Category Archives: World

Alabama man put to death for the murder of a 5-year-old girl in last of three US executions in a day
Tennessee and Oklahoma put inmates to death within 30 minutes of each other Thursday and Alabama followed suit hours later as U.S. states executed three men by lethal injection in one day for the firs...
Aug 13, 2026

Congo’s fastest-growing Ebola outbreak reaches a sixth province
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - Congo's Ebola outbreak has spread to a sixth province after a death was recorded in the previously unaffected Bas-Uele province, the head of Africa's CDC said Thursday. The man ...
Aug 13, 2026

Poland says it thwarted a Russian plot to kill an American citizen in Warsaw
WARSAW (AP) - A Russian plan to kill a Ukrainian American citizen in Warsaw was thwarted by Poland before it could be carried out, the Polish prime minister said Thursday, adding it was the first time...
Aug 13, 2026

Explosion at Dutch port of Rotterdam leaves 1 dead, several injured
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) - An explosion at the Dutch port of Rotterdam on Thursday killed at least one person and injured several others, city police said. Police said the blast at Europe's biggest...
Aug 13, 2026

Hurricane warning is issued for the Big Island of Hawaii as Tropical Storm Lala approaches
HONOLULU (AP) - Tropical Storm Lala formed Thursday in the Pacific Ocean and is expected to become a hurricane while approaching the Big Island of Hawaii, where it could bring heavy rain and flooding ...
Aug 13, 2026

Zambians cast ballots in a presidential election that tests incumbent's economic reforms
LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) - Vote counting got underway Thursday evening in Zambia after polls closed in a closely watched presidential election that tests whether President Hakainde Hichilema's economic ref...
Aug 12, 2026

2 people died in a military helicopter crash near Fort Hood, officials say
An Army Apache helicopter crashed in a central Texas field on Wednesday, killing both people on board and sparking a wildfire that forced several homes to be evacuated, a sheriff's official said. Offi...
Aug 12, 2026

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, youngest person to hold role, to leave at month's end
WASHINGTON (AP) - White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, the youngest person to hold the role, will leave at month's end, President Donald Trump announced Wednesday. Leavitt, 28, just recently ...
Aug 12, 2026

Ex-Southern Poverty Law Center official charged in broader criminal case against group, lawyer says
WASHINGTON (AP) - A former Southern Poverty Law Center official has been charged in the Department of Justice's broader criminal case against the Alabama-based civil rights group, a frequent target by...
Aug 12, 2026

Minnesota man who killed wife and daughter at a daycare may have killed another family member
HOPKINS, Minn. (AP) - A man who killed his wife and their 7-year-old daughter at a daycare in Minnesota is also suspected of killing a 78-year-old female relative, police said Wednesday. The 41-year-o...
Aug 12, 2026