Category Archives: World
Starmer says he is 'furious' he wasn't told Mandelson failed security checks
LONDON (AP) - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says he "absolutely furious" that he wasn't told his scandal-tainted pick for U.K. ambassador to Washington had failed security checks before being ap...
Apr 17, 2026
Former President Win Myint freed in broad Myanmar prisoner amnesty
BANGKOK (AP) - Myanmar's former President Win Myint was freed Friday as part of a broad prisoner amnesty by newly inaugurated President Min Aung Hlaing to mark the traditional New Year, state-run medi...
Apr 17, 2026
Senate extends surveillance powers until April 30 after longer renewal collapsed in House
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate approved a short-term renewal until April 30 of a controversial surveillance program used by U.S. spy agencies, following a chaotic, post-midnight scramble in the House to...
Apr 17, 2026
ICE acting director Todd Lyons will resign at end of May, DHS says
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement acting director Todd Lyons, a key executor of President Donald Trump's mass deportations agenda, will resign at the end of May, federal offic...
Apr 16, 2026
Progressive Analilia Mejía takes New Jersey US House special election, giving Democrats another win
DENVILLE, N.J. (AP) - Democrat Analilia Meja won a New Jersey special election for the U.S. House on Thursday, defeating Republican Joe Hathaway on a message of standing up to President Donald Trump a...
Apr 16, 2026
Trump nominates Erica Schwartz, former deputy surgeon general, to serve as CDC director
President Donald Trump on Thursday nominated Erica Schwartz, a former deputy surgeon general, to be the next director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In a social media post, Trump d...
Apr 16, 2026
County prosecutor charges ICE agent with assault for pointing gun at people on Minneapolis highway
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - An ICE agent is charged with assault for allegedly pointing his gun at people in car while driving on a Minneapolis highway, prosecutors in Minnesota said Thursday. An arrest warran...
Apr 16, 2026
Minibus taxi catches fire in Zimbabwe, killing several people
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) - A minibus taxi in southwest Zimbabwe caught fire on a highway Thursday, killing about a dozen and a half people, police said. Police spokesperson Paul Nyathi said that authorit...
Apr 16, 2026
Judge who halted White House ballroom construction allows national security work to proceed at site
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge who halted construction of President Donald Trump's $400 million White House ballroom clarified on Thursday that the administration can proceed with below-ground cons...
Apr 16, 2026
Justin Fairfax killed his estranged wife and himself 2 weeks before a court deadline to move out
ANNANDALE, Va. (AP) - Former Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax, a rising star in the Democratic Party until sexual assault allegations ruined his political fortunes, killed his estranged wife and then ...
Apr 16, 2026