Category Archives: World
North Korea's longtime ceremonial head of state Kim Yong Nam has died
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Kim Yong Nam, a longtime North Korean ceremonial head of state best known for his trademark propaganda-filled speeches with a deep, booming voice in support of the ruling Kim...
Nov 03, 2025
Judge rejects plea deal for funeral home owner accused of stashing nearly 190 decaying bodies
DENVER (AP) - A Colorado judge on Monday rejected the plea agreement of a funeral home owner accused of stashing nearly 190 decaying bodies in a bug-infested building after family members of the decea...
Nov 03, 2025
Trump administration says SNAP will be partially funded in November
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - President Donald Trump's administration said Monday that it will partially fund SNAP after two judges issued rulings requiring it to keep the nation's largest food aid program ...
Nov 03, 2025
Avalanche on Nepal mountain Yalung Ri kills 7 including foreign climbers
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) - An avalanche swept through a camp on Mount Yalung Ri in Nepal on Monday and killed five foreign climbers and two Nepali guides, officials said. Armed Police Force spokesperson ...
Nov 03, 2025
Famine is gripping two regions of war-torn Sudan, a global hunger authority says
CAIRO (AP) - Two regions of war-torn Sudan are enduring a famine that is at risk of spreading to other areas of the sprawling northeastern African country, where paramilitary fighters have been battli...
Nov 03, 2025
Worker dies after 11 hours trapped within partially collapsed medieval tower in Rome
ROME (AP) - Firefighters late Monday finally managed to extract a worker from beneath rubble inside a medieval tower that partially collapsed during renovation work in the heart of Italy's capital, bu...
Nov 03, 2025
Dutch court tries an Eritrean man accused of brutal migrant smuggling
ZWOLLE, Netherlands (AP) - A Dutch court opened a trial Monday of an Eritrean man accused of involvement in a brutal migrant smuggling network. Prosecutors say Tewelde Goitom, also known as Amanuel Wa...
Nov 03, 2025
Israel hands over bodies of 45 Palestinians after Hamas returns the remains of 3 soldiers
DEIR AL-BALAH (AP) - Israel on Monday handed over the bodies of 45 Palestinians, the Red Cross said, a day after militants returned the remains of three hostages. Israeli officials identified the thre...
Nov 03, 2025
UK police charge man with attempted murder over train stabbing that wounded 11 people
LONDON (AP) - U.K. police on Monday charged a 32-year-old man with attempted murder over a mass stabbing attack on train that wounded 11 people. British Transport Police said Anthony Williams is charg...
Nov 03, 2025
Billionaire Sylvan Adams donates $100M to rebuild Israeli hospital struck by Iranian missile
JERUSALEM (AP) - Canadian-Israeli billionaire Sylvan Adams on Sunday said he is donating $100 million to rebuild an Israeli hospital that suffered heavy damage from an Iranian missile in June. Adams a...
Nov 02, 2025