Category Archives: World

MONTPELIER, Vt. - A report of a person with a gun led to a lockdown of some government buildings in Vermont's capital for at least four hours Friday, but no intruder or weapon was found, authorities s...

JERUSALEM - The Israeli military on Sunday said that Lebanese militants fired a barrage of anti-tank missiles at an Israeli army base, scoring a number of direct hits on Israeli targets. Israel respon...

VENICE, Italy - Roman Polanski is not at the Venice International Film Festival, but his new film, "An Officer and a Spy" is. Yet, after much hand-wringing over its inclusion among the films in compet...

WARSAW, Poland - A couple and their seven-year-old child were hospitalized Friday after lightning hit a tree they were passing while trekking in the Tatra Mountains in southern Poland, where a thunder...

VENICE, Italy - Kristen Stewart only knew Jean Seberg as an image. The picture of the waif with the pixie haircut and the New York Herald Tribune shirt embodied the effortless chic associated with the...

SANAA, Yemen - The Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen's rebels attacked a detention centre in the southwestern province of Dhamar with several airstrikes Sunday, killing at least 60 people and woundin...

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis says he was stuck for 25 minutes in a Vatican elevator and had to be rescued by firefighters. Francis apologized to faithful in St. Peter's Square Sunday for showing up sev...

LONDON - The U.K. Labour Party's chief Brexit adviser says opposition plans to block a "no-deal" Brexit will require another extension to Article 50 so the Oct. 31 deadline doesn't take effect. Keir S...

JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is reaffirming his pledge to impose Israeli sovereignty on West Bank settlements. Speaking Sunday at a ceremony opening the new school year in the...

HONG KONG - The operator of the express train to Hong Kong's airport has suspended service as pro-democracy protesters gathered there following a day of violent clashes with police. MTR Corp. said Sun...