World

Iran women freely at FIFA soccer match, 1st time in decades

TEHRAN, Iran - Flag-draped Iranian women watched a FIFA soccer match from inside a Tehran stadium Thursday, the first time they've been freely allowed into a stadium in decades. The 2022 World Cup qua...

Oct 12, 2019

Suspect in rapper Mac Miller's drug death pleads not guilty

LOS ANGELES - A man charged with selling rapper Mac Miller the drugs that killed him last year pleaded not guilty Thursday in federal court in Los Angeles. Cameron Pettit stood alongside his attorney ...

Oct 12, 2019

Turkish forces capture centre of key Syrian border town

CEYLANPINAR, Turkey - Turkish forces captured a key Syrian border town under heavy bombardment Saturday, the Turkish military and a Syrian war monitor said, as Turkey's offensive against Syrian Kurdis...

Oct 12, 2019

Heavy rain, winds lash Tokyo as powerful typhoon approaches

FUJISAWA, Japan - A heavy downpour and strong winds pounded Tokyo and surrounding areas on Saturday as a powerful typhoon forecast as the worst in six decades approached landfall, with streets and tra...

Oct 12, 2019

Knife-wielding man wounds Indonesia's security minister

JAKARTA, Indonesia - A knife-wielding man suspected of belonging to a radical Islamic group wounded Indonesia's security minister, a local police chief and another person in an attack in western Indon...

Oct 12, 2019

Ukraine president: 'No blackmail' in conversation with Trump

KYIV, Ukraine - Ukraine's president insisted Thursday that he faced "no blackmail" from President Donald Trump in their phone call that led to an impeachment inquiry, distancing himself from the U.S. ...

Oct 12, 2019

2 Nobel literature prize winners expose Europe's fault lines

STOCKHOLM - Nobel Prizes for literature were awarded Thursday to two writers enmeshed in Europe's social and political fault lines: a liberal Pole who has irked her country's conservative government a...

Oct 11, 2019

Kendrick slam in 10th lifts Nats over Dodgers 7-3, into NLCS

LOS ANGELES - Howie Kendrick and the Washington Nationals got down again but were never out - and they finally ended their streak of playoff series futility in grand fashion. Kendrick hit a tiebreakin...

Oct 11, 2019

Opera star Jessye Norman's funeral set for Georgia hometown

AUGUSTA, Ga. - World-famous performers, civil rights leaders and people who know her good works are gathering for the funeral of international opera star Jessye Norman in her Georgia hometown. Norman ...

Oct 11, 2019

Jennifer Aniston, Mariah Carey honoured at women's event

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Jennifer Aniston, Mariah Carey, Brie Larson, Awakwafina and Chaka Khan are being celebrated for their charitable endeavours and contributions to the entertainment industry at a...

Oct 11, 2019