Category Archives: World

WASHINGTON - In a story Sept. 26 fact-checking Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s claims about having his tax returns audited, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the IRS ...

WASHINGTON - A claim from the presidential debate and how it stacks up with the facts: TRUMP: Trump sidestepped attacks about whether his past skepticism that President Barack Obama was born in the Un...

WASHINGTON - A claim from the presidential debate and how it stacks up with the facts: TRUMP, responding to Hillary Clinton’s statement that he didn’t pay any federal income tax in the ear...

HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. - Donald Trump has a cold. Or at least something gave him the sniffles. The Republican nominee sniffled very loudly throughout much of the first general election debate Monday, eliciti...

WASHINGTON - She was at her best. He was not at his worst. Weeks of Super Bowl-style hype aside, Monday night’s 90 minutes of heated clashes between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump probably did...

WASHINGTON - THE ISSUE: More than 60 million retirees, disabled workers, spouses and children rely on monthly Social Security benefits. That’s nearly one in five Americans. The trustees who over...

WASHINGTON - U.S. home prices rose again in July, pulled up by strong gains in Portland, Seattle and Denver. The Standard & Poor’s CoreLogic Case-Shiller 20-city home price index, released T...

BAGHDAD - Iraq opened a new antiquities museum in the southern city of Basra on Tuesday with pottery, coins and other artifacts dating back more than 2,000 years. Only one hall was opened due to a sho...

BAGHDAD - Separate suicide bombings ripped through busy commercial areas in Shiite-dominated neighbourhoods of the Iraqi capital on Tuesday, killing at least 17 civilians, officials said. The deadlies...

KATHMANDU, Nepal - An overcrowded bus carrying villagers heading home for the country’s biggest festival slipped off a mountain road in Nepal on Tuesday, killing at least 18 people, officials sa...