Category Archives: World
Congo and Rwanda-backed rebels sign declaration of principles for a permanent ceasefire in the east
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) - Congo and Rwanda-backed rebels on Saturday signed a declaration of principles in Qatar to end decadeslong fighting in eastern Congo that commits them to a permanent ceasefire and...
Jul 19, 2025
US envoy says Syria and Israel agree to ceasefire as Druze minority and Bedouin clans clash in Syria
MAZRAA, Syria (AP) - U.S. Envoy to Syria Tom Barrack said early Saturday that Israel and Syria had agreed to a ceasefire, following Israel's intervention this week in fighting between Syrian governmen...
Jul 18, 2025
Justice Department asks court to unseal Jeffrey Epstein grand jury records
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department asked a federal court on Friday to unseal grand jury transcripts in Jeffrey Epstein's case amid a firestorm over the Trump administration's handling of records...
Jul 18, 2025
Minnesota lawmaker convicted of felony burglary for breaking into estranged stepmother’s home
A Minnesota state senator was convicted of burglary Friday for breaking into her estranged stepmother's home, allegedly in search of her father's ashes and other mementos. The jury found Nicole Mitche...
Jul 18, 2025
Venezuela releases jailed Americans in deal that also frees migrants deported to El Salvador by US
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Venezuela released 10 jailed Americans Friday in exchange for getting home scores of migrants deported by the United States to El Salvador months ago under the Trump administ...
Jul 18, 2025
Three people are dead in a possible training accident in Los Angeles, official tells the AP
An explosion early Friday killed three people and is being investigated at least preliminarily as a possible training accident, according to a law enforcement official briefed on the matter who was no...
Jul 18, 2025
17-year-old charged with murder in paddleboarder's killing at a pond in rural Maine
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - Authorities in Maine said Friday they have charged a 17-year-old with murder in the death of a paddleboarder who went missing on a rural pond. The body of Sunshine Stewart, 48, ...
Jul 18, 2025
Brazil's former President Bolsonaro ordered to wear an electronic ankle monitor
SAO PAULO (AP) - Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro has been ordered to wear an ankle monitor, his press office said on Friday. The development came as federal police conducted searches at his h...
Jul 18, 2025
School bus crash in southwest England leaves 1 student dead, 2 seriously injured
LONDON (AP) - A bus carrying middle school children overturned and slid on its roof down a steep embankment in southwest England on Thursday, killing one student and seriously injuring two, authoritie...
Jul 17, 2025
Louisiana cancels $3B repair coastal restoration funded by Deepwater Horizon oil spill settlement
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Louisiana is officially halting a $3 billion coastal restoration funded by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill settlement money, state and federal agencies confirmed Thursday. The Mid-B...
Jul 17, 2025
