Category Archives: World
2 US government personnel were accidentally shot by soldiers in the African nation of Eswatini
MANZINI, Eswatini (AP) - Soldiers in the African nation of Eswatini accidentally shot two U.S. government personnel last week, the country's government said. The U.S. personnel were shot during an ant...
Sep 15, 2026
Inquiry blasts hospital for failure to protect babies after nurse Lucy Letby convicted of 7 murders
LONDON (AP) - An appeals court judge issued a scathing report Tuesday that found dysfunctional management and a "complete failure" to protect babies at the British hospital where neonatal nurse Lucy L...
Sep 15, 2026
Supreme Court rejects Trump mail ballot restrictions for now ahead of midterms
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Monday rejected President Donald Trump's bid to restrict mail ballots for the midterm elections, capping a flurry of last-minute legal action with voting already...
Sep 14, 2026
McConnell returns to the Senate for the first time since his June hospitalization
WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky returned to the Senate on Monday for the first time since June 14, when he was hospitalized after a fall in his home. McConnell's three-mo...
Sep 14, 2026
Maduro ally Alex Saab expected to plead guilty in federal money laundering case
MIAMI (AP) - A close ally of ousted Venezuelan President Nicols Maduro is expected to plead guilty Tuesday in a federal case that accused him of bribing officials to win lucrative contracts to import ...
Sep 14, 2026
Kennedy Center board to propose new options for honoring Trump as center confronts solvency worries
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Kennedy Center Board of Trustees is planning to propose adding President Donald Trump's name to the facility's exterior in recognition of his saving the building from its "precar...
Sep 14, 2026
A road crash involving multiple vehicles in South Africa kills at least 21 people, officials say
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) - Two minibus taxis collided head-on and a third vehicle crashed into them on one of South Africa's main highways, killing at least 21 people and leaving four seriously in...
Sep 14, 2026
More than 30 missing from ferry that sank in Vanuatu
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - A search in waters off the Pacific Island nation of Vanuatu continued Monday for more than 30 people who officials said were missing after a passenger ferry sank. The fe...
Sep 13, 2026
Alexander Zverev beats Ben Shelton to win the US Open title and extend a drought by American men
NEW YORK (AP) - Alexander Zverev's best year in tennis goes on, and so does that lengthy Grand Slam drought for American men. Zverev won his second major championship and disappointed a crowd that was...
Sep 13, 2026
Trump calls on Ukraine to halt strikes on Russian diesel fuel, saying attacks are causing a shortage
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday called on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to halt strikes on Russian oil refineries and other infrastructure used to produce and dist...
Sep 13, 2026
