Category Archives: World

ZAGREB, Croatia - A Serb paramilitary commander during the Balkan wars of the 1990s pleaded not guilty on Tuesday at the start of his war crimes trial in Croatia, saying the accusations against him ar...

KINSHASA, Congo - More than 44 people have been killed in Congo in two days of street clashes between security forces and protesters angered over a delayed presidential election, a senior Human Rights...

TOKYO - A typhoon has caused serious flooding and flight cancellations in southern Japan. Typhoon Malakas swept across the southern part of Kyushu island early Tuesday morning before heading east alon...

FRESNES, France - France’s justice minister is defending specialized prison units for Islamic radicals after a recent attack on guards, saying the units see less violence than the rest of the ov...

MIAMI - Tropical Storm Lisa was expected to gain a bit more strength before weakening in a couple of days, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said Tuesday. Lisa was centred about 515 miles (830 kilome...

Fans of the film “Avatar” can now experience Pandora in person. The “Avatar: Discover Pandora” exhibition will open in Taiwan in December before travelling the world next year....

WARSAW, Poland - Nazi-era newspapers, coins, documents and copies of Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” have been found in a “time capsule” that was buried in 1934 in the foundations ...

BEIRUT - The United States on Tuesday blamed Russia for an overnight attack on an aid convoy that killed 20 civilians as the U.N. announced it was suspending overland aid deliveries in Syria, jeopardi...

PARIS - French authorities have made eight new arrests in connection with the Bastille Day truck attack in Nice that left 86 people dead, the Paris prosecutor’s office said Tuesday. The office s...

MANILA, Philippines - A pilot of a Saudi Arabian Airlines plane mistakenly pressed a hijack warning button as it approached Manila’s airport on Tuesday, causing airport officials to mobilize com...