Category Archives: World
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
Strike on Iranian cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz kills 1, Iranian media say
CAIRO (AP) - An Iranian cargo vessel was struck early Sunday off Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz, Iranian state media said, and a plan by Tehran to brief neighboring countries on its contested ef...
Sep 12, 2026
Search underway for about 130 people missing after Indonesian passenger ship overturns
BANJARMASIN, Indonesia (AP) - Indonesian rescuers say about 130 passengers and crew are missing after a ferry carrying more than 240 people sank in bad weather in the Java Sea on Sunday. At least 107 ...
Sep 12, 2026
Elena Rybakina beats Aryna Sabalenka to win the US Open title and punctuate her rise to No. 1
NEW YORK (AP) - Elena Rybakina won her first U.S. Open title and punctuated her climb to the top of women's tennis by beating Aryna Sabalenka 6-4, 5-7, 6-2 on Saturday. Rybakina had already been guara...
Sep 12, 2026
North Korea fires ballistic missiles toward sea after rivals' military drill it sees as provocation
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea launched multiple short-range ballistic missiles toward the sea on Saturday, its neighbors said, a day after the U.S., South Korea and Japan ended their trilatera...
Sep 11, 2026
Mississippi police arrest a man in the death of Tasia Fortune
Mississippi police have arrested a man in the death of Tasia Fortune, a Black woman found hanging from a tree last month. Jackson Police Chief RaShall Brackney said at a news conference Friday that po...
Sep 11, 2026
UK lawmakers vote down bill to allow assisted dying in England and Wales
LONDON (AP) - U.K. lawmakers on Friday voted down legislation to allow terminally ill adults in England and Wales to choose to end their lives. Following an impassioned four-hour debate in the elected...
Sep 11, 2026
Yemen's Houthis capture a Red Sea island in a threat to shipping, and other Mideast developments
Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen seized a key island Friday after capturing a Red Sea port, moves that threatened to further disrupt international shipping in the region. And Saudi Arabia said it...
Sep 11, 2026
Trump commemorates the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks at the Pentagon
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump observed Friday's 25th anniversary by speaking about the Sept. 11 attacks at a ceremony at the Pentagon commemorating the lives lost when al-Qaida militants hi...
Sep 11, 2026
US marks 25 years since the Sept. 11 attacks
NEW YORK (AP) - Americans commemorated the 25th anniversary of 9/11 on Friday, remembering the shock, the dead and the sweeping consequences of the al-Qaida attacks on symbols of U.S. might and prospe...
Sep 11, 2026
