Category Archives: World
AP-GfK poll shows people trust Clinton more on most issues
WASHINGTON - Americans are more likely to trust Hillary Clinton than Donald Trump to handle a variety of issues facing the country, even when it comes to national security topics that have been a majo...
Sep 23, 2016
AP-GfK poll: 'Deplorables' comment sticks to him, not her
WASHINGTON - It was supposed to be her “47 per cent” moment. When Hillary Clinton said that half of Donald Trump’s supporters belonged in a “basket of deplorables,” Repub...
Sep 23, 2016
Study finds 20M would lose health coverage under Trump plan
WASHINGTON - A new study that examines some major health care proposals from the presidential candidates finds that Donald Trump would cause about 20 million to lose coverage while Hillary Clinton wou...
Sep 23, 2016
US pledges $133 million for South Sudan refugees, displaced
KAMPALA, Uganda - The State Department says the United States is pledging nearly $133 million in additional humanitarian assistance to South Sudan’s refugees and internally displaced people. The...
Sep 23, 2016
Foreign hacker who aided Islamic State gets 20 years in US
ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A computer hacker who helped the Islamic State by providing names of more than 1,000 U.S. government and military workers as potential targets was sentenced Friday to 20 years in pri...
Sep 23, 2016
Bomb kills 3 police in Thailand's troubled south
HAT YAI, Thailand - A homemade bomb planted in a road killed three police officers Friday in insurgency-plagued southern Thailand, officials said. Pongsak Khaonuan, a police investigator in Yala provi...
Sep 23, 2016
Tropical Storm Karl expected to pass east of Bermuda
HAMILTON, Bermuda - People in Bermuda were being urged Friday to stock up on emergency supplies and prepare for rough weather as Tropical Storm Karl was on track to pass to the east of the Atlantic Oc...
Sep 23, 2016
Advocacy group demands release of 2 detained Iran reporters
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - An advocacy group has called for the immediate release of two Iranian journalists detained in Tehran. The Committee to Protect Journalists issued a statement early Friday...
Sep 23, 2016
Passenger assaults bus driver in Istanbul: 11 hurt in crash
ANKARA, Turkey - A passenger assaulted a driver with an umbrella on a bus in Istanbul on Friday, causing him to lose control, veer out of the bus lane and crash into oncoming traffic, officials said. ...
Sep 23, 2016
Bodies of Spanish trekker, guides recovered from Nepal slide
KATHMANDU, Nepal - The bodies of a Spanish trekker and two Nepalese guides were recovered from a landslide and flown to Nepal’s capital Friday, while 15 other victims were being treated at a hos...
Sep 23, 2016