Category Archives: World
Pope Leo XIV sends message of support to southern Lebanon as he ends 1st foreign trip
BEIRUT (AP) - Pope Leo XIV prayed Tuesday at the site of a deadly 2020 Beirut port explosion that has become a symbol of dysfunction and official impunity and called for justice to prevail, as he offe...
Dec 2, 2025
Son of drug kingpin ‘El Chapo’ pleads guilty in US drug trafficking case in deal with prosecutors
CHICAGO (AP) - A son of notorious Mexican drug kingpin "El Chapo" pleaded guilty Monday to U.S. drug trafficking charges, months after his brother entered a plea deal. Known locally in Mexico as the "...
Dec 1, 2025
Federal review finds 44% of US trucking schools don't comply with government rules
Nearly 44% of the 16,000 truck driving schools in the U.S. may be forced to close if they lose their students after a review by the federal Transportation Department found they may not be complying wi...
Dec 1, 2025
Former Trump lawyer Alina Habba disqualified as New Jersey prosecutor, US appeals court rules
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer Alina Habba, whom the administration has maneuvered to keep in place as New Jersey's top federal prosecutor, is disqualified from se...
Dec 1, 2025
Bangladesh's ex-leader Hasina and niece, British lawmaker Tulip Siddiq, found guilty of corruption
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - A court in Bangladesh's capital sentenced ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to five years in prison and her niece, British Labour Party lawmaker Tulip Siddiq, to two years i...
Nov 30, 2025
Lawmakers voice support for congressional reviews of Trump's military strikes on boats
WASHINGTON (AP) - Lawmakers from both parties said Sunday they support congressional reviews of U.S. military strikes against vessels suspected of smuggling drugs in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Paci...
Nov 30, 2025
Rubio says US-Ukraine talks on Russia war were productive but much work remains in search of a deal
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. (AP) - U.S. and Ukrainian officials completed roughly four hours of talks Sunday aimed at finding an endgame to the war between Russia and Ukraine, just days before a U.S. envoy...
Nov 30, 2025
Pope Leo XIV doubles down on insistence for 2-state solution to resolve Israeli-Palestinian conflict
ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) - Pope Leo XIV doubled down Sunday on the Holy See's insistence on a two-state solution to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, saying in his first airborne news confe...
Nov 30, 2025
Pope Leo XIV calls on Lebanese leaders to be true peacemakers as he seeks to bring message of hope
BEIRUT (AP) - Pope Leo XIV challenged Lebanon's political leaders on Sunday to be true peacemakers and put their differences aside, as he sought to give Lebanon's long-suffering people a message of ho...
Nov 30, 2025
Netanyahu submits request for a pardon during his ongoing corruption trial
TEL AVIV (AP) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday asked the country's president to grant him a pardon from corruption charges - seeking to end a long-running trial that has bitterly ...
Nov 30, 2025
