Category Archives: World
Fire rips through a dormitory at a girls' school in Kenya, killing at least 16 students
GILGIL, Kenya (AP) - Flames ripped through a dormitory at a girls' boarding school in central Kenya on Thursday, killing at least 16 students and injuring scores of others in the latest deadly school ...
May 27, 2026
US imposes sanctions on Iranian agency trying to control shipping in the Strait of Hormuz
The Trump administration on Wednesday placed additional sanctions on Iran as part of a sprawling economic pressure campaign during the war, this time targeting the country's newly created agency that ...
May 27, 2026
US military conducts another strike against Iran after Trump says Iran is 'negotiating on fumes'
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. forces carried out new defensive strikes on Wednesday on an Iran military facility after downing Iranian attack drones, according to U.S. officials. The officials, who were not ...
May 27, 2026
Clarification: Venezuela-Delcy Rodríguez story
MIAMI (AP) - In a story published May. 27, 2026, The Associated Press reported that the directive to pause scrutiny into Rodrguez was meant to avoid upsetting the administration's efforts to stabilize...
May 27, 2026
Israel's military tells residents across southern Lebanon to leave as it fights Hezbollah
BEIRUT (AP) - The Israeli military on Wednesday told residents across southern Lebanon to leave as it expands its operations there, saying in a statement that the military will "work with extreme forc...
May 27, 2026
Alabama asks Supreme Court to allow use of congressional map helping GOP, despite racial bias ruling
WASHINGTON (AP) - Alabama on Wednesday asked the Supreme Court to allow it to use a congressional map favoring Republicans in this year's elections, despite a lower court's ruling that the redistricti...
May 27, 2026
Key Sens. Cruz, Cantwell look to break college sports logjam in Congress with a bipartisan bill
WASHINGTON (AP) - Two key senators involved in a long-simmering debate over fixing college sports will introduce a bipartisan bill designed to break a congressional logjam that would regulate payments...
May 27, 2026
Uganda closes its border with Congo as cases of a rare Ebola type surge
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - Ugandan authorities on Wednesday ordered the closure of the border with Congo "with immediate effect" as suspected cases surge near 1,000 in its neighbor of a rare type of Ebola...
May 27, 2026
Uganda closes its border with Congo as cases of a rare Ebola type surge
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - Ugandan authorities on Wednesday ordered the closure of the border with Congo "with immediate effect" amid a surge in cases of a rare type of Ebola in its neighbor and as cases ...
May 27, 2026
Divers find 5 villagers alive in a flooded cave in Laos after more than a week trapped in darkness
BANGKOK (AP) - Five villagers who became trapped in a flooded cave in central Laos more than a week ago have been found alive by divers who discovered them sitting on a rock in the darkness, rescuers ...
May 27, 2026