Category Archives: World
US missionary kidnapped in Niger is released after 9 months in captivity, his organization says
NIAMEY, Niger (AP) - An American missionary who was kidnapped in Niger in October has been released, his organization said Friday. Kevin Rideout "is in good health in the care of U.S. officials," SIM ...
Aug 14, 2026
Reform UK's Nigel Farage beats a slate of fringe candidates in election boycotted by major parties
CLACTON-ON-SEA, England (AP) - Nigel Farage regained his seat in Parliament on Friday, beating a field of fringe candidates led by trash-can-wearing comic Count Binface in a special election boycotted...
Aug 13, 2026
Judge drops Nevada case against electors accused of forging certificate in 2020 election
LAS VEGAS (AP) - The yearslong case against six Nevada Republicans who were accused of submitting a bogus certificate that falsely declared Donald Trump the winner of the state's 2020 presidential ele...
Aug 13, 2026
Judge drops Nevada case against electors accused of forging certificate in 2020 election
LAS VEGAS (AP) - The yearslong case against six Nevada Republicans who were accused of submitting a bogus certificate that falsely declared Donald Trump the winner of the state's 2020 presidential ele...
Aug 13, 2026
Huge explosion at ammunition factory in Rome causes fright but no injuries
ROME (AP) - An explosion sparked by a fire at an ammunition factory sent up a towering plume of smoke Thursday in the town of Colleferro near Rome but no injuries were reported, local officials said. ...
Aug 13, 2026
UK firefighters out in force to tackle fires on hottest day of the year
LONDON (AP) - Firefighters were tackling multiple fires in central England on Thursday after the U.K. recorded its hottest day of the year as an intense stretch of hot weather continued to grip Europe...
Aug 13, 2026
Mali separatists release 82 soldiers, including some held since a major attack in April
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) - Separatists in northern Mali have released 82 soldiers, including some taken captive during a nationwide attack on government forces in April, the Malian military and a rebel spoke...
Aug 13, 2026
Alabama man put to death for the murder of a 5-year-old girl in last of three US executions in a day
Tennessee and Oklahoma put inmates to death within 30 minutes of each other Thursday and Alabama followed suit hours later as U.S. states executed three men by lethal injection in one day for the firs...
Aug 13, 2026
Congo’s fastest-growing Ebola outbreak reaches a sixth province
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - Congo's Ebola outbreak has spread to a sixth province after a death was recorded in the previously unaffected Bas-Uele province, the head of Africa's CDC said Thursday. The man ...
Aug 13, 2026
Poland says it thwarted a Russian plot to kill an American citizen in Warsaw
WARSAW (AP) - A Russian plan to kill a Ukrainian American citizen in Warsaw was thwarted by Poland before it could be carried out, the Polish prime minister said Thursday, adding it was the first time...
Aug 13, 2026