Category Archives: World
Latvian prime minister resigns after controversy over stray Ukrainian drones
RIGA, Latvia (AP) - Latvian center-right Prime Minister Evika Silina announced her resignation on Thursday, after the Progressives Party, her left-leaning coalition partner, pulled support from the go...
13h ago
Denise Powell wins Democratic primary in Nebraska’s ‘blue dot’ 2nd District
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Denise Powell won the Democratic primary in Nebraska's 2nd Congressional District on Wednesday in a contest focused on the state's "blue dot" status in presidential elections. The O...
22h ago
Remains of 2nd US soldier who went missing during military exercises in Morocco have been recovered
CASABLANCA, Morocco (AP) - The remains of the second U.S. Army soldier who went missing during military exercises in Morocco have been recovered, the Army said Wednesday, ending a multinational search...
23h ago
Kouri Richins, who wrote a children’s book on grief after her husband’s death, gets life sentence
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) - A Utah mother who published a children's book about grief after the death of her husband will serve a life sentence without the possibility of parole for his murder, a judge rul...
May 13, 2026
Russia fires about 800 drones at Ukraine despite recent talk by Putin and Trump of possible peace
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Russia fired at least 800 drones in a massive daytime barrage on about 20 regions of Ukraine on Wednesday, killing at least six people and wounding dozens, including children, in ...
May 13, 2026
UAE denies Netanyahu secretly visited the country during the Iran war
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu secretly visited the United Arab Emirates during the Israeli-US war with Iran, further strengthening ties with a Gulf nation that normalized ...
May 13, 2026
Foreigners with World Cup tickets won't have to pay bonds to enter US, Trump administration tells AP
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration is suspending a requirement that foreign visitors from certain countries pay as much as $15,000 in bonds if they are confirmed World Cup ticket holders, the ...
May 13, 2026
Prosecutors to retry Alex Murdaugh in deaths of wife and son after high court overturned convictions
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Alex Murdaugh's murder convictions and life sentence for the deaths of his wife and son were overturned Wednesday by the South Carolina Supreme Court because the court clerk at h...
May 13, 2026
Board of Peace envoy Mladenov says ceasefire hinges on Hamas' disarmament
JERUSALEM (AP) - Nickolay Mladenov, the top diplomat overseeing the U.S.-brokered ceasefire in Gaza, on Wednesday acknowledged that the truce was stalled, saying the deadlock over disarming Hamas had ...
May 13, 2026
Gunfire breaks out in Philippine Senate where authorities tried to arrest a senator
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - A burst of gunfire rang out late Wednesday in the Philippine Senate, sparking chaos in the building where authorities had tried to arrest a senator wanted by the Internation...
May 13, 2026