Category Archives: World
54 people killed in overnight airstrikes on southern Gaza city, hospital says
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) - A hospital in southern Gaza says 54 people have been killed in overnight airstrikes on the city of Khan Younis. An Associated Press cameraman in Khan Younis counted 10 a...
May 14, 2025
New Zealand's Parliament will debate suspending Māori lawmakers who performed a protest haka
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - A New Zealand parliamentary committee has recommended the unprecedented suspensions of three Mori lawmakers for performing a protest haka in the debating chamber last ye...
May 14, 2025
South African leader and Trump will meet next week after US took in white South Africans as refugees
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) - President Donald Trump and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa are scheduled to meet at the White House next week following allegations by Trump - and denied by Sout...
May 14, 2025
Missouri lawmakers approve referendum to repeal abortion-rights amendment
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Six months after Missouri voters approved an abortion-rights amendment, Republican state lawmakers on Wednesday approved a new referendum that would seek the amendment's rep...
May 14, 2025
Judge says Georgetown student can be released from immigration detention as case proceeds
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - A federal judge on Wednesday ordered that a Georgetown scholar from India be released from immigration detention after he was detained in the Trump administration's crackdown on...
May 14, 2025
An explosion at a chemical plant near Seville sends black smoke over the Spanish city
MADRID (AP) - An explosion at a chemical plant near Seville sent a huge pillar of smoke over the city and prompted Spanish authorities to urge nearby residents to stay indoors, but no one was reported...
May 14, 2025
Russia convicts a prominent election monitoring activist and sentences him to 5 years in prison
A court in Moscow on Wednesday convicted one of the leaders of a prominent independent election monitoring group on charges of organizing the work of an "undesirable" organization and sentenced him to...
May 14, 2025
Israeli airstrikes in Gaza kill 48 people, including 22 children, hospitals say
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - At least 22 children were killed in Gaza overnight Tuesday and early Wednesday in a punishing series of Israeli airstrikes on homes in northern Gaza, according to loca...
May 14, 2025
Federal grand jury indicts Wisconsin judge in immigration case, allowing charges to continue
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A federal grand jury on Tuesday indicted a Wisconsin judge accused of helping a man evade immigration authorities, allowing the case against her to continue. The arrest of Milwauk...
May 13, 2025
MLB reinstates Pete Rose and Shoeless Joe Jackson, making them Hall of Fame eligible
NEW YORK (AP) - Pete Rose and Shoeless Joe Jackson were reinstated by baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred on Tuesday, making both eligible for the sport's Hall of Fame after their careers were tarnished...
May 13, 2025
