Category Archives: World
Scientist who hunts mysterious ghost particles in the Antarctic ice wins Nobel Prize for physics
STOCKHOLM (AP) - Belgian-born scientist Francis Halzen won the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for his efforts to demystify a rare group of neutrinos, tiny cosmic particles that researchers believe off...
Oct 6, 2026
Nigerian Air Force says plane carrying 25 crashed with no survivors in southern Ondo state
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) - There were no survivors among 25 people on board a Nigerian Air Force plane that crashed Monday in southern Nigeria's Ondo state, officials said. The ATR-42 aircraft crashed whil...
Oct 6, 2026
Bulgarian PM says drone attack on 2 commercial vessels is 'blatant violation of international law'
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) - Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev said two commercial vessels were struck by drones on Tuesday in the first attack on shipping in the NATO member's exclusive economic zone in...
Oct 6, 2026
Kenya confirms first Ebola case after traveler from Congo dies in Nairobi
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Kenyan authorities on Tuesday confirmed the country's first imported Ebola case from Congo, making Kenya the latest country affected by the fast-moving outbreak. Health Minister ...
Oct 6, 2026
Ex-spy chief is arrested in Germany on suspicion of trading state secrets and treason
BERLIN (AP) - A former head of Germany 's foreign intelligence service was arrested on Tuesday on suspicion that he had passed state secrets to a foreign intelligence service, the federal prosecutor's...
Oct 6, 2026
Jim Bakker, who built ‘PTL Club’ televangelism empire, has died at 86
BRANSON, Mo. (AP) - Jim Bakker, who along with his first wife Tammy Faye built an evangelical empire around the hugely successful "The PTL Club" TV show, only to lose it all over a sex scandal and fin...
Oct 5, 2026
2 people killed, including a student, after Florida school bus rolls over in crash, sheriff says
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (AP) - A school bus flipped over onto its roof during a multivehicle crash in central Florida on Monday morning, killing two people - including a 10th grade girl - and injuring seve...
Oct 5, 2026
Military aircraft with 32 people on board crashes in southern Nigeria
ONDO, Nigeria (AP) - A military aircraft crashed Monday in southern Nigeria with 25 passengers and 7 crew members on board, triggering a frantic search and rescue operation, authorities said. There wa...
Oct 5, 2026
Dennis Hastert, longtime Republican House speaker who went to prison, dies at age 84
CHICAGO (AP) - Dennis Hastert, whose congressional legacy as the longest-serving Republican House speaker was later fouled by allegations that he had molested high school athletes during his prior car...
Oct 5, 2026
Boat collision on the Congo River killed at least 30 and dozens are missing, Congolese officials say
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - Two boats collided over the weekend on the Congo River, killing at least 30 people and leaving dozens missing, local authorities in Congo said Monday. The motorized wooden boats...
Oct 5, 2026
