Category Archives: World

Air Force charges airman in Syria base explosion from April
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Air Force has filed criminal charges against an airman in connection with an April explosion that injured U.S. troops at a base in eastern Syria. Tech. Sgt. David D. Dezwaan Jr. ...
Aug 04, 2022

Autopsy: Family killed at Iowa park shot, stabbed, strangled
ANKENY, Iowa (AP) - Three family members killed during a shooting last month at an eastern Iowa state park were shot, stabbed and/or strangled, according to autopsy results released Thursday. Tyler Sc...
Aug 04, 2022

Part of Beirut’s port silos collapses on 2nd anniversary
BEIRUT (AP) - A large section of Beirut's giant port grain silos, shredded by a massive explosion two years ago, collapsed on Thursday as hundreds marched in Beirut to mark the second anniversary of t...
Aug 04, 2022

How much is Zuckerberg worth? Card collector could find out
NEW YORK (AP) - When camp counselor Allie Tarantino was flipping through a magazine years ago, he came upon a familiar name: Mark Zuckerberg. He rifled through boxes of memorabilia in his basement, ru...
Aug 04, 2022

Taliban claim they unaware of al-Qaida leader in Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD (AP) - The Taliban said Thursday they are investigating what they described as "claims" that al-Qaida chief Ayman al-Zawahri was killed in a U.S. drone strike in the Afghan capital. However,...
Aug 04, 2022

Myanmar charges Japanese journalist with spreading fake news
BANGKOK (AP) - A Japanese video journalist detained in Myanmar while covering a brief pro-democracy march has been charged with violating a law against spreading false or alarming news, the Southeast ...
Aug 04, 2022

Closing arguments in Brittney Griner's drug case in Russia
MOSCOW (AP) - Closing arguments in Brittney Griner's cannabis possession case in Russia are set for Thursday, nearly six months after the American basketball star was arrested at a Moscow airport in a...
Aug 03, 2022

SE Asia urges US, China to avoid provocation over Taiwan
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) - The Association of Southeast Asian Nations is calling for calm in the Taiwan Strait, urging against any "provocative action" in the wake of a visit to Taipei by U.S. House ...
Aug 03, 2022

US says Russia aims to fabricate evidence in prison deaths
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. officials believe Russia is working to fabricate evidence concerning last week's deadly strike on prison housing prisoners of war in a separatist region of eastern Ukraine. U.S....
Aug 03, 2022

Protesters stop construction at Berkeley's People's Park
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) - A group of protesters broke through an 8-foot (2-meter) chain fence erected Wednesday around Berkeley's historic People's Park and faced off with police officers standing guard...
Aug 03, 2022