Category Archives: World

WASHINGTON - Stung by years of failure to stop Syria’s bloodshed, the United States is now just a bystander to the civil war as President Barack Obama’s tenure ends. Secretary of State Joh...

RIO DE JANEIRO - The Brazilian government’s national secretary of youth has resigned after celebrating the deaths of inmates killed in prison uprisings. Youth Secretary Bruno Julio resigned Frid...

PARIS - Far-right leader Marine Le Pen says she is “ready, resolute, organized” for France’s presidential election. But some things are spinning out of her carefully controlled orbit...

MINNEAPOLIS - An inventory of Prince’s estate submitted to a probate court in Minnesota shows he had acquired tens of millions of dollars’ worth of real estate and other personal property ...

MEXICO CITY - Mexican prosecutors said Saturday they are searching for a gunman who opened fire on an official of the U.S. consulate in the western city of Guadalajara. The Attorney General’s Of...

NEW YORK - Like many governors, New York’s Andrew Cuomo wasn’t known for granting clemency. Until last week. In a single day, the Democrat pardoned 101 people convicted as teenagers of non...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - At least four of the five people killed in the Fort Lauderdale airport shooting were on vacation, headed for cruises that promised sun, sand and fun. They were collecting their...

LISBON, Portugal - Mario Soares, a former prime minister and president of Portugal who helped steer his country toward democracy after a 1974 military coup and grew into a global statesman through his...

CHICAGO - Thousands of people have lined up in frigid temperatures hoping for tickets to President Barack Obama’s farewell speech in his hometown of Chicago. Tickets are being handed out Saturda...

LONDON - A senior British diplomat who warned that negotiating a European Union exit could take 10 years has quit the civil service, days after stepping down as the U.K.’s envoy to the bloc, the...