Category Archives: World

WASHINGTON - Attorney General Jeff Sessions punched back hard at President Donald Trump’s latest sneering criticism Thursday as their long-running rift exploded into a public smackdown. Trump, c...

NEW YORK - What other dirt might Michael Cohen have on Donald Trump? Cohen’s lawyer says the president’s former “fixer” has information “on certain subjects that should b...

CHICAGO - Democrats aren’t ready to embrace the I-word. A day after separate legal hammers dropped nearly simultaneously on two former members of President Donald Trump’s inner circle, Dem...

HOUSTON - Shirley Paley’s life before Hurricane Harvey was already a struggle: The 61-year-old former postal worker was raising her 17-year-old autistic grandson while dealing with a workplace i...

HOUSTON - Hurricane Harvey slammed into Texas last August as a powerful Category 4 storm, killing dozens of people and causing billions of dollars in damage. Though its fiercest winds quickly dissipat...

BEIRUT - The Islamic State group has released a new audio message, purportedly of its shadowy leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the first such recording to emerge in almost a year. In the audio, the speake...

UKHIYA, Bangladesh - The little boy emerges into view amid a chorus of panicked shouts and the thunder of feet from the horde sweeping past us. He is slumped over the shoulder of a man, his skinny arm...

LONDON - Businesses could face red tape at the border, customers could see higher credit card fees, patients could endure delays to medical treatment and there could even be a sperm shortage if Britai...

LONDON - The British government has published a series of documents laying out its plans for what it will do in the event it fails to secure a deal on its future relationship with the European Union f...

CANBERRA, Australia - Australia’s beleaguered prime minister was resisting pressure to quit as opponents from within his party struggled on Thursday to show that he had lost the government’...