Category Archives: World
Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni wins seventh term with 71.65% of votes
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni won his seventh term with 71.65% of votes, according to official results Saturday, defeating the youthful challenger who campaigned for change ...
Jan 17, 2026
Judge rules feds in Minneapolis immigration operation can’t detain or tear gas peaceful protesters
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Federal officers in the Minneapolis area participating in its largest recent U.S. immigration enforcement operation can't detain or tear gas peaceful protesters who aren't obstructi...
Jan 16, 2026
Justice Department investigating whether Minnesota's Walz and Frey impeded immigration enforcement
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The Justice Department is investigating whether Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey have impeded federal immigration enforcement through public statements they ...
Jan 16, 2026
Trump thanks Iran for not following through on executions of political prisoners
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump took the unusual step on Friday of thanking the Iranian government for not following through on executions of what he said was meant to be hundreds of politica...
Jan 16, 2026
Trump to pardon ex-Puerto Rico governor Vázquez in campaign finance case, official says
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump plans to pardon former Puerto Rico Gov. Wanda Vzquez, a White House official said Friday. Vzquez pleaded guilty last August to a campaign finance violation in ...
Jan 16, 2026
A South Korean court sentences Yoon to 5 years in prison on charges related to martial law decree
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - A South Korean court sentenced former President Yoon Suk Yeol to five years in prison Friday in the first verdict from eight criminal trials over the martial law debacle that...
Jan 15, 2026
Venezuela's Machado says she presented her Nobel Peace Prize to Trump during their meeting
WASHINGTON (AP) - Venezuelan opposition leader Mara Corina Machado said she presented her Nobel Peace Prize medal to President Donald Trump during a meeting with him at the White House on Thursday, "a...
Jan 15, 2026
Venezuela’s acting president adapts to post-Maduro reality and signals a new era of US ties
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodrguez used her first state of the union message on Thursday to advocate for opening the crucial state-run oil industry to more foreign i...
Jan 15, 2026
Judge hands offshore wind industry another victory against Trump in clearing way for NY project
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge Thursday cleared the way for a New York offshore wind project to resume construction, a victory for the developer who said a Trump administration order to pause it wo...
Jan 15, 2026
Court ruling jeopardizes freedom for pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil
A federal appeals panel on Thursday reversed a lower court decision that released former Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil from an immigration jail, bringing the government one step ...
Jan 15, 2026
