Category Archives: World
Saudi Arabia alleges UAE smuggled wanted Yemen separatist leader out of the country
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Saudi Arabia alleged Thursday that the United Arab Emirates smuggled a separatist leader in Yemen wanted for treason out of the country and flew him to Abu Dhabi. Th...
Jan 07, 2026
2 killed in shooting in Mormon church parking lot in Salt Lake City
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A shooting outside a church building in Salt Lake City killed two people and injured six others Wednesday, police said. Police do not believe the shooting in the parking lot of a...
Jan 07, 2026
Trump invites Colombian president to White House days after threatening it with military strike
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump abruptly changed his tone Wednesday about his Colombian counterpart, Gustavo Petro, saying they had exchanged a friendly phone call and he'd even invited the l...
Jan 07, 2026
US will exit dozens of international organizations as it further retreats from global cooperation
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration will withdraw from dozens of international organizations, including the U.N.'s population agency and the U.N. treaty that establishes international climate n...
Jan 07, 2026
Trump proposes massive increase in 2027 defense spending to $1.5T, citing 'dangerous times'
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump on Wednesday proposed setting military spending at $1.5 trillion in 2027, citing "troubled and dangerous times." Trump called for the massive surge in spending...
Jan 07, 2026
Gov. Ron DeSantis calls for special session in April to redraw Florida's congressional districts
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Wednesday he plans to call a special session in April for the Republican-dominated legislature to draw new congressional districts, joining a redist...
Jan 07, 2026
ICE officer kills a Minneapolis driver in a deadly start to Trump's latest immigration operation
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed a Minneapolis driver on Wednesday during the Trump administration's latest immigration crackdown on a major American c...
Jan 07, 2026
Separatist group in Yemen loses contact with delegation that went to Riyadh for talks
ADEN, Yemen (AP) - A separatist group in southern Yemen said Wednesday it was urgently trying to contact its delegation that traveled to the Saudi capital for talks on de-escalating tensions among riv...
Jan 06, 2026
CIA turncoat Aldrich Ames, who sold US secrets to the Soviets, dies in prison at 84
WASHINGTON (AP) - CIA turncoat Aldrich Ames, who betrayed Western intelligence assets to the Soviet Union and Russia in one of the most damaging intelligence breaches in U.S. history, has died in a Ma...
Jan 06, 2026
Michael Reagan, the eldest son of President Ronald Reagan, dies at 80
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Michael Reagan, the eldest son of President Ronald Reagan and a conservative commentator, has died. He was 80. The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute announced his ...
Jan 06, 2026