Category: World

An Iranian-Canadian accountant who was involved in the financial aspects of Iran’s hard-won nuclear deal is believed to have been indicted in Iran on suspicion of espionage, six months after he was arrested. Abdolrasoul Dorri Esfahani was arrested in August but not immediately charged. He was granted bail, which is rare for people accused of such serious crimes. Citing Iranian

President Donald Trump spent the weekend at “the winter White House,” Mar-a-Lago, the secluded Florida castle where he is king. The sun sparkles off the glistening lawn and warms the russet clay Spanish tiles, and the steaks are cooked just how he likes them (well done). His daughter Ivanka and son-in-law Jared Kushner – celebrated as calming influences on the

TOKYO — Japanese authorities confirmed Monday that all nine people aboard a rescue helicopter that crashed in snow-covered mountains in central Japan have been pronounced dead. The Fire and Disaster Management Agency said in a statement that the nine men — seven firefighters, an engineer and the pilot — were aboard a rescue helicopter that crashed during a training flight

PALM BEACH, Fla. — The White House said Sunday that Congress should expand its investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 election to include President Donald Trump’s unverified allegation that former President Barack Obama stepped over the legal line in the campaign. While Trump claimed, without evidence in a series of tweets Saturday, that his predecessor had tapped the telephones

Members of the Greater Scranton YMCA spar in martial arts classes, but some at the Pennsylvania facility were on the verge of real fights — right up until the gym removed the cause of their pugnaciousness: cable news. The Y — located in one of the 2016 presidential election’s most hotly-contested battlegrounds —banished CNN, Fox News and MSNBC from its

Tribal warriors shot dead a former Guards officer on his ranch in Kenya Sunday as a campaign of land invasions in the country’s white farming heartlands claimed its most prominent victim to date. Tristan Voorspuy, 60, was killed on Sosian, a 24,000 acre ranch in the Laikipia region, which was occupied by armed warriors last month. Voorspuy’s death, the first

Scott Persons / CPA skeleton of the proto-dinosaur Marasuchus, is shown in this undated handout photo. The proto-dinosaur Marasuchus is a squirrel-sized carnivore that likely walked on all fours but ran on two legs. Paleontologists at the University of Alberta have a new theory for why some dinosaurs stood on two feet instead of four. EDMONTON — Paleontologists at the

LIKE PLEASE  ????Thank you WTF ALERT: Muslim mother sues tampon company for “stealing her daughter’s virginity” IDAHO MUSLIM woman is suing the Kotex company for $1.4 million dollars after she claims one of her daughters lost her virginity while using a tampon. The family’s attorney claims the product’s packaging did not issue any warning about the possibility of losing one’s own virginity

CYPRESS, Texas — A 17-year-old transgender boy completed an undefeated season Saturday by winning a controversial Texas state girls wrestling title in an event clouded by criticism from those who believe the testosterone he’s taking as he transitions from female to male created an unfair advantage. The family of Mack Beggs has said he would rather be wrestling boys, but