Category Archives: World

LOS ANGELES - The Joker has been around for almost 80 years and there's no shortage of portrayals. There are even some legendary ones by Jack Nicholson and Heath Ledger. But by most accounts, Joaquin ...

VENICE, Italy - Brad Pitt says that in his new film "Ad Astra," he and director James Gray are digging into the idea of masculinity. "Ad Astra" follows Pitt's detached astronaut character Roy McBride ...

BOGOTA - The top peace negotiator for the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia announced Thursday that he and a small cadre of hardline supporters are taking up arms again, accusing President Ivan D...

PHILADELPHIA - Rapper Meek Mill pleaded guilty to a misdemeanour gun charge Tuesday in a deal that resolves a 2007 arrest that has kept him on probation or in prison for most of his adult life. The ne...

GENEVA - Countries have agreed to limit the controversial sale of wild elephants caught in Zimbabwe and Botswana, to the delight of conservationists but the dismay of some of the African countries inv...

YANGON, Myanmar - A court in Myanmar has found a prominent filmmaker guilty of defaming the military with his postings on Facebook and sentenced him to a year in prison. The lawyer defending Min Htin ...

CAIRO - A Yemeni commander says airstrikes have hit government forces near the southern port city of Aden to fight separatists backed by the United Arab Emirates, killing at least 30 troops. Col. Moha...

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - South Korea's top court on Thursday sent back jailed ex-President Park Geun-hye's corruption case to a lower court for separate trials on the charges on which she was convi...

COPENHAGEN - A Swedish prosecutor said Tuesday he won't appeal a verdict against American rapper A$AP Rocky and his two bodyguards who were found guilty of assault for a June 30 street brawl in Stockh...

NEW YORK - Serena Williams was not about to let Maria Sharapova make a match of this. So facing a break point early in the second set, Williams conjured up a backhand passing shot so good, so powerful...