Category Archives: World

Prince Charles views Islamic art on first visit to Malaysia
SELANGOR, Malaysia - Prince Charles began his first visit to Malaysia on Friday by touring a museum of Islamic art and meeting with students from Commonwealth nations. In a speech at the Islamic Arts ...
Nov 03, 2017
Sales of iPhone X begin: Can Apple live up to the hype?
SAN FRANCISCO - Apple’s iPhone X went on sale Friday, as the company scrambles to meet demand for a marquee device that sports a lush screen, facial-recognition skills and a $1,000 price tag . M...
Nov 03, 2017

Spain issues arrest warrant for ousted Catalan leader, aides
MADRID - A Spanish judge issued an international arrest warrant on Friday for former members of the Catalan Cabinet who were last seen in Brussels, including the ousted separatist leader Carles Puigde...
Nov 03, 2017

Zara clothes in Istanbul tagged to highlight labour dispute
ISTANBUL - Shoppers at the fashion retailer Zara in Istanbul have found unusual tags on their garments - complaints by Turkish workers who say they have not been paid for the merchandise in the store....
Nov 03, 2017

Fears squashed: Zucchini mistaken for WWII bomb in Germany
BERLIN - A worried resident in Germany alerted police to what he thought was a World War II bomb in his garden. Officers rushed over - and found a particularly large zucchini. Police were summoned to ...
Nov 03, 2017

US B-1B bombers conduct exercise over Korean Peninsula
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - Two U.S. supersonic bombers flew over the Korean Peninsula for bombing exercises that are also a show of force against North Korea ahead of President Donald Trump’s f...
Nov 03, 2017
Female lawmakers allege harassment by colleagues in House
WASHINGTON - For GOP Rep. Mary Bono, the suggestive comments wouldn’t stop from one male colleague. He even approached her on the House floor to tell her he’d been thinking about her in th...
Nov 03, 2017

US considering returning NKorea to list of terror sponsors
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump’s national security adviser says North Korea could be returned to the list of countries the U.S. believes sponsor terrorism, as part of Trump’s strategy...
Nov 03, 2017
Argentine survivors: Love will unite us with fallen friends
NEW YORK - Four Argentine survivors of a deadly terrorist attack in New York City this week said Friday they always will carry the pain of seeing five of their friends killed while on a trip they had ...
Nov 03, 2017

US won't extradite American charged with murder to Tonga
HONOLULU - An American charged with murder in Tonga in connection with his wife’s death has been released from prison in Hawaii after the U.S. State Department refused to extradite him because o...
Nov 03, 2017