Category Archives: World
A look at how Trump might shake things up in Asia
BEIJING - Donald Trump has offered views on U.S. relations with Asia that could indicate radical shifts in long-standing policy toward the region. From opposing free trade agreements to confronting Ch...
Jan 16, 2017
Muted reaction in Russia to Trump's talk of nuclear arms cut
MOSCOW - Suggestions by President-elect Donald Trump that sanctions against Russia could be lifted in exchange for a nuclear arms cut attracted a frosty reception in Moscow on Monday. In an interview ...
Jan 16, 2017
In Hanoi, Abe says Japan will provide Vietnam patrol vessels
HANOI, Vietnam - Japan will provide Vietnam new patrol vessels, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Monday on the last stop of his four-nation tour to boost his country’s trade and security ...
Jan 16, 2017
Kyrgyzstan: Cargo plane crash kills 37, destroys village
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan - A Turkish cargo plane crashed Monday in a residential area just outside the main airport in Kyrgyzstan, destroying half of a village and killing at least 37 people in the plane a...
Jan 16, 2017
Parties, protests to take over DC for Trump's inauguration
WASHINGTON - Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to clog the nation’s capital for Donald Trump’s inauguration and a major demonstration the day after. How many will actually arriv...
Jan 16, 2017
Bombers at Nigeria's Maiduguri University kill professor
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria - Three suicide bombers, including a child, exploded at dawn Monday at Nigeria’s northeastern University of Maiduguri, killing a university professor and another child, witnes...
Jan 16, 2017
Women have many motivations for DC inauguration protest
WASHINGTON - Call them rebels with a cause. Or two. Or three. Or 10. When throngs of women from around the nation converge on Washington for a march on the day after Donald Trump’s inauguration,...
Jan 16, 2017
Defiant EU nations ready themselves for Trump presidency
BRUSSELS - European Union nations bracing for the looming Donald Trump presidency showed defiance Monday in the face of the president-elect’s stinging comments on everything from NATO and German...
Jan 16, 2017
Northern Ireland unity government crumbles, faces March vote
DUBLIN - Northern Ireland’s shattered unity government will be dissolved next week to make way for an early election demanded by the coalition’s main Irish Catholic party, the secretary of...
Jan 16, 2017
Man who killed intruder in trouble for what was inside house
HIALEAH, Fla. - A home-invasion robbery by four intruders that ended with a suspect shot and killed led to charges against the homeowner. But not for the death. The Miami Herald reports (http://hrld.u...
Jan 16, 2017