Category Archives: World
A new Gallup poll shows how Americans' sympathies have shifted in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
WASHINGTON (AP) - American sympathies in the Middle East have shifted dramatically toward the Palestinians, according to new Gallup polling, after decades of overwhelming support for the Israelis. Tha...
Feb 27, 2026
UK Green Party wins special election, pushing Starmer's Labour to third place
LONDON (AP) - The Green Party won a special parliamentary election in England on Friday, a big boost for the small party and a blow to Prime Minister Keir Starmer, whose center-left Labour Party was r...
Feb 26, 2026
Pakistan is in 'open war' with Afghanistan after latest strikes, defense minister says
ISLAMABAD (AP) - Pakistan and Afghanistan exchanged cross-border attacks overnight in a dramatic escalation of tensions that led Pakistan's defense minister to say on Friday that the two countries are...
Feb 26, 2026
US military used laser to take down Border Protection drone, lawmakers say
The U.S. military used a laser Thursday to shoot down a "seemingly threatening" drone flying near the U.S.-Mexico border. It turned out the drone belonged to Customs and Border Protection, lawmakers s...
Feb 26, 2026
Matthew Tkachuk and Auston Matthews celebrate US hockey gold with ceremonial puck drop
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) - Matthew Tkachuk grabbed an American flag, skated down the ice and presented a game puck to 101-year-old U.S. Army Air Corps veteran Jim Sileno. That's how the Florida Panthers cap...
Feb 26, 2026
171 bodies found in mass graves in eastern Congo, an official says
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - Congolese authorities and a civil society group said Thursday that mass graves were found in part of eastern Congo that the M23 rebel group has recently withdrawn from, as fight...
Feb 26, 2026
Judge rejects request to block Trump White House from building its $400 million ballroom project
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge on Thursday rejected a preservationist group's request to block the Trump administration from continuing construction of a $400 million ballroom where it demolished t...
Feb 26, 2026
Judge rejects request to block Trump White House from building its $400 million ballroom project
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge on Thursday rejected a preservationist group's request to block the Trump administration from continuing construction of a $400 million ballroom where it demolished t...
Feb 26, 2026
Airstrikes hit Afghan capital of Kabul, hours after Afghanistan attacks Pakistan
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Pakistan carried out airstrikes in Kabul and two other Afghan provinces early Friday, Afghanistan's government spokesperson said, hours after Afghanistan launched a cross-bor...
Feb 26, 2026
Hillary Clinton testifies she has no information on Epstein's crimes and doesn't recall meeting him
WASHINGTON (AP) - Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told U.S. House lawmakers in New York on Thursday that she had no knowledge of Jeffrey Epstein's or Ghislaine Maxwell's crimes, starting off...
Feb 26, 2026