Category Archives: World
UK approves a ‘mega’ Chinese Embassy in London despite criticism of security risks
LONDON (AP) - Britain's government announced Tuesday it has approved a huge new Chinese Embassy in central London despite heavy pressure from lawmakers over its potential security risks. Local Governm...
Jan 20, 2026
Israeli crews target UN facilities for Palestinian refugees in east Jerusalem
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli forces on Tuesday targeted at least two United Nations facilities, pushing forward with its crackdown against the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees tasked with delivering h...
Jan 20, 2026
Trump's Greenland threats spark outrage and defiance from EU, testing longtime NATO alliances
DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) - President Donald Trump 's pledges to provoke a sweeping tariff fight with Europe to get his way in taking control of Greenland has left many of America's closest allies warni...
Jan 20, 2026
Bulgaria’s left-leaning president Rumen Radev says he is stepping down
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) - Bulgaria's left-leaning president Rumen Radev announced on Monday that he is stepping down. In a televised address, Radev said that he will formally submit his resignation to th...
Jan 19, 2026
Gunmen abduct over 150 worshippers from 3 churches in Nigeria
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) - Gunmen abducted more than 150 worshippers in simultaneous attacks on three separate churches in northwest Nigeria, a state lawmaker told The Associated Press on Monday. The attac...
Jan 19, 2026
Explosion in a restaurant in Afghan capital kills at least 7 and injures a dozen more
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - An explosion at a restaurant in downtown Kabul on Monday killed at least seven people and wounded about a dozen more, according to police and an Italian charity running a sur...
Jan 19, 2026
School bus crash in South Africa kills at least 13 children, police say
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - A truck and a school minibus were in collision in South Africa's Gauteng province Monday, killing at least 13 children, authorities said. Preliminary reports indicated at least 11 ...
Jan 19, 2026
Karachi mall fire death toll rises to 23 as rescuers search for dozens missing
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) - The death toll from a massive fire at a shopping plaza in Karachi rose to 23 on Monday as rescuers recovered more bodies from the badly damaged building, police said. Dozens r...
Jan 19, 2026
Starmer says Trump’s Greenland tariff threat 'completely wrong' and a trade war in no one’s interest
LONDON (AP) - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Monday that U.S. President Donald Trump's threat of tariffs against allies over Greenland is "completely wrong" and a trade war is in no one's in...
Jan 19, 2026
High-speed trains collide after one derails in southern Spain, killing at least 21
ADAMUZ, Spain (AP) - A high-speed train derailed, jumped onto the track in the opposite direction and slammed into an oncoming train Sunday in southern Spain, killing at least people 21 and injuring d...
Jan 18, 2026
