Category Archives: World
Iraq says it has retaken one of IS group's last strongholds
BAGHDAD - Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced Thursday that Iraqi forces have driven the Islamic State group from one of the extremists’ last strongholds in the country, the northern ...
Oct 06, 2017
Mental health concerns in aftermath of Puerto Rico hurricane
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Locked out of his home and with nowhere else to go, Wilfredo Ortiz Marrero rode out Hurricane Maria inside a Jeep, which was lifted off its wheels by floodwaters in the parking...
Oct 06, 2017
Some injured in Vegas massacre didn't know they'd been shot
LAS VEGAS - Some of the people injured in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history didn’t initially realize they had been shot, a hospital official said. “We have gotten calls fr...
Oct 06, 2017
US military halts exercises over Qatar crisis
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - The U.S. military has halted some exercises with its Gulf Arab allies over the ongoing diplomatic crisis targeting Qatar, trying to use its influence to end the monthslon...
Oct 06, 2017
Ex-judge admits to giving light sentences for nude photos
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - An Arkansas judge who gave lighter sentences to men guilty of minor crimes in return for nude photographs or sexual favours could get a bit of leniency himself after admitting Thur...
Oct 06, 2017
South Dakota St. Bernard has record-longest tongue for a dog
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - A St. Bernard in South Dakota has set a new, slobbery world record. Mochi, also known as Mo, holds the Guinness World Records title for having the longest tongue on a dog. Accordin...
Oct 06, 2017
Chemical weapons watchdog: Sarin traces in Syria attack
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - The global chemical weapons watchdog said Thursday it found traces of sarin following an attack in northern Syria in late March, days before a deadly strike using the same ner...
Oct 06, 2017
Chemist says VX traces found on both suspects in Kim murder
SHAH ALAM, Malaysia - A government chemist testified Thursday he found traces of the banned VX nerve agent on two women being tried in Malaysia on charges of murdering the estranged half brother of No...
Oct 06, 2017
IS suspected in Niger attack that killed 3 US forces
WASHINGTON - Islamic State-linked militants may have been responsible for the ambush in southwestern Niger that killed three U.S. Army special operations commandos and several local Niger forces, U.S....
Oct 06, 2017
NBA players Marcus and Markieff Morris acquitted of assault
PHOENIX - A Phoenix jury acquitted NBA players Marcus and Markieff Morris in their aggravated assault trial Tuesday. The Morris brothers have been on trial for the past two weeks on charges that they ...
Oct 06, 2017