Category Archives: World
Trump says US-Lebanon flights can resume, pledges help for that country after meeting its president
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump pledged to help Lebanon "a lot" during a White House meeting on Tuesday with the country's leader, Joseph Aoun, who came to push for long-term calm after month...
Jul 21, 2026
French lawmakers approve a sweeping social media ban for children under 15
PARIS (AP) - French lawmakers on Tuesday approved a bill banning children under 15 from using social media, making France the first country in the European Union to pass a blanket ban on the platforms...
Jul 21, 2026
Ex-UK government minister Ann Widdecombe was hit with a hammer 21 times, prosecutors say
LONDON (AP) - A man charged with murder in the killing of former British politician Ann Widdecombe in her home struck her 21 times on the head with a hammer, a prosecutor told a court hearing on Tuesd...
Jul 21, 2026
US military identifies 3rd service member believed to have been killed in Iranian attack
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - The U.S. military has confirmed that a third service member is believed to be dead in Friday's attack on a base in Jordan and identified them as Sgt. Angel S. Rampersad, 28, of Ne...
Jul 21, 2026
A blast in a tunnel at an Indian hydropower project leaves 12 dead and 13 missing
GUWAHATI, India (AP) - A suspected gas explosion collapsed part of a tunnel under construction at a hydropower project in India's northeastern Himalayan state of Sikkim, leaving at least 12 people dea...
Jul 21, 2026
Tropical Storm Bertha in the Gulf of Mexico moving toward Florida Panhandle and Alabama
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Tropical Storm Bertha strengthened in the Gulf of Mexico and was moving slowly toward the Florida Panhandle, causing a tropical storm warning and storm surge watches around the stat...
Jul 21, 2026
Man stabs and wounds tourists near the Acropolis in Athens, Greece
ATHENS, Greece (AP) - A man stabbed and wounded two tourists Tuesday morning near the ancient Acropolis in Athens, Greece's top tourist attraction, police said, in what appeared to be a random attack....
Jul 20, 2026
Tropical Storm Bertha drifts toward land as Hurricane Fausto forms in the eastern Pacific
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Tropical Storm Bertha formed Monday evening in the Gulf of Mexico south of the Florida Panhandle as it drifts erratically toward populated coastal areas bearing a threat of heavy ra...
Jul 20, 2026
Flash floods kill at least 20 in Afghanistan and leave more than 100 missing
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Flash floods in eastern Afghanistan have killed 20 people, injured about 80 more and left more than 100 missing, Afghan authorities said Monday. The floods struck the eastern...
Jul 20, 2026
Ex-soldier started a fire and fired a pellet gun outside a New York federal building, FBI says
NEW YORK (AP) - A former U.S. Army soldier toting an anti-ICE sign set off fireworks, lit a fire and shot a pellet gun Monday morning outside a Manhattan federal office building, injuring three people...
Jul 20, 2026