Category Archives: World
Iran nominates Farhadi's "The Salesman" for 2017 Oscar
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran has nominated a film by the country’s Oscar-winning director Asghar Farhadi for the next Academy Awards. The Saturday report says the Farabi Foundation, affiliated to Iran...
Sep 17, 2016
Morocco's elections pose test for law on vote observers
RABAT, Morocco - Morocco’s elections next month will draw attention from around the region and beyond - but not all eyes will be welcome. Election authorities approved 4,000 national and interna...
Sep 17, 2016
Militants in southern Philippines free Norwegian hostage
MANILA, Philippines - Abu Sayyaf extremists on Saturday freed a Norwegian man kidnapped a year ago in the southern Philippines with two Canadians who were later beheaded and a Filipino woman who has b...
Sep 17, 2016
Police: Anti-cop note found at scene of deadly rampage
PHILADELPHIA - A “rambling” note expressing hatred for police was found after a man opened fire on a Philadelphia police officer then went on a shooting rampage, injuring a second officer,...
Sep 16, 2016
'Virginia Woolf' playwright Edward Albee dies at age 88
NEW YORK - Three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Edward Albee, who challenged theatrical convention in masterworks such as “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” and “A Delic...
Sep 16, 2016
Police end lock down of Denver hospital amid gun report
DENVER - Police locked down a Denver hospital complex Friday amid reports that gunshots were fired and a man was seen carrying a rifle on the grounds. Officer Tyrone Campbell said a room-by-room searc...
Sep 16, 2016
Recount choses winner in Phoenix-area congressional race
PHOENIX - Arizona state Senate President Andy Biggs has won a recount in a razor-thin Republican primary in a suburban Phoenix congressional district. A judge certified Friday that Biggs won by 27 vot...
Sep 16, 2016
Ben Stiller and Alek Wek stand with refugees
Actor Ben Stiller and supermodel Alek Wek are standing with refugees. Stiller and Wek visited the U.N. General Assembly on Friday to present Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon with a petition bearing over ...
Sep 16, 2016
Powell discusses secret Israeli nukes in leaked 2015 email
WASHINGTON - In a leaked 2015 email exchange, former Secretary of State Colin Powell discussed Israel’s nuclear weapons with a friend, saying the country has 200 warheads. Though Israel is widel...
Sep 16, 2016
Many black voters skeptical at Trump's birther about-face
WASHINGTON - Black voters reacted skeptically Friday to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s admission that he now believes the nation’s first black president was indeed born in ...
Sep 16, 2016