Category Archives: World
Israeli military launches criminal probes into killings of Hind Rajab and Palestinian paramedics
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel's military on Wednesday announced its first criminal investigations into troop conduct in Gaza, focusing on the killings of 5-year-old Hind Rajab and her family and of 15 Pales...
Aug 19, 2026
Ukrainian man arrested over 2022 Nord Stream pipeline explosions
BERLIN (AP) - A Ukrainian man wanted in Germany in connection with the 2022 undersea explosions that damaged the Nord Stream gas pipelines was arrested on a European warrant in Croatia on Wednesday, G...
Aug 19, 2026
Congo’s Ebola outbreak reaches 5,000 cases as it outpaces response efforts at unprecedented speed
BUNIA, Congo (AP) - The Ebola outbreak in Congo has reached 5,000 cases, government data showed Wednesday, as responders warn it is spreading at an unprecedented speed outpacing efforts to slow it in ...
Aug 19, 2026
Sen. Sullivan, former congresswoman Peltola will face off for Alaska US Senate seat in November
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan and Democratic former congresswoman Mary Peltola advanced to November's general election on Tuesday, setting the stage for what is expected to be a c...
Aug 18, 2026
North Korea shrugs off Trump's scaled-back drills with South Korea, saying it changes nothing
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea said Wednesday that a U.S. decision to scale back military exercises with South Korea does not change what it sees as the provocative nature of the drills, dampen...
Aug 18, 2026
US Rep Byron Donalds wins GOP nod for Florida governor against Ex-Rep David Jolly for the Democrats
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds won the Republican nomination for Florida governor and former Rep. David Jolly picked up the Democratic nod in Tuesday's primaries, setting the stage for a...
Aug 18, 2026
Before-and-after NASA images show crater carved by a SpaceX rocket that slammed into the moon
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - A NASA spacecraft circling the moon is providing the sharpest views yet of the crater carved by a crashing SpaceX rocket. The space agency released before-and-after photos ...
Aug 18, 2026
Florida carries out its 13th execution of the year on a man convicted of killing estranged wife
STARKE, Fla. (AP) - A Florida man convicted of fatally shooting his estranged wife and wounding his mother-in-law was executed Tuesday, continuing the state's aggressive use of the death penalty in Re...
Aug 18, 2026
Gold mine collapses in Central African Republic, killing at least 30 miners
BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) - A gold mining site collapsed Tuesday in the western part of Central African Republic, killing at least 30 miners and leaving others trapped, authorities and res...
Aug 18, 2026
Liberia agrees to take 1,200 third-country deportees from the US
MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) - Liberia has agreed to accept up to 1,200 third-country deportees from the United States, authorities in the West African country said Tuesday, in one of the largest such arran...
Aug 18, 2026
