Category Archives: World
Aid groups warn of crisis as Mongolia hit by harsh winter
BEIJING - Another unusually harsh winter in Mongolia that’s decimating livestock and sending temperatures to minus 56 degrees Celsius (minus 70 Fahrenheit) may create a humanitarian crisis, with...
Dec 21, 2016
The Latest: Berlin attack suspect reported videoed at mosque
BERLIN - The latest on the deadly truck attack on a Berlin Christmas market (all times local): 12:05 a.m. German public broadcaster RBB reports that the fugitive suspect in the deadly truck rampage at...
Dec 21, 2016
Jordan's king vows 'iron fist' response to security threats
AMMAN, Jordan - Jordan will respond with an “iron fist” to those threatening its security, King Abdullah II said Wednesday after a series of attacks on police and tourists this week left 1...
Dec 21, 2016
Utah man donates money to cover kids' school lunches
LAYTON, Utah - A Utah man who grew up eating free- and reduced-lunch at school has donated enough money to pay for more than 5,000 meals for kids with outstanding lunch balances due at schools in the ...
Dec 21, 2016
Mediators want Congo political crisis solved by Christmas
KINSHASA, Congo - Mediators urged Congo’s president and opposition parties Wednesday to reach an agreement before Christmas on a peaceful settlement to the country’s political crisis, sayi...
Dec 21, 2016
Bogdan Roscic new incoming head of Vienna State Opera
VIENNA - The Austrian government has chosen Sony manager Bogdan Roscic to head the Vienna State Opera as of 2020. Culture Minister Thomas Drozda, who announced the appointment Wednesday, says it is me...
Dec 21, 2016
Trump: Deadly violence in Germany is 'attack on humanity'
PALM BEACH, Fla. - President-elect Donald Trump declared Wednesday that the deadly truck attack on a Christmas market in Germany was “an attack on humanity and it’s got to be stopped.̶...
Dec 21, 2016
Aleppo evacuations in heavy snow end brutal war chapter
BEIRUT - Hundreds of rebel fighters and civilians, including small children swaddled in thick blankets, were bused out of war-ravaged Aleppo in heavy snow on Wednesday as the evacuation of former rebe...
Dec 21, 2016
James Taylor cancels Manila concert over Duterte's drug war
MANILA, Philippines - James Taylor has cancelled his February concert in Manila, saying reports of summary executions of suspected drug offenders in the Philippines without judicial proceedings are &#...
Dec 20, 2016
Indonesia police kill 3 suspected militants, defuse bombs
TANGERANG, Indonesia - Indonesian police said three suspected militants who were planning a holiday season suicide bombing were killed in a gunbattle Wednesday on the outskirts of Jakarta in the secon...
Dec 20, 2016