Category Archives: World

JOHANNESBURG - South Sudan says it is asking the United States to reconsider the sanctions it has imposed on two senior government members, a former official and three companies. Foreign ministry spok...

TROUTDALE, Ore. - A growing Oregon wildfire covered parts of Portland’s metropolitan area Tuesday with ash and forced the shutdown of a lengthy stretch of highway through the state’s sceni...

A look at the impact of Hurricane Irma on individual countries and territories as it tears across the Caribbean: ANGUILLA One death was reported in the British territory of Anguilla, which also suffer...

JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has personally intervened to bar an Al-Jazeera journalist from a government conference on press freedoms that uses the pan-Arab broadcaster as a c...

ATHENS, Greece - French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Greece Thursday for a two-day visit during which he was expected to outline his vision for the future of the European Union and discuss Gre...

BURTON, Ohio - Authorities have identified a suspect in an Ohio county fair burglary who took a bite out of best-of-show baked goods during the heist. The Plain Dealer reports that officials say whoev...

LOS ANGELES - Scientists assessing long-term efforts to eradicate invasive ants on the Channel Islands off the Southern California coast have enlisted a four-legged expert to make sure a project to ki...

DURHAM, N.H. - For decades, a colorful mural of New Hampshire’s earliest settlers hauling logs, frolicking through the snow and walking through town has greeted visitors at a post office in the ...

WASHINGTON - U.S. workers’ productivity rose a bit more this spring than initially reported, but the gains were relatively weak and a key reason why recent economic growth has been modest. The L...

OAKLAND, Calif. - Rick Stevens, the former lead singer of Oakland’s Tower of Power rhythm and blues band who spent 36 years in prison, has died. He was 77. KTVU-TV reported (http://bit.ly/2gEsIV...