Category Archives: World

NEW YORK - Troubled theme park operator SeaWorld says it will soon stop paying its shareholders a quarterly dividend. SeaWorld, known for its water shows featuring killer whales and dolphins, has been...

ATHENS, Greece - Authorities on the island of Lesbos called for the immediate evacuation Tuesday of thousands of refugees to the Greek mainland after fires started by rioting residents gutted a detent...

BAGHDAD - Iraqi forces have launched a new military operation to recapture a key town north of Baghdad from the Islamic State group. The push to take Shirqat is backed by paramilitary troops, mostly S...

NEW YORK - Investigators of last weekend’s bombings have released an image of two men who took a suitcase they found on a city street, possibly without realizing a wired pressure cooker they rem...

WASHINGTON - Homebuilders pulled back on construction in the South, causing the pace of August housing starts nationwide to fall to their lowest level in three months. Despite the monthly decline, con...

KENANSVILLE, N.C. - Donald Trump is spending a lot of time in this critical presidential swing state, but he campaigned Tuesday evening far from cities like Charlotte and Raleigh where many candidates...

World leaders gathered at the United Nations pledged Tuesday to take in 360,000 refugees next year, President Barack Obama said, roughly doubling the previous year’s allowance in a bid to mitiga...

In a closing dispatch to the world he’s tried to shape, President Barack Obama conceded Tuesday that the United States and other major powers have only limited ability to solve the world’s...

SARAJEVO, Bosnia - The European Union said Tuesday it will examine whether Bosnia has what it takes to become a member as the bloc continues with plans to expand just months after Britain decided to l...

ST. CLOUD, Minn. - He was a recent college student with an interest in computers who had worked part time as a private security guard. He was said to be an honour student in high school. And he had no...