and citizens across the U.S., police in Alaska’s capital city are spearheading a campaign to turn 2017 into a communi...

BEIRUT - Turkey and Russia are discussing a broader Syrian cease-fire after brokering the deal that evacuated rebel-held eastern Aleppo, Syrian opposition factions said Wednesday, but a number of rebe...

MOSUL, Iraq - Iraqi forces stalled for weeks on the edges of Mosul have been bolstered by reinforcements and are now ready, along with elite special forces, to launch a stepped up, three-pronged assau...

LOS ANGELES - Carrie Fisher, a princess onscreen and off, played both roles in her own gutsy way. As Leia of the “Star Wars” franchise, she commanded the troops, enjoyed a fling with Han S...

WASHINGTON - The Latest on President-elect Donald Trump (all times EST): 10:20 p.m. Donald Trump is taking credit - and thanking himself - for a surge in a key gauge of consumer confidence. The presid...

GATLINBURG, Tenn. - Authorities say a small plane with three people aboard has crashed in the mountains of eastern Tennessee, and no one survived. A reconnaissance flight by the Tennessee Army Nationa...

MEXICO CITY - Mexican authorities say they have detained five people suspected of shooting at police in the state of Michoacan and are investigating whether they may have been involved in the killings...

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - South Korean investigators on Wednesday detained the country’s former health minister as they expand their inquiry into a corruption scandal involving impeached Presi...

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - A man was convicted Tuesday of murder and kidnapping in the 2007 death of a single mother from Colorado who led a double life as a paid escort. A judge sentenced 65-year-old Le...