Category Archives: World
Pakistani court sentences former Prime Minister Imran Khan and wife to 17 years in graft case
ISLAMABAD (AP) - A Pakistani court convicted and sentenced imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi on Saturday to 17 years in prison after finding them guilty of retaining...
Dec 20, 2025
US military launches strikes in Syria against Islamic State fighters after American deaths
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration launched military strikes Friday in Syria to "eliminate" Islamic State group fighters and weapons sites in retaliation for an ambush attack that killed two U...
Dec 19, 2025
Rep. Elise Stefanik ends her campaign for New York governor and won't seek reelection to House
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Rep. Elise Stefanik announced Friday that she is suspending her campaign for New York governor and will not seek reelection to Congress, abruptly bowing out of what was expected to...
Dec 19, 2025
Rep. Elise Stefanik says she's suspending her campaign for New York governor, won't seek reelection
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Rep. Elise Stefanik announced Friday that she is suspending her campaign for New York governor and will not seek reelection to Congress. In a post on X, Stefanik, a Republican ally...
Dec 19, 2025
Justice Department begins releasing long-awaited files tied to Epstein sex trafficking investigation
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department released thousands of files Friday from its investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein even as it acknowledged that its documents disclosure abo...
Dec 19, 2025
Los Angeles Angels settle lawsuit with family of pitcher Tyler Skaggs over fatal overdose
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - The Los Angeles Angels reached a confidential settlement Friday with the family of late pitcher Tyler Skaggs after a lengthy trial that detailed drug use by players. The two-m...
Dec 19, 2025
Spread of Gaza famine has been averted yet strip still faces starvation, experts say
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - The spread of famine has been averted in Gaza yet the situation remains critical with the entire strip still facing starvation, the world's leading authority on food crises sai...
Dec 19, 2025
Putin tells his annual news conference that the Kremlin's military goals in Ukraine will be met
MOSCOW (AP) - President Vladimir Putin emphasized Friday that Moscow's troops were advancing across the battlefield in Ukraine and voiced confidence the Kremlin would achieve its goals militarily if K...
Dec 19, 2025
Brown attack suspect died the two days before his body was found, autopsy finds
An autopsy determined that the man suspected in last weekend's attack at Brown University and the fatal shooting of a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor days later had been dead for two d...
Dec 18, 2025
Trump suspends green card lottery program that let Brown University, MIT shootings suspect into US
President Donald Trump suspended the green card lottery program on Thursday that allowed the suspect in the Brown University and MIT shootings to come to the United States. Homeland Security Secretary...
Dec 18, 2025
