Category Archives: World

KABUL - From a childhood as a refugee, Capt. Safia Ferozi is now flying a transport plane for Afghanistan’s air force as the country’s second female pilot, a sign of the efforts to bring m...

JAKARTA, Indonesia - The Latest on a magnitude-6.4 earthquake in Indonesia’s Aceh province (all times local): 10:50 a.m. The chief of the district nearest the epicenter of a shallow 6.4-magnitud...

BEIJING - Seven coal miners are dead and another four still missing after a gas explosion in a central province in the latest deadly accident to strike China’s mining industry, authorities said ...

CHICAGO - City workers have taken down two Donald Trump honorary street signs near his downtown Chicago hotel and condominium tower. Mike Claffey of the city’s Department of Transportation says ...

PORTLAND, Ore. - One of seven Oregon refuge standoff defendants awaiting trial is asking the court to dismiss his indictment, arguing that statements by federal officials expressing disappointment aft...

MIAMI - Officials say a South Florida police substation was shut down for several hours after a woman brought in two grenades she found in her home. Local media outlets report that the woman brought t...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. - Environmental groups are seeking to defend a new federal rule that would restrict how oil companies burn off excess natural gas extracted from public lands. Wyoming, Montana and North...

MEUREUDU, Indonesia - Rescue workers, soldiers and police combed through the rubble of a devastated town in Indonesia’s Aceh province Thursday, resuming a search for earthquake survivors that wa...

WASHINGTON - The House turned aside an eleventh-hour drive Tuesday by hard-right conservatives to impeach the IRS commissioner, with most Republicans concluding the effort could hurt Congress’ h...

CANBERRA, Australia - Australia’s economy contracted in the September quarter for the first time since early 2011, the government said Wednesday, as the economy adjusts to weaker Chinese demand ...