Category Archives: World

GENEVA - Swiss authorities are investigating the crash of a train locomotive into a string of passenger rail cars during a manoeuvring operation that injured 27 people, though none seriously. Police a...

TAMPA, Fla. - Two manatees were stranded after Hurricane Irma sucked water out of Sarasota Bay, in Florida’s Manatee County. Several people posted photos Sunday of the mammals on Facebook, hopin...

WASHINGTON - In the 16 years since the Sept. 11 terror attacks, Donald Trump has evolved from a celebrity developer whose first public thoughts were about Manhattan’s suddenly altered skyline to...

NEW YORK - Americans commemorated 9-11 on Monday with tear-streaked tributes, a presidential warning to terrorists and appeals from victims’ relatives for unity and hope 16 years after the deadl...

The U.N. Security Council on Monday unanimously approved new sanctions on North Korea but not the toughest-ever measures sought by the Trump administration to ban all oil imports and freeze internatio...

HAVANA - The historic but often decrepit buildings of Havana and other colonial Cuban cities couldn’t stand up to Hurricane Irma’s winds and rainfall, collapsing and killing seven people i...

KABUL - A physiotherapist working at the International Committee of the Red Cross’ rehabilitation centre was shot by a patient in Afghanistan’s northern Balkh province, a statement release...

SIGHETU MARMATIEI, Romania - Hundreds of people have marched in memory of the late Elie Wiesel in a northern Romanian town where thousands of Jews were deported to Nazi death camps. Romanians, Jews an...

TAIPEI, Taiwan - As the United States grapples with Hurricane Irma, Taiwan was preparing Monday for an incoming typhoon with a range of alerts, cancellations and evacuations. Typhoon Talim is due to m...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand - Advance voting began Monday for New Zealand’s general election, which could see a change of government in the South Pacific nation for the first time in nine years. Ele...