Category Archives: World
UK firefighters out in force to tackle fires on hottest day of the year
LONDON (AP) - Firefighters were tackling multiple fires in central England on Thursday after the U.K. recorded its hottest day of the year as an intense stretch of hot weather continued to grip Europe...
Aug 13, 2026
Mali separatists release 82 soldiers, including some held since a major attack in April
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) - Separatists in northern Mali have released 82 soldiers, including some taken captive during a nationwide attack on government forces in April, the Malian military and a rebel spoke...
Aug 13, 2026
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