Category Archives: World

Iranian TV: British-Iranian dual national faces new charge
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's state television, citing an unnamed official, announced on Tuesday that British-Iranian dual national Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is facing a new charge. The report did not elabora...
Sep 08, 2020

Rapper Genesis Be's long battle versus the Confederate flag
NEW YORK - The path that brought rapper and activist Genesis Be to a New York City stage, her body draped in a Confederate flag and a noose hung around her neck, was a long one. Growing up in Mississi...
Sep 08, 2020

Belarus activist resists authorities' push to leave country
KYIV, Ukraine - A leading opposition activist in Belarus was held on the border Tuesday after she resisted authorities' attempt to force her to leave the country. Maria Kolesnikova, a member of the Co...
Sep 08, 2020

Asia Today: India reports record 1,133 new virus deaths
NEW DELHI - India on Tuesday reported 1,133 deaths from the coronavirus in the last 24 hours, its highest single-day total. The Health Ministry also reported 75,809 new cases, raising India's tally to...
Sep 07, 2020

China says Indian forces crossed border, fired warning shots
BEIJING - China said Indian forces crossed into territory it holds along their disputed border and fired warning shots at a Chinese patrol in a move it called a "serious military provocation" and a vi...
Sep 07, 2020

Campaign to succeed PM Abe as party leader begins in Japan
TOKYO - The official campaigning to lead Japan's ruling party began Tuesday with the longtime right-hand man of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe now seen as a top candidate and his likely successor to lead t...
Sep 07, 2020

Trump supporters rally near Portland and at Oregon Capitol
SALEM, Ore. - Hundreds of people gathered on Labor Day in a small town south of Portland for a pro-President Donald Trump vehicle rally - just over a week after member of a far-right group was fatally...
Sep 07, 2020

Black woman to lead police force reeling from Breonna Taylor
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - For the first time, a Black woman will lead Kentucky's Louisville Metro Police Department, which has been been heavily criticized since officers fatally shot Breonna Taylor in March....
Sep 07, 2020

Trump supporters rally near Portland and at Oregon Capitol
SALEM, Ore. - Hundreds of people gathered Monday afternoon in a small town south of Portland for a pro-President Donald Trump vehicle rally - just over a week after member of a far-right group was fat...
Sep 07, 2020

Philippine leader pardons US Marine in transgender killing
MANILA, Philippines - The Philippine president pardoned a U.S. Marine on Monday in a surprise move that will free him from imprisonment in the 2014 killing of a transgender Filipino woman that sparked...
Sep 07, 2020