Category Archives: World
US imposes sanctions on Colombia’s president and family members over drug trade allegations
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration imposed sanctions Friday on Colombian President Gustavo Petro, his family and a member of his government over accusations of involvement in the global drug t...
Oct 24, 2025
New York Attorney General Letitia James pleads not guilty in mortgage fraud case pushed by Trump
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) - New York Attorney General Letitia James pleaded not guilty on Friday to federal charges accusing her of lying on mortgage papers to secure favorable loan terms in a case pushed by ...
Oct 24, 2025
Men sentenced over London arson attack masterminded by Russia as part of a wider sabotage campaign
LONDON (AP) - A British judge on Friday sentenced five men for their roles in an arson attack in London that authorities say was masterminded by Russian intelligence as part of a wider campaign of sab...
Oct 24, 2025
14 migrants dead after dinghy sinks in the Aegean off Turkey's coast
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - A rubber dinghy carrying 18 migrants sank in the Aegean Sea off Turkey's southwestern coast on Friday, leaving at least 14 dead, Turkish officials said. Two people survived, incl...
Oct 24, 2025
US is sending an aircraft carrier to Latin America in major escalation of military buildup
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. military is sending an aircraft carrier to the waters off South America, in the latest escalation and buildup of military forces in the region, the Pentagon announced Friday...
Oct 24, 2025
Trump's favorability has fallen among Hispanics since January, a new AP-NORC poll finds
President Donald Trump's favorability has fallen among Hispanic adults since the beginning of the year, a new AP-NORC poll shows, a potential warning sign from a key constituency that helped secure hi...
Oct 24, 2025
Alabama executes man with nitrogen gas for 1993 murder over $200 drug debt
ATMORE, Ala. (AP) - An Alabama man convicted of helping to burn a man alive in 1993 over a $200 drug debt was executed by nitrogen gas on Thursday. Anthony Boyd, 54, was pronounced dead at 6:33 p.m. a...
Oct 23, 2025
Lithuanian president says Russian military planes violated the Baltic country's airspace
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) - Russian military planes briefly violated Lithuania's airspace Thursday evening, the Lithuanian president said, condemning what he called a blatant breach of the territorial i...
Oct 23, 2025
Trump backs off planned surge of federal agents into San Francisco after talking to the mayor
ALAMEDA, Calif. (AP) - President Donald Trump said Thursday that he's backing off a planned surge of federal agents into San Francisco after speaking to the mayor, as protesters gathered outside a U.S...
Oct 23, 2025
White House East Wing demolished as Trump moves forward with ballroom construction, AP photos show
WASHINGTON (AP) - The entire White House East Wing has been demolished as President Donald Trump moves forward with construction of a ballroom, Associated Press photos on Thursday showed. The East Win...
Oct 23, 2025