Category Archives: World
Trump says change in power in Iran 'would be the best thing that could happen'
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump said Friday that a change in power in Iran "would be the best thing that could happen" as the U.S. administration weighs whether to take military action agains...
Feb 12, 2026
Bangladesh Nationalist Party claims victory in country’s first election since 2024 uprising
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - The Bangladesh Nationalist Party has claimed victory in the country's first election since the 2024 uprising, positioning itself to form the next government and potentially re...
Feb 12, 2026
Analilia Mejia, progressive ally of Bernie Sanders, wins special New Jersey House primary
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Analilia Mejia, a longtime progressive organizer allied with Sen. Bernie Sanders, has emerged victorious in a crowded Democratic primary in the special election to fill the U.S. H...
Feb 12, 2026
Virginia Supreme Court rules US Marine's adoption of an Afghan war orphan will stand
The Virginia Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a U.S. Marine and his wife will keep an Afghan orphan they brought home in defiance of a U.S. government decision to reunite her with her Afghan family. ...
Feb 12, 2026
Judge orders jailed Guatemalan journalist José Rubén Zamora returned to house arrest
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) - A judge ordered Thursday that Guatemalan journalist Jos Rubn Zamora be returned to house arrest again while awaiting trial after spending nearly a year in jail in his latest stin...
Feb 12, 2026
Virginia Supreme Court rules US Marine's adoption of an Afghan war orphan will stand
The Virginia Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a U.S. Marine and his wife will keep an Afghan orphan they brought home in defiance of a U.S. government decision to reunite her with her Afghan family. ...
Feb 12, 2026
Judge blocks Pentagon from punishing Sen. Mark Kelly for call to resist unlawful orders
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge agreed Thursday to block the Pentagon from punishing Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly, a former Navy pilot, for participating in a video that called on troops to resist unl...
Feb 12, 2026
Oklahoma carries out its first execution of 2026 on a man convicted of double killing
McALESTER, Okla. (AP) - A man who admitted to killing two men in a drive-by shooting in 2006 was put to death Thursday in Oklahoma's first execution of the year. Kendrick Simpson, 45, was pronounced d...
Feb 12, 2026
Trump’s defamation lawsuit against the BBC is set to go to trial in 2027, US judge says
LONDON (AP) - President Donald Trump's $10 billion lawsuit against the BBC can go to trial in 2027, a U.S. judge has said. Judge Roy K. Altman of the federal court for the Southern District of Florida...
Feb 12, 2026
Federal authorities announce an end to the immigration crackdown in Minnesota
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The Trump administration is ending the immigration crackdown in Minnesota that led to thousands of arrests, violent protests and the fatal shootings of two U.S. citizens over the pa...
Feb 12, 2026