Category Archives: World

Comey faces complicated path under Trump administration
WASHINGTON - FBI Director James Comey faces a complicated path under a Donald Trump administration. Does he try to serve out the remaining seven years of his term under a president who has publicly qu...
Nov 10, 2016

Monday's supermoon extra super; closest in nearly 69 years
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The moon doesn’t get much bigger and brighter than this. On Monday, Earthlings will be treated to a so-called supermoon - the closest full moon of the year. Monday’s...
Nov 10, 2016

Trump bucks protocol on press access
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump is keeping Americans in the dark about his earliest conversations and decisions as president-elect, bucking a long-standing practice intended to ensure the public has a watch...
Nov 10, 2016

Grand jury indicts Aaron Schock on wire fraud, theft counts
PEORIA, Ill. - An Illinois congressman who resigned amid scrutiny of lavish spending - including a “Downton Abbey”-style redecorating of his Capitol Hill office - was charged Thursday in a...
Nov 10, 2016
Iraq troops slow Mosul advance as they clear neighbourhoods
BAGHDAD - Iraqi troops fired at positions held by the Islamic State group in and around the northern city of Mosul on Thursday but did not advance as they regrouped and cleared neighbourhoods once occ...
Nov 10, 2016

Kurdish-led fighters marching against IS near Syria's Raqqa
BEIRUT - A Syrian Kurdish-led force fighting the Islamic State group north of the country is on the verge of surrounding a wide area north of the IS stronghold of Raqqa, a spokeswoman for the group sa...
Nov 10, 2016
Speedy shovels shine in Slovakia's grave-digging contest
TRENCIN, Slovakia - Ten teams from Slovakia, Poland and Hungary on Thursday turned mounds of ground in a competition to crown the fastest gravediggers in central Europe. The Grave Digging Championship...
Nov 10, 2016
Israel, Russia affirm anti-terrorism alliance
JERUSALEM - The Russian and Israeli leaders have declared themselves partners in a battle against global terrorism. Dmitry Medvedev told his Israeli counterpart, Benjamin Netanyahu, that terrorism thr...
Nov 10, 2016

Sanders doesn't rule out 2020 White House run
WASHINGTON - Bernie Sanders is leaving open the possibility of another presidential bid as shell-shocked liberals focus on helping the Democratic Party rebuild after Donald Trump’s victory. R...
Nov 10, 2016
Oregon is epicenter as Trump protests surge across nation
PORTLAND, Ore. - Another night of nationwide protests against Donald Trump’s election came to a head in Portland, where thousands marched and some smashed store windows, lit firecrackers and sta...
Nov 10, 2016