Category Archives: World

NEAR BASHIQA, Iraq - Iraqi Kurdish fighters exchanged heavy fire with militants on Monday as they entered a town held by the Islamic State group east of Mosul, while troops advancing south of the city...

WASHINGTON - The Latest on the presidential campaign (all times EST): 9:40 p.m. A New Hampshire crowd is booing as Mike Pence mentions the FBI’s new announcement that Hillary Clinton will not fa...

CUSHING, Okla. - Dozens of buildings sustained “substantial damage” after a 5.0 magnitude earthquake struck an Oklahoma town that’s home to one of the world’s key oil hubs, but...

CLEVELAND - Hillary Clinton is pulling out the big guns for her final swing through the crucial battleground state of Ohio. Or at least the very, very tall ones. Basketball great LeBron James joined C...

NEW YORK - Donald Trump puts a premium on loyalty and has proven unable to let a slight go by unchallenged. He touts the facts that he likes - and casts doubts on the ones he doesn’t. While he h...

LOS ANGELES - A strong batch of new films drew audiences to the theatres in large numbers this weekend, including Marvel’s “Doctor Strange,” the animated “Trolls” and Mel...

PHILADELPHIA - Closing out a wildly unpredictable White House race, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump blitzed through battleground states Monday in a final bid to energize supporters. Clinton, backed b...

HELENA, Ala. - A gas pipeline that exploded in Alabama last week is back in service, the pipeline company said Sunday. Service was restarted at 5:45 a.m. Sunday on the pipeline that transports gasolin...

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Britain’s Prince Charles and his wife Camilla arrived Sunday in the United Arab Emirates as part of their three-nation tour of the Gulf, visiting a landmark mos...

BEIRUT - The Latest on the Syrian conflict (all times local): 9 p.m. France’s defence minister says it will provide airstrikes to aid an offensive against the Islamic State-held city of Raqqa in...