Category Archives: World
Maduro ally is charged in Venezuela bribery case after deportation to US
MIAMI (AP) - A close ally of ousted Venezuelan President Nicols Maduro was charged Monday with bribing top officials to steal hundreds of millions of dollars from lucrative contracts to import food at...
May 18, 2026
An American doctor is among the newest cases in rare Ebola outbreak in Congo
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - An American doctor in Congo is among the newly confirmed cases in an outbreak of a rare variant of the Ebola virus with no approved vaccines or therapeutics, Congolese officials...
May 18, 2026
Minnesota county charges an ICE officer in a nonfatal shooting during Trump's immigration crackdown
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A Minnesota county prosecutor on Monday announced charges against an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in the nonfatal shooting of a Venezuelan man during the Trump admini...
May 18, 2026
Minnesota county charges an ICE officer in a nonfatal shooting during Trump's immigration crackdown
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A Minnesota prosecutor on Monday announced charges against an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in the nonfatal shooting of a Venezuelan man during the Trump administratio...
May 18, 2026
A humanitarian aid ship from Mexico docks in Havana as US-Cuba tensions escalate
HAVANA (AP) - A ship laden with humanitarian aid from the governments of Mexico and Uruguay arrived Monday in Havana to help ease Cuba's spiraling crises. The ship, which departed from a Mexican port,...
May 18, 2026
Lebanon death toll reaches 3,000 in fighting between Israel and Hezbollah
BEIRUT (AP) - The death toll in the latest round of fighting between Israel and the Iranian-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon surpassed 3,000, Lebanon's health ministry said Monday. The ministry said the to...
May 18, 2026
Italy's foreign minister says divers found bodies of 4 Italians in Maldives sea cave
MALE, Maldives (AP) - Italy's Foreign Ministry said Monday that rescuers have located the bodies of four Italian divers deep inside an underwater cave in an atoll in the Maldives, four days after they...
May 18, 2026
Hantavirus-stricken cruise ship docks in the Netherlands
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) - The cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak has docked at the Dutch port of Rotterdam for disinfection, wrapping up a troubled journey that put international heal...
May 18, 2026
Israeli troops intercept a flotilla off Cyprus as it tries to breach the Gaza blockade
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Israel's navy intercepted an activist flotilla in international waters off Cyprus on Monday, halting the latest attempt to challenge a naval blockade of Gaza and draw attention t...
May 18, 2026
10 random weekend shootings leave 4 injured in Austin, Texas, mayor says
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Suspects were being sought in at least 10 random weekend shootings in Austin, Texas, including at fire stations, that left four people injured, the city's mayor said Sunday. The c...
May 17, 2026
