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Pakistan defends flood response after over 270 people killed in northwestern district

BUNER, Pakistan (AP) - A Pakistani official says the death toll from flash floods in the country's northwest has risen to 274 after rescuers recovered dozens of bodies from the rubble of collapsed hou...

Aug 17, 2025

European leaders to join Ukraine's Zelenskyy for White House meeting with Trump

KYIV (AP) - European and NATO leaders announced Sunday that they'll be joining President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Washington for crucial talks with President Donald Trump, rallying around the Ukrainian ...

Aug 17, 2025

Protestors go on strike in Israel demanding ceasefire and hostage releases

JERUSALEM (AP) - Police in Israel made more than two dozen arrests on Sunday for "disruption of order" as families of hostages held in Gaza step up their campaign with a nationwide strike. Police said...

Aug 17, 2025

West Virginia sends hundreds of National Guard members to Washington at Trump team's request

WASHINGTON (AP) - West Virginia is sending 300 to 400 members of its National Guard to the nation's capital to assist in the Trump's administration's takeover of the city's police department. The move...

Aug 16, 2025

Erin becomes a Category 3 hurricane in the Caribbean and is expected to strengthen further

MIAMI (AP) - Erin became a Category 3 hurricane in the Caribbean early Saturday and is expected to strengthen further during the day, the National Hurricane Center reported. The storm is currently 170...

Aug 16, 2025

Ukraine's Zelenskyy to meet Trump on Monday after US-Russia summit secured no peace agreement

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he plans to meet U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington on Monday after Trump's summit with Russia's Vladimir Putin. Zelenskyy said...

Aug 16, 2025

Floods in Pakistan wash away homes and leave at least 220 dead

BUNER, Pakistan (AP) - Rescuers in northwest Pakistan pulled 63 more bodies overnight from homes flattened by landslides and flash floods, raising the death toll from rain-related incidents to at leas...

Aug 15, 2025

Judge denies Trump administration request to end a policy protecting immigrant children in custody

McALLEN, Texas (AP) - A federal judge ruled Friday to deny the Trump administration's request to end a policy in place for nearly three decades that is meant to protect immigrant children in federal c...

Aug 15, 2025

New Air Force policy denies transgender troops hearings before they're discharged

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Air Force says in a new memo that transgender airmen ousted under a recent Trump administration directive will no longer have the chance to argue before a board of their peers fo...

Aug 15, 2025

Trump and Putin end their meeting that started with a warm handshake belying bloodshed in Ukraine

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska (AP) - President Donald Trump and Russia's Vladimir Putin met for about 2 1/2 half hours on Friday, a summit in Alaska that started with a handshake, a smile an...

Aug 15, 2025