Category Archives: World
Pentagon says the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed
WASHINGTON (AP) - The firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed, the Pentagon said Thursday, a stunning revelation about plans for the first military execution...
Oct 8, 2026
The long-deployed USS Lincoln returns home to San Diego Bay
CORONADO, Calif. (AP) - After more than 10 months at sea, thousands of sailors Thursday poured out of the the USS Lincoln on San Diego Bay to thunderous cheers, streaming tears and emotional hugs, mar...
Oct 8, 2026
MLB proposes shortening regular season to 154 games in 2029, expanding Division Series to best-of-7
NEW YORK (AP) - Major League Baseball proposed to shorten the regular season to 154 games from 162 games starting in 2029 and to expand the Division Series to best-of-seven in bargaining with players ...
Oct 8, 2026
Trump says US will not resume military strikes on Iran before the Nov. 3 midterm elections
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump said Thursday that he will not order a resumption of military strikes on Iran before the Nov. 3 midterm elections in the United States. Trump, while stumping f...
Oct 8, 2026
Man with a gun and knife is fatally shot by security at Nashville federal courthouse, police say
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A man armed with a pistol and knife was fatally shot by a security officer Thursday just inside the busy entrance of a federal courthouse in Tennessee's largest city, authoriti...
Oct 8, 2026
UK arrest 2 Latvians inside perimeter of RAF base housing U.S., NATO intelligence operations
LONDON (AP) - U.K. authorities arrested two Latvian men after they were discovered early Thursday inside the perimeter of an RAF base that houses U.S. and NATO intelligence operations, counterterroris...
Oct 8, 2026
New US indictment charges Maduro with overseeing machine of repression, torture of Americans
NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. prosecutors unveiled sweeping new criminal charges against former Venezuelan President Nicols Maduro on Thursday, accusing him and his wife of heading a state-sponsored system of ...
Oct 8, 2026
Judge says search warrants used to seize property from former Prince Andrew were unlawful
LONDON (AP) - Police investigating former Prince Andrew 's links to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein unlawfully searched his homes, a London judge said Thursday. Justice Nicholas Hilliard said si...
Oct 8, 2026
International Criminal Court judges say Philippine ex-President Rodrigo Duterte fit to stand trial
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - Judges at the International Criminal Court have ruled that former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is fit to stand trial on charges of crimes against humanity linked ...
Oct 8, 2026
Explosions heard in Saudi capital and Riyadh airport, and other Mideast developments
Several explosions were heard in the Saudi capital on Thursday, including one at the Riyadh airport that halted flights, a witness said. The blasts came as Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis have targeted th...
Oct 8, 2026
