Category Archives: World
Clinton says she won't be 'knocked off course' in final week
WILTON MANORS, Fla. - Hillary Clinton vowed Sunday that she would not be “knocked off course” in the election’s final days, as she sought to push past a new FBI email inquiry in a se...
Oct 30, 2016
Germany checking if fatal Hamburg stabbing was IS-related
BERLIN - Germany’s federal prosecutor is checking whether he should take over the investigation into a fatal stabbing in Hamburg earlier this month, his office said Sunday. A spokesman for the p...
Oct 30, 2016
Romania marks a year since deadly nightclub fire
BUCHAREST, Romania - A year ago, Miluta Flueras was taking photos of a rock band at the Colectiv nightclub when he was trapped in a fire that killed 64, the worst in Romania’s modern history. Fl...
Oct 30, 2016
Saudi Arabia says it breaks up 2 militant plots
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabia said Sunday it broke up two militant plots in recent weeks, one with Islamic State militants trying to kill police officers and the second involving parking a car b...
Oct 30, 2016
Egypt bans TV Interview with anti-corruption critic
CAIRO - A rare TV interview with Egypt’s former chief auditor, who went on trial after publicly alleging massive government corruption, has been banned, the former state official said on Sunday....
Oct 30, 2016
Powerful quake spares lives, but strikes at Italy's identity
NORCIA, Italy - The third powerful earthquake to hit Italy in two months spared human life Sunday but struck at the nation’s identity, destroying a Benedictine cathedral, a medieval tower and ot...
Oct 30, 2016
Emirati police find strange fruit covered in writing, nails
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Police in one of the sheikhdoms of the United Arab Emirates say they found and determined a strange fruit covered in writing and nails was not dangerous. Police in Sharja...
Oct 30, 2016
Powerful quake rattles Italy; no deaths immediately reported
ROME - A powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.6 on Sunday rocked the same area of central and southern Italy hit by quake in August and a pair of aftershocks last week, sending alread...
Oct 30, 2016
Philippines: China still guarding shoal, but Filipinos back
MANILA, Philippines - Philippine aerial surveillance showed Chinese coast guard ships were still guarding a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, but they did not harass and stop Filipinos from fishi...
Oct 29, 2016
Powder sprinkled into opera pit may have been human ashes
NEW YORK - A powdery substance a man sprinkled into the orchestra pit at New York’s Metropolitan Opera may have been an opera lover’s ashes, police said Saturday. The freakish incident dur...
Oct 29, 2016