Category Archives: World

Trump says Iran must open itself to inspection to verify it doesn't restart its nuclear program
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - President Donald Trump said Friday he expects Iran to open itself to international inspection to verify it doesn't restart its nuclear program. Asked during a White ...
Jun 27, 2025

Supreme Court preserves key part of Obamacare coverage requirements
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court preserved a key part of the Affordable Care Act's preventive health care coverage requirements on Friday, rejecting a challenge from Christian employers to the prov...
Jun 27, 2025

Flash floods in Pakistan kill 8 and 58 are rescued after deluge swept away dozens
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) - Flash floods triggered by pre-monsoon rains swept away dozens of tourists in northwest Pakistan on Friday, killing at least eight people. The nationwide death toll from rain-...
Jun 27, 2025

Japan executes man convicted of murder for killing and dismembering 9 people in his apartment
TOKYO (AP) - A man convicted of murder for killing and dismembering nine people in his apartment near Tokyo was executed Friday, Japan's Justice Ministry said. Takahiro Shiraishi, known as the "Twitte...
Jun 26, 2025

Tampa Bay Rays’ Wander Franco found guilty in sex abuse case, receives 2-year suspended sentence
PUERTO PLATA, Dominican Republic (AP) - Wander Franco, the suspended Tampa Bay Rays shortstop facing sexual abuse charges, was found guilty on Thursday but received a two-year suspended sentence. Fran...
Jun 26, 2025

Prosecutors tell judge government plans to deport Abrego Garcia to a country that's not El Salvador
Federal prosecutors told a judge Thursday that the government plans to initiate removal proceedings against Kilmar Abrego Garcia and to deport him to a country that is not El Salvador upon his release...
Jun 26, 2025

Iran’s Supreme Leader makes first public statement since ceasefire declared in Israel-Iran war
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei claimed victory over Israel on Thursday in his first public statement since a ceasefire was declared in the war between the two co...
Jun 26, 2025

Ecuador recaptures gang leader wanted in the United States more than a year after his prison escape
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) - A fugitive drug trafficker wanted by authorities in Ecuador and the United States was recaptured more than a year after he escaped from prison in the Andean nation, Ecuadorian Pr...
Jun 25, 2025

Mississippi executes the longest-serving man on the state's death row for 1976 killing
PARCHMAN, Miss. (AP) - The longest-serving man on Mississippi's death row was executed Wednesday, nearly five decades after he kidnapped and killed a bank loan officer's wife in a violent ransom schem...
Jun 25, 2025

Wisconsin Supreme Court refuses to hear challenges to the state's congressional district boundaries
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The liberal-controlled Wisconsin Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to hear challenges brought by Democrats seeking to throw out the battleground state's current congressional dis...
Jun 25, 2025