Category Archives: World
Israel declares Gaza’s largest city a combat zone and halts humanitarian pauses
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israel's military on Friday said it was suspending mid-day pauses allowing the delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza City, calling it a "a dangerous combat zone." The city ...
Aug 29, 2025
Thai court dismisses prime minister over compromising phone call with Cambodian leader
BANGKOK (AP) - Thailand's Constitutional Court on Friday dismissed Paetongtarn Shinawatra from her position as prime minister, ruling that as the country's leader she violated constitutional rules on ...
Aug 29, 2025
South Korea's former prime minister and former first lady indicted
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korean special prosecutors indicted the wife of jailed ex-President Yoon Suk Yeol and former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo on criminal charges Friday. The indictments of ...
Aug 28, 2025
Man convicted of triple murder put to death in Florida's record 11th execution this year
STARKE, Fla. (AP) - A man convicted of killing his girlfriend, her mother and a man he claimed owed him $2,000 was put to death Thursday in a record 11th execution this year by the state of Florida. C...
Aug 28, 2025
New trial for 3 Memphis ex-officers convicted in connection with the beating death of Tyre Nichols
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A judge on Thursday ordered a new trial for three former Memphis police officers who were convicted of federal charges in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols, after defense lawyers...
Aug 28, 2025
Shooter fired 116 rounds from a rifle into a Minneapolis church, police chief says
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The shooter who killed two Catholic school students and wounded more than a dozen children 116 fired rifle rounds into the Minneapolis church, the city's police chief said Thursday....
Aug 28, 2025
Israeli airstrikes hit Yemeni capital, Houthis say
CAIRO (AP) - Israeli airstrikes rocked the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, on Thursday, hitting the seat of the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels' rule in Yemen, the Houthis and the Israeli military said. The strik...
Aug 28, 2025
UN votes to end its peacekeeping force in Lebanon next year after nearly 5 decades
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Thursday to terminate the U.N. peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon at the end of 2026 after nearly five decades, bowing to demands ...
Aug 28, 2025
Trump administration asks military base outside Chicago for support on immigration operations
CHICAGO (AP) - The Trump administration has asked a military base outside Chicago for support on immigration operations, the base said Thursday, signaling a push to expand its law enforcement crackdow...
Aug 28, 2025
Closure of Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz' immigration detention center can proceed, judge says
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - A federal judge in Miami has refused to pause her order requiring the winding down of the immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades known as "Alligator Alcatraz" whil...
Aug 28, 2025
