Category Archives: World
US bombs Iranian military sites and Kuwait is hit by drone and missile fire
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - The United States bombed Iranian radar and drone control sites in Iran after Tehran shot down an American MQ-1 Predator drone this weekend, the American military sai...
May 31, 2026
Polls open in Ethiopia's election that is widely expected to be won by the ruling party
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) - Polls opened Monday in Ethiopia in an election that is widely expected to be won by the ruling party. A heavy military presence was observed in the capital, Addis Ababa, a...
May 31, 2026
Pro-Trump candidate pulls ahead in Colombia presidential vote as ruling party sows doubt in results
BOGOT, Colombia (AP) - Tough-on-crime outsider Aberaldo de la Espriella took the lead in Colombia's presidential race in the first round of voting Sunday night, setting up a runoff with Ivn Cepeda, an...
May 31, 2026
Indigenous leader Brooklyn Rivera dies in Nicaragua after nearly 3 years of detention
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Brooklyn Rivera, a renowned Indigenous leader from Nicaragua who spent years fighting for the rights of his community and was imprisoned by the government in September 202...
May 31, 2026
Blast at building storing explosives in Myanmar kills more than 45 people
BANGKOK (AP) - A blast on Sunday at a building in northeastern Myanmar said to have been storing explosives for mining has killed more than 45 people, according to rescue workers and independent media...
May 31, 2026
Israeli army captures strategic castle in Lebanon in deepest incursion into country in 26 years
BEIRUT (AP) - Israeli troops have captured a strategic mountain topped with a Crusader-built castle in southern Lebanon in the deepest incursion into the country in more than a quarter-century, the mi...
May 30, 2026
Claude Lemieux's brain will be donated to Boston University's CTE Center, his family says
Claude Lemieux's brain is being donated to the Boston University CTE Center to research the long-term effects of repetitive brain injuries, his family said Saturday in a statement released by daughter...
May 30, 2026
US says it disabled another commercial ship trying to breach blockade and reach Iran
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. military has stopped another merchant vessel trying to break through the American blockade of Iranian ports, a U.S. official with knowledge of the situation told The Associa...
May 30, 2026
WHO chief visits epicenter of the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo as cases outpace response
BUNIA, Congo (AP) - The head of the World Health Organization on Saturday visited eastern Congo's Bunia, a city at the heart of an outbreak of a rare type of Ebola, where the virus is spreading faster...
May 30, 2026
Rescuers free 4 men who had been trapped in a flooded Laos cave, search for 2 still missing
BANGKOK (AP) - Rescue workers in Laos said Saturday they have safely evacuated four villagers trapped in a flooded cave for 10 days, the day after another one was successfully extracted. Two men remai...
May 30, 2026