Category Archives: World
Writer rallies community to fix spelling on soldier's grave
STOCKTON SPRINGS, Maine - A Maine writer has rallied a community to help fix a spelling error on the gravestone of a soldier stationed in the state in the 1800s. Children’s book author Angeli Pe...
Oct 25, 2017
After independence vote, Kurdish leaders feel under siege
IRBIL, Iraq - Just a month ago, Iraq’s Kurds were celebrating their symbolic vote for independence as a historic step toward their decades-old dream of statehood, with enough energy reserves to ...
Oct 25, 2017
Tillerson in India to highlight US strategy in South Asia
NEW DELHI - Combating terrorism and India’s role in war-torn Afghanistan dominated talks between U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and his Indian counterpart Wednesday as Tillerson highlight...
Oct 25, 2017
Malaysia airport video shows 4 men accused in Kim's killing
SHAH ALAM, Malaysia - Prosecutors showed a Malaysian court airport security videos on Thursday that detail the movements of four North Korean suspects who allegedly planned and helped two women - now ...
Oct 25, 2017
Fatal shootings at Grambling State not random, sheriff says
GRAMBLING, La. - Authorities searched Wednesday for a suspect in a shooting that killed a Grambling State University student and his friend after an altercation on the Louisiana college’s campus...
Oct 25, 2017
China's Xi unveils new leaders but no obvious successor
BEIJING - China’s ruling Communist Party on Wednesday elevated five new officials to assist President Xi Jinping as he embarks on a second five-year term, and by stopping short of designating an...
Oct 25, 2017
US Ambassador Brown accepts advice after conduct complaint
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - U.S. Ambassador Scott Brown told a New Zealand website Wednesday that he accepted advice that he should be more culturally aware after a U.S. inquiry into his conduct at a Pe...
Oct 25, 2017
Refugee advocates denounce Trump's latest order
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump’s latest executive order on refugees is, in effect, a continuation of his ban on a majority of applicants, according to refugee advocates. They say the contin...
Oct 25, 2017
Catalan VP says Spain 'gives us no option' but to secede
BARCELONA, Spain - Spanish authorities are leaving separatists in Catalonia with “no other option” but to push ahead with declaring independence for the wealthy northeastern region, its vi...
Oct 25, 2017
Vietnam jails student activist for anti-state propaganda
HANOI, Vietnam - A court in northern Vietnam on Wednesday sentenced a student activist to six years in prison for using social media to promote a multiparty system and press freedom amid a heightened ...
Oct 25, 2017