Category Archives: World

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - The death toll from Cyclone Shaheen rose to 12 on Monday while other fishermen from Iran remained missing as the storm moved further inland into Oman and weakened. A...

STOCKHOLM (AP) - The Nobel Prize in the field of physiology or medicine has been awarded to U.S. scientists David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian. They were cited for their discovery of receptors for tem...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North and South Korea restored a stalled communication hotline after weeks of a hiatus in a small, fragile reconciliation step Monday, as the North pushes hard to win outside...

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) - Crude was no longer leaking from a Southern California pipeline that's believed to be the source of a massive oil spill that closed miles of beaches on Sunday, accordin...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A bomb exploded in the entrance of a mosque in the Afghan capital on Sunday leaving a "number of civilians dead," a Taliban spokesman said. The bomb targeted the sprawling Ei...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) - Members of Ethiopia's largest ethnic group, the Oromo, protested Saturday against the government and called for the release of jailed opposition figures as they gathered i...

CAIRO (AP) - A major crackdown in western Libya resulted in the detention of 4,000 migrants, including hundreds of women and children, officials said Saturday. The U.N. said initial reports were that ...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte says he is backing out of an announced plan to run for vice president in next year's elections and will retire from politics after his t...

National Women's Soccer League Commissioner Lisa Baird resigned after some 19 months on the job amid allegations that a former coach engaged in sexual harassment and misconduct. Baird's resignation wa...

HOUSTON (AP) - A former student of a Houston charter school shot and wounded a school employee on campus Friday morning before quickly surrendering to police, authorities said. The shooting happened a...