Category Archives: World
Military aircraft with 32 people on board crashes in southern Nigeria
ONDO, Nigeria (AP) - A military aircraft crashed Monday in southern Nigeria with 25 passengers and 7 crew members on board, triggering a frantic search and rescue operation, authorities said. There wa...
Oct 5, 2026
Dennis Hastert, longtime Republican House speaker who went to prison, dies at age 84
CHICAGO (AP) - Dennis Hastert, whose congressional legacy as the longest-serving Republican House speaker was later fouled by allegations that he had molested high school athletes during his prior car...
Oct 5, 2026
Boat collision on the Congo River killed at least 30 and dozens are missing, Congolese officials say
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - Two boats collided over the weekend on the Congo River, killing at least 30 people and leaving dozens missing, local authorities in Congo said Monday. The motorized wooden boats...
Oct 5, 2026
Saudi-backed Yemeni forces expel Houthi rebels from several areas around key strait, officials say
ADEN, Yemen (AP) - Forces of the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen have recaptured several key areas around the strategic Bab el-Mandeb Strait from Iran-backed Houthi rebels, Yemeni officials said...
Oct 5, 2026
Nobel medicine prize goes to 3 scientists for shining light on brain activity
STOCKHOLM (AP) - The Nobel Prize in medicine was awarded Monday to three scientists whose work led to a tool that uses light to help unravel how the brain works. Dr. Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann an...
Oct 5, 2026
Former Prince Andrew files a legal action to quash warrants that led to searches of his residences
LONDON (AP) - Former Prince Andrew has filed a legal action challenging the warrants that authorized searches at two of his homes earlier this year as British police investigated allegations related t...
Oct 5, 2026
Spain's prime minister calls early elections as pressure mounts over housing crisis
MADRID (AP) - Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Snchez announced early elections Monday after his government suffered a bruising legislative defeat last week on emergency measures related to the country's ...
Oct 5, 2026
US Air Force removes all bombers from British air base targeted by a suspected terror attack
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. Air Force has brought home its bombers stationed at a U.S.-run military air base in England used to strike Iran following an investigation into a planned terror attack at th...
Oct 4, 2026
Crews find 'debris field' from 6-person medical flight missing over the Atlantic en route to Boston
Searchers found a "debris field" off the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts, from an air ambulance that was carrying six people when it vanished over the Atlantic on Saturday during a flight from Bermu...
Oct 3, 2026
Trump defends data centers in Ohio as he rallies to boost Jon Husted in a tight Senate race
VANDALIA, Ohio (AP) - President Donald Trump on Saturday defended data centers that power artificial intelligence projects but have become a contentious campaign issue nationwide, as he took his midte...
Oct 3, 2026