Category Archives: World
Pro- and anti-ICE demonstrators face off during Minneapolis immigration crackdown
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Protesters for and against the Trump administration's latest immigration crackdown clashed in Minneapolis on Saturday as the governor's office announced that National Guard troops h...
Jan 17, 2026
Abigail Spanberger becomes Virginia's 1st female governor in historic inauguration
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Democrat Abigail Spanberger has been sworn into office as Virginia's first female governor. Spanberger was sworn in at noon Saturday amid a cold drizzle outside the state Capitol ...
Jan 17, 2026
Israel objects to US announcement of leaders who will help oversee next steps in Gaza
NAHARIYA, Israel (AP) - Israel's government is objecting to the White House announcement of leaders who will play a role in overseeing next steps in Gaza as the ceasefire moves into its challenging se...
Jan 17, 2026
A regional passenger aircraft with 11 people is missing in Indonesia and a search is underway
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - A regional passenger aircraft carrying 11 people lost contact with ground control Saturday while approaching a mountainous region between Indonesia's main island of Java and ...
Jan 17, 2026
Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni wins seventh term with 71.65% of votes
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni won his seventh term with 71.65% of votes, according to official results Saturday, defeating the youthful challenger who campaigned for change ...
Jan 17, 2026
Judge rules feds in Minneapolis immigration operation can’t detain or tear gas peaceful protesters
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Federal officers in the Minneapolis area participating in its largest recent U.S. immigration enforcement operation can't detain or tear gas peaceful protesters who aren't obstructi...
Jan 16, 2026
Justice Department investigating whether Minnesota's Walz and Frey impeded immigration enforcement
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The Justice Department is investigating whether Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey have impeded federal immigration enforcement through public statements they ...
Jan 16, 2026
Trump thanks Iran for not following through on executions of political prisoners
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump took the unusual step on Friday of thanking the Iranian government for not following through on executions of what he said was meant to be hundreds of politica...
Jan 16, 2026
Trump to pardon ex-Puerto Rico governor Vázquez in campaign finance case, official says
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump plans to pardon former Puerto Rico Gov. Wanda Vzquez, a White House official said Friday. Vzquez pleaded guilty last August to a campaign finance violation in ...
Jan 16, 2026
A South Korean court sentences Yoon to 5 years in prison on charges related to martial law decree
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - A South Korean court sentenced former President Yoon Suk Yeol to five years in prison Friday in the first verdict from eight criminal trials over the martial law debacle that...
Jan 15, 2026