Category Archives: World

IS calls for attacks on US bases in uneasy island of Bahrain
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - The Islamic State group is calling on its followers to launch attacks in Bahrain and to target American military personnel stationed on the tiny island ahead of a visit b...
Dec 08, 2016
Israel police say knife-wielding Palestinian shot and killed
JERUSALEM - Israeli police say security forces have shot and killed a knife-wielding Palestinian at a West Bank junction. Police spokeswoman Luba Samri says an 18-year-old Palestinian disembarked from...
Dec 08, 2016

Pizza shop gunman says he regrets how he handled situation
SALISBURY, N.C. - The man accused of firing an assault rifle inside a Washington restaurant said he regrets how he handled the situation but refused to completely dismiss the false online claims invol...
Dec 08, 2016
Kerry warns Europe, others against 'authoritarian populism'
BERLIN - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry warned countries from Europe and beyond on Thursday to beware of an increasing “danger of authoritarian populism.” Kerry spoke at a meeting in H...
Dec 08, 2016
Giraffes, rarer than elephants, put on extinction watch list
WASHINGTON - The giraffe, the tallest land animal, is now at risk of extinction, biologists say. Because the giraffe population has shrunk nearly 40 per cent in just 30 years, scientists put it on the...
Dec 08, 2016

European Central Bank adds half a trillion euros in stimulus
FRANKFURT - The European Central Bank will pour another half-trillion euros ($579 billion) in newly printed money into the eurozone economy to support its recovery as the currency union heads into wha...
Dec 08, 2016

EU starts legal action against 4 states over VW emissions
BRUSSELS - The European Union is starting legal action against Britain, Germany, Spain and Luxembourg for not imposing penalties against Volkswagen for using illegal software to hide vehicle emissions...
Dec 08, 2016
Parisians grapple with worst winter pollution in a decade
PARIS - Under deceptively blue skies, the marvels of Paris beckoned. But art dealer Sophie Vigourous wore a face mask to appreciate them because of the pollution. The 38-year-old has lung cancer, putt...
Dec 08, 2016
Pakistan to probe plane crash that killed 47
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan said Thursday it will open an investigation into a plane crash the day before in the country’s northwest that killed 47 passengers and crew, as military helicopters ferried ...
Dec 08, 2016

Alabama inmate coughs, heaves 13 minutes into execution
ATMORE, Ala. - A man who killed an Alabama convenience store clerk more than two decades ago was put to death Thursday night, an execution that required two consciousness tests as the inmate heaved an...
Dec 08, 2016