Category Archives: World
IDs, phones, bags among 25K items lost in airport rampage
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Dan and Janice Kovacs and their two children were passing through airport security when the gunfire erupted. They were shoeless - with wallets, passports and carry-on items chu...
Jan 07, 2017
To celebrate inaugural or not? Trump critics are divided
WASHINGTON - It’s typically an unquestioned honour to participate in the inauguration of an American president. Who wouldn’t want to be part of such a historic event? This time, though, it...
Jan 07, 2017
Lobster prices high as catch drops and China imports climb
PORTLAND, Maine - Lobster lovers are used to adjusting to high prices, but this winter, they’re shelling out even more for the cherished crustaceans because of a lack of catch off of New England...
Jan 07, 2017
Turkish PM visits Iraq amid spat over unauthorized troops
BAGHDAD - Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim commenced a two-day visit to Iraq Saturday, the first since the two governments quarreled over the presence of unauthorized Turkish troops in northern ...
Jan 07, 2017
Turkey's tourism takes big hit after extremist attacks
ISTANBUL - The once bustling Grand Bazaar in Istanbul is astonishingly quiet. The shops and restaurants in the city’s trendy Istiklal Street are all but empty of foreign customers and the hotels...
Jan 07, 2017
Trump wants former Sen. Dan Coats to be intelligence chief
WASHINGTON - President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday said he wanted retired Sen. Dan Coats to be national intelligence director, describing the former member of the Senate Intelligence Committee as t...
Jan 07, 2017
Blast in Syrian town on Turkish border kills nearly 50
BEIRUT - A car bomb ripped through a busy commercial district in a rebel-held Syrian town along the Turkish border Saturday, killing nearly 50 in a huge explosion that damaged buildings and left rescu...
Jan 07, 2017
Snow pounds parts of East Coast, spares several big cities
DURHAM, N.C. - Snow and sleet pounded a large swath of the U.S. East Coast on Saturday, coating roads with ice and causing hundreds of crashes. Thousands of people lost power and forecasters warned of...
Jan 07, 2017
Turkey dismisses more civil servants in post-coup purge
ISTANBUL - Turkey has dismissed more than 8,000 civil servants for alleged ties to terror organizations, in the latest purge under a state of emergency imposed following the failed July 15 coup attemp...
Jan 07, 2017
Yosemite braces as huge storm approaches Central California
FRESNO, Calif. - The beautiful Yosemite Valley could get ugly Saturday as an enormous storm arrives that could be the biggest to slam central California in years. Rangers at Yosemite National Park clo...
Jan 07, 2017