Category Archives: World
Still grieving, French man seeks clues to Flight 370 mystery
ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar - A Frenchman whose wife and two of his three children were on a Malaysia Airlines plane that disappeared in 2014 said Sunday that he was still trying to find out what happene...
Dec 04, 2016
Hamas radio: 3 bodies recovered from flooded Gaza tunnel
GAZA, Palestinian Territory - Emergency workers have recovered the bodies of three Palestinians who went missing in a smuggling tunnel between Gaza and Egypt. Search efforts were still ongoing Sunday ...
Dec 04, 2016
Green Party taking bid for election recount to federal court
HARRISBURG, Pa. - Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein is taking her bid for a statewide recount of Pennsylvania’s Nov. 8 presidential election to federal court. After announcing Stein ...
Dec 04, 2016
UN refugee agency hands out aid to those uprooted from Mosul
KHAZIR, Iraq - The U.N. refugee agency distributed aid on Monday to dozens of Iraqi families uprooted from their homes in and around the city of Mosul, warning that their needs will only increase as w...
Dec 04, 2016
Syrian government steps up attacks on Idlib province
BEIRUT - Syrian activists say Russian and Syrian aircraft have stepped up their assaults on the rebel-held province of Idlib, a day after air raids killed more than 60 people. The activist-run Local C...
Dec 04, 2016
Gunman kills 3 in Finland; police say no political motive
HELSINKI - A gunman in Finland killed a local town councillor and two journalists in an apparent random shooting in a small town’s nightlife district, police said Sunday. A local man was detaine...
Dec 04, 2016
Zoo Miami celebrates birth of 50th giraffe
MIAMI - A nearly 6-foot tall 138 pound giraffe has been born at Zoo Miami. The yet unnamed female giraffe is the 50th that has been born at the zoo, which is located in Miami-Dade County. According to...
Dec 04, 2016
Trump's call inspires hope in Taiwan, concern in Beijing
TAIPEI, Taiwan - With a 10-minute phone call and two tweets, Donald Trump inspired banner headlines and renewed hopes across Taiwan for a stronger partnership with the United States, while also inflam...
Dec 04, 2016
Fidel Castro laid to rest in private ceremony in east Cuba
SANTIAGO, Cuba - A wooden box containing Fidel Castro’s ashes was placed by his brother and successor on Sunday into the side of a granite boulder that has become Cuba’s only official monu...
Dec 03, 2016
Body parts found after Indonesian plane with 13 disappears
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesian rescuers on Sunday recovered body parts in the sea where a police plane with 13 people aboard is believed to have crashed the previous day. The light aircraft lost cont...
Dec 03, 2016