Category Archives: World

Analysis: Clinton, Trump tax plans are "mirror images"
SANTA FE, N.M. - Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump’s tax plans are “mirror images” of one another, with the Democrat proposing steep tax hikes on the wealthy while the Republican cand...
Oct 11, 2016

Why do evangelicals prefer Donald Trump to Hillary Clinton?
NEW YORK - Cracks have appeared in evangelical support for Donald Trump over the video of his sexually predatory comments about women. But backing from some of his most high-profile conservative Chris...
Oct 11, 2016

In split, Ryan stumping for House GOP but not for Trump
CHESTER SPRINGS, Pa. - For Paul Ryan, October is now all about protecting the Republican majority of the House - and his own job as speaker. The Wisconsin Republican can’t ignore Donald Trump, h...
Oct 11, 2016
UK report warns of criminals becoming terrorists
LONDON - The lines between terrorism and criminality are becoming blurred as an increasing number of former criminals join the Islamic State group and create a “gangster jihad,” according ...
Oct 11, 2016
Merkel signals support for Ethiopia's protesters in visit
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - German Chancellor Angela Merkel signalled support for protesters demanding wider freedoms in Ethiopia during a visit to the country on Tuesday, saying “a vibrant civil so...
Oct 11, 2016
Searches after terror plot alert yield nothing in Bangkok
BANGKOK - Police searches on Tuesday yielded no evidence or suspects that would corroborate an intelligence report of possible car bomb attacks in Bangkok and its outskirts, a spokesman said. Police s...
Oct 11, 2016
Israel demolishes home of Palestinian attack accomplice
JERUSALEM - The Israeli military on Tuesday demolished the family home of a Palestinian convicted of being an accomplice to a deadly attack on Israelis last year, while security was stepped up for a J...
Oct 11, 2016

Aid groups say dismantling French refugee camp won't work
PARIS - Charities working with refugees and migrants living in a slum-like camp in northern France objected Tuesday to the government’s plan to dismantle the site and disperse the occupants, say...
Oct 11, 2016
Over 1,000 protesters stand before Chinese defence ministry
BEIJING - More than 1,000 protesters walked and chanted in front of China’s defence ministry Tuesday, the latest apparent demonstration by soldiers as the world’s largest standing military...
Oct 11, 2016
Pakistani journalist barred from travel abroad over article
ISLAMABAD - Pakistani officials said Wednesday they imposed a travel ban on a prominent journalist to determine who gave him information for what they called a fabricated story about a high-level secr...
Oct 11, 2016