World

Attacker stabs 8 at popular Jordanian tourist site

AMMAN, Jordan - A young man from a Palestinian refugee camp on Wednesday stabbed eight people, including four foreign tourists and their tour guide, at a popular archaeological site in northern Jordan...

Nov 08, 2019

Erdogan: Turkey captured slain IS leader al-Baghdadi's wife

ANKARA, Turkey - Turkey has captured a wife of the slain leader of the Islamic State group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday. Erdogan made the announcement w...

Nov 08, 2019

Iran 5.9 magnitude earthquake kills at least 5, injures 300

TEHRAN, Iran - A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck northwestern Iran early Friday, killing at least five people and injuring over 300 others, officials said. The temblor struck Tark county in Iran's Eas...

Nov 08, 2019

Screenwriters honoured with film academy's Nicholl award

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Five emerging screenwriters gained the film academy's stamp of admission into Hollywood with help from an ensemble of actors that included Tyrese Gibson and Rosa Salazar. The A...

Nov 08, 2019

Liberal Tucson, Arizona, rejects push to be sanctuary city

TUCSON, Ariz. - Arizona's second-largest city wanted to send a message after the state passed a law that required local police to check the immigration status of people suspected of being in the count...

Nov 08, 2019

Greece: New bid to understand prehistoric engineering feat

ATHENS, Greece - New excavations at an unusual prehistoric fortress northwest of Athens could hold the key to understanding one of ancient Greece's most impressive engineering feats, which converted a...

Nov 07, 2019

Suspected rebels kill 15 at southern Thailand security posts

YALA, Thailand - Gunmen in insurgency-wracked southern Thailand killed 15 village defence volunteers and wounded five security personnel in what is believed to be the deadliest attack on government fo...

Nov 07, 2019

Google digitizes artworks in Puerto Rico for 1st time

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - The 1953 painting by Rafael Tufio Figueroa features his mother with a red scarf on her head, a determined look on her face and heavy expression lines, a depiction of a working-...

Nov 07, 2019

Gap CEO steps down amid slumping sales

NEW YORK - Gap's announced Thursday that CEO Art Peck is stepping down as the company struggles to turn around a long-standing sales slump. The San Francisco-based retailer also slashed its earnings o...

Nov 07, 2019

Hopes rise that lifting tariffs could allow US-China accord

BEIJING - The prospects for a preliminary breakthrough in the U.S.-China trade war improved Thursday after the two sides agreed to reduce some punitive tariffs on each other's goods, though the full e...

Nov 07, 2019