Category Archives: World

CAIRO - Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi has praised U.S. President-elect Donald J. Trump, saying that his inflammatory statements from the campaign trail do not necessarily reflect the a...

BEDMINSTER, N.J. - President-elect Donald Trump said Sunday that he had “made a couple of deals” after spending the weekend meeting with a long list of potential administration appointees,...

WASHINGTON - Michael Flynn, the retired Army lieutenant general and intelligence officer who is Donald Trump’s pick to serve as his national security adviser, is a harsh critic of Muslim extremi...

BEIRUT - Government bombardment of besieged rebel-held neighbourhoods in the northern city of Aleppo killed at least 20 people Saturday Syrian opposition activists said, a day after the health directo...

NEW YORK - A Brooklyn playground named for the late Beastie Boys’ star Adam Yauch had been vandalized with swastikas and the words “Go Trump!” Photos show the swastika and words were...

TULSA, Okla. - The Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma has filed a lawsuit against the federal government to void drilling permits for oil and natural gas wells on tribal land that the tribe alleges cause earth...

DENVER - Opponents of a state ruling that would prevent bars and many restaurants in Denver from offering on-site marijuana consumption said the ruling would overturn a law approved by voters and forc...

FORT BRAGG, N.C. - Army officials say a 21-year-old decorated soldier was found dead in his barracks at Fort Bragg. Local media outlets report that Pfc. David Winchester, of Adamsville, Alabama, was f...

HALIFAX - Views differed sharply on the impact of Donald Trump’s presidency on issues from trade to historic alliances during the second day of an international gathering seized by what-if scena...

BOISE, Idaho - Grassroots campaigns have sprung up around the country to try to persuade members of the Electoral College to do something that has never been done in American history - deny the presid...