Category Archives: World

MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin has given a Russian passport to U.S. action film star Steven Seagal, calling it a sign of a thaw in relations with the United States. The 64-year old actor has been a...

NEW YORK - Shoppers were on the hunt for deals and were at the stores for entertainment Friday as malls opened for what is still one of the busiest days of the year, even as the start of the holiday s...

LONDON - British serial killer Stephen Port was sentenced to life in prison without parole on Friday for the murders of four young gay men whom he met online. Judge Peter Openshaw said Port should die...

BEIRUT - Airstrikes and rockets in northern Syria knocked out two medical centres dedicated to women Friday and killed at least 12, including two people in one of the health facilities, according to o...

STOCKHOLM - The Arctic archipelago of Svalbard has seen such extreme warmth this year that the average annual temperature could end up above freezing for the first time on record, scientists said Frid...

NEW YORK - Stocks hit fresh records in a shortened trading session Friday as investors continued to bet on a pickup in economic growth and rising corporate profits. The gains were modest but broad, wi...

VIENNA - In a story Nov. 25 about the delivery of a trail groomer to an Austrian resort, The Associated Press, citing local officials, reported erroneously that the vehicle had initially been sent to ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. - The white man charged in the shooting deaths of nine black parishioners at a South Carolina church last year is competent to stand trial, a federal judge ruled Friday. U.S. District J...

MAYS LANDING, N.J. - Two brothers were shot, one fatally, in the parking lot of a mall in southern New Jersey early Friday, authorities said. Acting Atlantic County Prosecutor Diane Ruberton said the ...

SOFIA, Bulgaria - About 400 migrants have been detained after clashes with police at a refugee camp in southern Bulgaria left several injured, and the country’s prime minister said Friday that s...