Category Archives: World
Trump says he has commuted sentence of former US Rep. George Santos in federal fraud case
NEW YORK (AP) - President Donald Trump said Friday he had commuted the sentence of former U.S. Rep. George Santos, who is serving more than seven years in federal prison after pleading guilty to fraud...
Oct 17, 2025
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to allow deployment of National Guard in Chicago area
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration on Friday asked the Supreme Court to allow the deployment of National Guard troops in the Chicago area, escalating President Donald Trump's conflict with Dem...
Oct 17, 2025
Alaska storm damage so bad many evacuees won’t go home for at least 18 months, governor says
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Damage to remote Alaska villages hammered by flooding last weekend is so extreme that many of the more than 2,000 people displaced won't be able to return to their homes for a...
Oct 17, 2025
Police in Afghanistan accuse Pakistan of cross-border strikes after ceasefire ends
ISLAMABAD (AP) - Pakistan's military carried out strikes in southeastern Afghanistan on Friday just hours after a two-day ceasefire between the neighboring countries expired, an Afghan police official...
Oct 17, 2025
Israel received coffin of missing hostage handed over to Red Cross, prime minister's office says
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israel received the remains of another hostage from Gaza on Friday, the prime minister's office said, a handover from Hamas as the militant group worked to shore up a ...
Oct 17, 2025
Arizona executes a man for killing 4 members of a family in Phoenix in 1993
FLORENCE, Arizona (AP) - A man convicted of killing four members of a Phoenix family over 30 years ago in an act of revenge over stolen goods was put to death Friday in Arizona's second execution of t...
Oct 17, 2025
Prince Andrew gives up his Duke of York title as Epstein allegations refuse to fade
LONDON (AP) - Prince Andrew said Friday he is giving up his royal title of the Duke of York and other honors after his friendship with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein returned to the headlines. Andrew, y...
Oct 17, 2025
After Zelenskyy meeting, Trump calls on Ukraine and Russia to ‘stop where they are’ and end the war
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump on Friday called on Kyiv and Moscow to "stop where they are" and end their brutal war following a lengthy White House meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymy...
Oct 17, 2025
US has seized survivors after strike on suspected drug-carrying vessel in Caribbean, AP sources say
WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States took survivors into custody after its military struck a suspected drug-carrying vessel in the Caribbean - the first attack that anyone escaped alive since President...
Oct 17, 2025
US blocks a global fee on shipping emissions as international meeting ends without new regulations
With trade threats from President Donald Trump, the U.S. derailed the world's first global carbon fee on shipping as an international maritime meeting adjourned Friday without adopting regulations. Ea...
Oct 17, 2025
