Category Archives: World
Bangladesh bans Jamaat-e-Islami party following violent protests that left more than 200 dead
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - Bangladesh on Thursday banned the Jamaat-e-Islami party, its student wing and other associate bodies, terming the party as a "militant and terrorist" organization as part of a...
Aug 01, 2024
Israel says it has confirmed Hamas military wing chief Mohammed Deif was killed in a July strike
JERUSALEM (AP) - The Israeli military said Thursday that it has confirmed that the head of Hamas' military wing, Mohammed Deif, was killed in an airstrike in Gaza in July. Israel targeted Deif in a Ju...
Aug 01, 2024
Iran’s supreme leader prays over the coffin of Hamas leader Haniyeh, whose killing risks a wider war
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran's supreme leader and representatives of Palestinian militias he backs prayed Thursday over the coffins of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh and his bodyguard who were killed in a sh...
Jul 31, 2024
Captain in 2019 scuba boat fire ordered to pay about $32K to families of 3 of 34 people killed
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A scuba dive boat captain was ordered Wednesday to pay about $32,000 in restitution to the families of three of the 34 people killed in a fire aboard the vessel in 2019. Jerry Boyla...
Jul 31, 2024
British police have charged a 17-year-old with murder over a stabbing attack that killed 3 children
LONDON (AP) - British police say they have charged a 17-year-old with murder over a stabbing attack that killed three children in Southport, northwest England. The Merseyside Police force says the tee...
Jul 31, 2024
Guantanamo inmate accused of being main plotter of 9/11 attacks to plead guilty
WASHINGTON (AP) - The man accused of being the main plotter in al-Qaeda's Sept. 11, 2001, attacks has agreed to plead guilty, the Defense Department said Wednesday. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two acco...
Jul 31, 2024
Hawaii Gov. Josh Green tells AP a $4 billion settlement for 2023 Maui wildfire could come next week
HONOLULU (AP) - The parties involved in Lahaina wildfire lawsuits against the state of Hawaii, Maui County and utilities are close to a global settlement of claims that will be worth a little over $4 ...
Jul 31, 2024
Feds arrest ex-US Green Beret in connection to failed 2020 raid of Venezuela to remove Maduro
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - A former U.S. Green Beret who organized a failed crossborder raid in 2020 to remove President Nicolas Maduro has been arrested in New York. An unsealed federal indictment out...
Jul 31, 2024
Governor calls on flood-weary Vermonters to 'stick together' with more thunderstorms on the horizon
LYNDON, Vt. (AP) - Vermont's governor said Wednesday that the latest storm to the hit the state was "much worse than a punch or a kick," and he called on residents to "stick together" amid reports tha...
Jul 31, 2024
Ukraine receives first F-16 fighter jets to bolster defenses against Russia, a US official tells AP
Ukraine has received the first F-16 fighter jets that it has sought for months to fight back against an onslaught of Russian missile strikes, a U.S. official confirmed to the Associated Press. Ukraine...
Jul 31, 2024
