Category Archives: World
3 arrested in Hong Kong, as a high-rise fire leaves at least 44 dead and 279 reported missing
HONG KONG (AP) - Hong Kong's deadliest fire in decades burned through the night, leaving at least 44 people dead and 279 reported missing with rescuers still pulling residents from blazing high-rise a...
Nov 26, 2025
Taiwan puts $40 billion toward building a defense dome and buying US weapons
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te on Wednesday announced a special $40 billion budget for arms purchases, including to build a Taiwan Dome, an air defense system with high-level de...
Nov 25, 2025
FBI seeks interviews with Democrats who urged US troops to defy illegal orders
WASHINGTON (AP) - Democratic lawmakers who appeared in a social media video urging U.S. troops to defy "illegal orders" say the FBI has contacted them to begin scheduling interviews, signaling a possi...
Nov 25, 2025
Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro begins 27-year prison sentence for coup attempt
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) - Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday started his 27-year prison sentence for leading a coup attempt, to the surprise of many in the South American nation who do...
Nov 25, 2025
DC Mayor Bowser announces she won't seek fourth term, as Trump's federal intervention continues
WASHINGTON (AP) - Muriel Bowser, the mayor of Washington, D.C., announced on Tuesday that she will not be seeking re-election next year, a decision that came as she has had to confront a federal law e...
Nov 25, 2025
24 schoolgirls abducted from Kebbi in Nigeria have been rescued, president says
SOKOTO, Nigeria (AP) - All 24 schoolgirls held by assailants following a mass abduction last week from a school in northwestern Nigeria have been rescued, the country's president announced Tuesday. A ...
Nov 25, 2025
Israel says it receives another set of human remains from militants in Gaza
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israel on Tuesday said it received human remains that Palestinian militants handed over to the Red Cross, but it was not immediately clear if they were one of three ho...
Nov 25, 2025
4 more arrested in $102M Louvre jewel heist, Paris prosecutor says
PARIS (AP) - The Paris prosecutor announced four more arrests Tuesday in connection with the stunning heist at the Louvre Museum in October by a gang that made off with $102 million worth of jewels. T...
Nov 25, 2025
US sanctions high-ranking Haitian official and accuses him of supporting gangs
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - The U.S. government imposed visa restrictions on Fritz Alphonse Jean, a member of Haiti's transitional presidential council, accusing him of supporting gangs and other cri...
Nov 25, 2025
Afghanistan says Pakistani airstrikes in east of the country have killed 10 people, mostly children
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghanistan's Taliban government on Tuesday accused Pakistan of launching overnight airstrikes in three eastern provinces, killing 10 civilians, including nine children, in a...
Nov 24, 2025
