Category Archives: World

NEW YORK - USA Today publisher Gannett walked away Tuesday from its attempted takeover of Tronc, the owner of the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune and other major dailies. Gannett’s target was...

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama predicted that some of Hillary Clinton’s opponents will belittle her as overly emotional if she becomes the nation’s first woman president. Obama’...

LEBANON, Pa. - A rapper whose songs include “Sell Drugz” has been charged with selling drugs in Pennsylvania. Twenty-nine-year-old Michael Persaud performs under the name Montana Millz. Th...

BISMARCK, N.D. - The Dakota Access pipeline, a $3.8 billion, four-state project designed to carry oil from North Dakota to Illinois, has become a rallying point for American Indian tribes and others d...

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria - A car bomb targeting a military checkpoint on a road leading to Nigeria’s northeastern city of Maiduguri exploded Tuesday, killing all nine people in the vehicle, police and...

BALTIMORE - The Baltimore school bus driver who died along with five others in a collision with a commuter bus was found at fault in three traffic-related cases in the last eight years, according to c...

JOHANNESBURG - South African police say a man who posed as a prosecution official and targeted Oscar Pistorius in a scam attempt has been sentenced to four years in prison. Police said Tuesday that 33...

KABUL - An Afghan official says a roadside bombing has killed seven civilians in a northern province. District chief Ahmad Lemar Osmanyar says the victims were all relatives and they were travelling i...

MOSCOW - Russia’s defence minister is assailing NATO for applying pressure to deny port access to Russian warships en route to Syria’s shores. Sergei Shoigu said Tuesday the denial hasn...

BALTIYSK, Russia - Russia held civil defence drills involving 40 million people last month, the largest since the collapse of the Soviet Union. State media broadcast instantly recognizable Soviet imag...