Category Archives: World

Dick Cheney, one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents in US history, dies at 84
WASHINGTON (AP) - Dick Cheney, the hard-charging conservative who became one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents in U.S. history and a leading advocate for the invasion of Iraq, has di...
Nov 04, 2025

Philippine air force helicopter carrying 5 crashes while en route to help in typhoon response
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - A Philippine air force helicopter with five personnel on board crashed Monday in the country's south while flying to help respond to the devastation wrought by Typhoon Kalma...
Nov 04, 2025

Peru breaks diplomatic relations with Mexico over asylum claim of former prime minister
LIMA, Peru (AP) - Peru's government on Monday announced the country was severing diplomatic relations with Mexico over the asylum claim of former Peruvian Prime Minister Betssy Chvez, who is under inv...
Nov 03, 2025

North Korea's longtime ceremonial head of state Kim Yong Nam has died
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Kim Yong Nam, a longtime North Korean ceremonial head of state best known for his trademark propaganda-filled speeches with a deep, booming voice in support of the ruling Kim...
Nov 03, 2025

Judge rejects plea deal for funeral home owner accused of stashing nearly 190 decaying bodies
DENVER (AP) - A Colorado judge on Monday rejected the plea agreement of a funeral home owner accused of stashing nearly 190 decaying bodies in a bug-infested building after family members of the decea...
Nov 03, 2025

Trump administration says SNAP will be partially funded in November
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - President Donald Trump's administration said Monday that it will partially fund SNAP after two judges issued rulings requiring it to keep the nation's largest food aid program ...
Nov 03, 2025
Avalanche on Nepal mountain Yalung Ri kills 7 including foreign climbers
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) - An avalanche swept through a camp on Mount Yalung Ri in Nepal on Monday and killed five foreign climbers and two Nepali guides, officials said. Armed Police Force spokesperson ...
Nov 03, 2025

Famine is gripping two regions of war-torn Sudan, a global hunger authority says
CAIRO (AP) - Two regions of war-torn Sudan are enduring a famine that is at risk of spreading to other areas of the sprawling northeastern African country, where paramilitary fighters have been battli...
Nov 03, 2025

Worker dies after 11 hours trapped within partially collapsed medieval tower in Rome
ROME (AP) - Firefighters late Monday finally managed to extract a worker from beneath rubble inside a medieval tower that partially collapsed during renovation work in the heart of Italy's capital, bu...
Nov 03, 2025

Dutch court tries an Eritrean man accused of brutal migrant smuggling
ZWOLLE, Netherlands (AP) - A Dutch court opened a trial Monday of an Eritrean man accused of involvement in a brutal migrant smuggling network. Prosecutors say Tewelde Goitom, also known as Amanuel Wa...
Nov 03, 2025