Category Archives: World

Child of 'Britain's Schindler' appeals for help for refugees
LONDON - The daughter of a stockbroker nicknamed ‘Britain’s Schindler’ for saving Jewish children from the Nazis appealed Saturday for the child refugees of today to be treated with ...
Oct 29, 2016
Dozens feared dead after airstrikes hit prisons in Yemen
SANAA, Yemen - Dozens of prisoners and security personnel were feared dead after Saudi-led airstrikes on Saturday battered two prisons inside a security headquarters in a western port city, security a...
Oct 29, 2016
Syrian airstrikes on Aleppo amid intense clashes
BEIRUT - Syrian government forces launched a counteroffensive Saturday under the cover of airstrikes in an attempt to regain control of areas they had lost to insurgents the day before in the northern...
Oct 29, 2016
Wife of mentally ill man asks Pakistan to halt his execution
ISLAMABAD - The wife of a Pakistani man diagnosed with schizophrenia on Saturday appealed to the country’s president to spare her husband’s life and suspend a death sentence that is set to...
Oct 29, 2016
Shiite militias join the battle as Iraqis push toward Mosul
SHURA, Iraq - State-sanctioned Shiite militias joined Iraq’s Mosul offensive on Saturday with a pre-dawn assault to the west, where they hope to complete the encirclement of the Islamic State-he...
Oct 29, 2016
Clinton pushes back against 'unprecedented' new FBI review
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Hillary Clinton lashed out Saturday at the FBI’s handling of a new email review, leading a chorus of Democratic leaders who declared the bureau’s actions just days be...
Oct 29, 2016
Angry Egyptians disrupt PM's visit to flood-stricken city
CAIRO - Disgruntled Egyptians blocked the road in front of the Egyptian prime minister’s entourage as he headed to visit a city devastated by heavy rains and flooding. According to the daily Al-...
Oct 29, 2016
Pirates face rough seas as incumbents lead in Iceland vote
REYKJAVIK, Iceland - Iceland looked likely to steer away from a Pirate takeover Sunday, as voters favoured the incumbent Independence Party over the upstart band of buccaneers advocating direct democr...
Oct 29, 2016

French president vows to clear Paris streets of migrant camp
PARIS - French President Francois Hollande vowed Saturday to shut down a bulging migrant camp in Paris, after his government moved 5,000 people from a camp in northern France in an overdue effort to t...
Oct 29, 2016

Australian Miss Universe says Trump treated her with respect
CANBERRA, Australia - An Australian former Miss Universe said Saturday that Donald Trump had always treated her with respect after a video emerged of an embarrassing exchange between the pair in Sydne...
Oct 29, 2016