Category Archives: World
Romanian PM visits city at heart of storm that left 8 dead
BUCHAREST, Romania - Romanian Prime Minister Mihai Tudose travelled Monday to a western city that bore the brunt of a violent weekend storm that left eight people dead and about 140 injured. Tudose...
Sep 18, 2017
Indian government says Rohingya Muslims are security threat
NEW DELHI - India’s government said Monday that it has evidence there are extremists who pose a threat to the country’s security among the Rohingya Muslims who have fled Myanmar and settle...
Sep 18, 2017
Yemen officials: Airstrike by Saudi-led coalition kills 12
SANAA, Yemen - Yemeni medical officials and tribesmen say an airstrike this weekend by the Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen’s Shiite rebels killed 12 civilians in central Marib province. They ...
Sep 18, 2017
Senate backs bill to pump $700 billion into military
WASHINGTON - The Senate has overwhelmingly approved a sweeping defence policy bill that would pump $700 billion into the military, putting the U.S. armed forces on track for a budget greater than at a...
Sep 18, 2017
US flies powerful warplanes amid tensions with North Korea
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - The U.S. military flew advanced bombers and stealth jets over the Korean Peninsula and near Japan in drills with South Korean and Japanese warplanes on Monday, three days a...
Sep 18, 2017
Trump calls for UN reform, but with more restrained tones
President Donald Trump used his United Nations debut on Monday to prod the international organization to cut its bloated bureaucracy and fulfil its mission. But he pledged U.S. support for the world b...
Sep 18, 2017
Study: 4,500 deaths a year from high Europe diesel emissions
BERLIN - Researchers say there have been more than 4,500 premature deaths annually in Europe because diesel cars emitted higher levels of pollution than claimed. The study comes two years after Volksw...
Sep 18, 2017
Iraq's top court suspends Kurdish region's independence vote
BAGHDAD - Iraq’s top court on Monday temporarily suspended the northern Kurdish region’s referendum on independence that’s due next week, a decision that put further pressure on the ...
Sep 18, 2017
3 Hawaii beaches on 2 islands under high bacteria warnings
LIHUE, Hawaii - The state Department of Health has placed at least three Hawaii beaches under bacteria warnings. On Kauai Island, Hanalei Bay and the Anahola Beach Park pavilion area are under warning...
Sep 18, 2017
Organizers end Monday protests; more set for Tuesday
ST. LOUIS - Protesters chanting “free our people” gathered outside the jail in downtown St. Louis for more than two hours Monday night to show solidarity with those who remain behind bars....
Sep 18, 2017