Category Archives: World
Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett is running for the US Senate in Texas. Allred to seek House seat
Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett launched a campaign Monday for the U.S. Senate in Texas, bringing a national profile to a race that may be critical to Democrats' long-shot hopes of reclaiming a Senat...
Dec 08, 2025
Trump's former lawyer Alina Habba resigns as top federal prosecutor in New Jersey
President Donald Trump's former personal attorney, Alina Habba, resigned Monday as the top federal prosecutor for New Jersey, leaving the job after an appeals court said she had been serving in the po...
Dec 08, 2025
Settlement approved for New Orleans Archdiocese to pay hundreds of clergy abuse victims
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The New Orleans Archdiocese will pay at least $230 million to hundreds of victims of clergy sexual abuse under a settlement approved Monday by a federal judge that follows years of ...
Dec 08, 2025
Magnitude 7.5 quake in northern Japan injures 23 people and triggers a tsunami
TOKYO (AP) - A powerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck off northern Japan late Monday, injuring more than 20 people and triggering a tsunami of up to 70 centimeters (28 inches) in Pacific coast commu...
Dec 08, 2025
Trump is proposing a $12B aid package for farmers hit hard by his trade war with China
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump is planning a $12 billion farm aid package, according to a White House official - a boost to farmers who have struggled to sell their crops while getting hit b...
Dec 08, 2025
100 schoolchildren abducted in Nigeria are released but more are still held
MINNA, Nigeria (AP) - A total of 100 of the schoolchildren abducted from a Nigerian Catholic school last month have been released, the Christian Association of Nigeria said Monday, adding that more th...
Dec 08, 2025
Thailand launches airstrikes along border with Cambodia as tensions reignite
BANGKOK (AP) - Thailand launched airstrikes along the disputed border with Cambodia on Monday as both sides accused the other of breaking a ceasefire that halted fighting earlier this year. Longstandi...
Dec 07, 2025
Benin's interior minister says a coup announced earlier has been foiled
COTONOU, Benin (AP) - A coup that was announced in Benin on Sunday has been "foiled," the interior minister said in a video on Facebook. "In the early morning of Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025, a small group of...
Dec 07, 2025
A fire at a popular nightclub in India's Goa state kills at least 25, officials say
NEW DELHI (AP) - At least 25 people, including tourists, were killed in a fire at a popular nightclub in India's Goa state, the state's chief minister said Sunday. The blaze occurred just past midnigh...
Dec 06, 2025
At least 18 migrants die as inflatable boat sinks south of Greek island of Crete; 2 rescued
ATHENS, Greece (AP) - At least 18 migrants attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea in an inflatable boat died when it capsized south of the island of Crete, Greek authorities said Saturday. The half...
Dec 06, 2025
