Category Archives: World
Egypt bans TV Interview with anti-corruption critic
CAIRO - A rare TV interview with Egypt’s former chief auditor, who went on trial after publicly alleging massive government corruption, has been banned, the former state official said on Sunday....
Oct 30, 2016
Powerful quake spares lives, but strikes at Italy's identity
NORCIA, Italy - The third powerful earthquake to hit Italy in two months spared human life Sunday but struck at the nation’s identity, destroying a Benedictine cathedral, a medieval tower and ot...
Oct 30, 2016
Emirati police find strange fruit covered in writing, nails
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Police in one of the sheikhdoms of the United Arab Emirates say they found and determined a strange fruit covered in writing and nails was not dangerous. Police in Sharja...
Oct 30, 2016
Powerful quake rattles Italy; no deaths immediately reported
ROME - A powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.6 on Sunday rocked the same area of central and southern Italy hit by quake in August and a pair of aftershocks last week, sending alread...
Oct 30, 2016
Philippines: China still guarding shoal, but Filipinos back
MANILA, Philippines - Philippine aerial surveillance showed Chinese coast guard ships were still guarding a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, but they did not harass and stop Filipinos from fishi...
Oct 29, 2016
Powder sprinkled into opera pit may have been human ashes
NEW YORK - A powdery substance a man sprinkled into the orchestra pit at New York’s Metropolitan Opera may have been an opera lover’s ashes, police said Saturday. The freakish incident dur...
Oct 29, 2016
Pipeline protesters urge unity after days of confrontations
CANNON BALL, N.D. - Protesters trying to block the Dakota Access oil pipeline urged unity on Saturday as they prayed together near burned-out construction vehicles that served as a barricade between a...
Oct 29, 2016
US orders families of consulate workers in Istanbul to leave
WASHINGTON - The State Department is ordering family members of employees posted to the U.S. Consulate General in Istanbul to leave because of security concerns. In a statement issued Saturday, the St...
Oct 29, 2016
Attorney: Cocaine was out of character for Jose Fernandez
Miami Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez had cocaine and alcohol in his system when his boat crashed into a Miami Beach jetty, according to toxicology reports released Saturday. It’s not clear wheth...
Oct 29, 2016
Woman sought in dust-up at Donald Trump's Hollywood star
Los Angeles police are looking for a Donald Trump supporter who was harassed and fell to the ground as she apparently protected the presidential candidate’s Hollywood Walk of Fame star. A video ...
Oct 29, 2016