Category Archives: World

Officials: Australian woman shot after cops heard loud sound
MINNEAPOLIS - An Australian woman who called 911 to report a possible assault was shot and killed by a Minneapolis police officer after the officer’s partner was startled by a loud sound near th...
Jul 17, 2017
Dubai-based Emirates and flydubai to more closely integrate
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Emirates, the Middle East’s largest airline, and budget carrier flydubai have announced plans to more closely integrate their operations. The two airlines operate i...
Jul 17, 2017
At least 34 missing after military ship sinks off Cameroon
YAOUNDE, Cameroon - Cameroon’s defence minister says at least 34 people have been declared missing after a military vessel sank off the country’s Atlantic coast. Joseph Beti Assomo said Mo...
Jul 17, 2017

Jordanian soldier gets life term for killing 3 US troops
AMMAN, Jordan - A Jordanian soldier was sentenced Monday to life in prison after being convicted of killing three U.S. military trainers last year, but some said questions lingered about his motive fo...
Jul 17, 2017
Astronaut Buzz Aldrin rolls out the red carpet for Mars
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Forty-eight years after he landed on the moon, Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin rolled out a red carpet for the red planet at a star-studded gala at the Kennedy Space Center. Ald...
Jul 16, 2017

Venezuela opposition calls strike, Trump threatens 'actions'
CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuela’s opposition called Monday for a 24-hour nationwide strike to pressure President Nicolas Maduro to drop plans to rewrite the constitution while the United States t...
Jul 16, 2017
7.1 million Venezuelans vote in opposition referendum
CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuelan’s opposition said more than 7.1 million people responded to its call to vote Sunday in a symbolic rejection of President Nicolas Maduro’s plan to rewrite th...
Jul 16, 2017

Report: UAE behind hacking of Qatari media
WASHINGTON - The United Arab Emirates orchestrated the hacking of a Qatari government news site in May, planting a false story that was used as a pretext for the current crisis between Qatar and sever...
Jul 16, 2017
S. Korea offers talks on tension, family reunions with North
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - South Korea offered Monday to talk with North Korea to ease animosities along their tense border and resume reunions of families separated by their war in the 1950s. ItR...
Jul 16, 2017

Separate attacks target Pakistan paramilitary force, kill 3
PESHAWAR, Pakistan - Separate bombings targeted members of Pakistan’s paramilitary border force on Monday, killing at least three troops and wounding eight, officials said. In the first attack, ...
Jul 16, 2017