Category Archives: World

Man who rammed his vehicle into Michigan synagogue was naturalized citizen from Lebanon, DHS says
WEST BLOOMFIELD, Mich. (AP) - The armed man who rammed his vehicle into one of the nation's largest Reform synagogues Thursday has been identified as a 41-year-old naturalized citizen born in Lebanon,...
Mar 12, 2026

ROTC students at Old Dominion University subdued and killed shooter who left 1 dead, 2 hurt
A former Army National Guard member who had spent eight years in prison for attempting to aid the Islamic State opened fire on a classroom at Virginia's Old Dominion University on Thursday before ROTC...
Mar 12, 2026

Israeli military drops charges against soldiers accused of sexually assaulting Palestinian detainee
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel's military on Thursday said it was dropping charges against five soldiers accused of beating and sexually abusing a Palestinian detainee in an alleged assault partially caught ...
Mar 12, 2026

Ohio State names provost as new president after predecessor's abrupt resignation
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Ohio State acted swiftly on Thursday to move past the abrupt resignation of the university's president over the weekend, elevating its chief academic officer into the role. Trust...
Mar 12, 2026

Landslides in southern Ethiopia leave at least 50 people dead and 125 missing
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) - Disastrous landslides that struck southern Ethiopia following a week of heavy rains have killed at least 50 people and left 125 others missing, an official said Thursday. ...
Mar 12, 2026

Clarification: Iran-School Strike story
WASHINGTON (AP) - In a story published March 11, 2026, The Associated Press reported that a Pentagon office was discussing the updating of out-of-date no-strike lists. The story should have made clear...
Mar 11, 2026

Texas man executed for fatally stabbing girlfriend and her son as survivor of attack looks on
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) - A Texas man was put to death Wednesday evening for fatally stabbing his girlfriend and her 8-year-old son in 2013, apologizing profusely to her older son who survived the atta...
Mar 11, 2026

South Africa summons new US ambassador over criticism as rift deepens
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - The new U.S. ambassador to South Africa has been summoned to explain his criticism, the country's foreign minister said Wednesday, as a diplomatic rift continues over foreign polic...
Mar 11, 2026

Kast takes office as Chile marks its sharpest shift to the right since dictatorship
VALPARASO, Chile (AP) - Far-right leader Jos Antonio Kast was sworn in as Chile's new president on Wednesday, marking the Latin American nation's most pronounced shift to the right since the return of...
Mar 11, 2026
A drone strike hits school and medical center in southern Sudan, killing 17, mostly schoolgirls
CAIRO (AP) - An explosive-laden drone blamed on Sudanese paramilitaries struck a secondary school and a health care center in southern Sudan Wednesday, killing at least 17 people, mostly schoolgirls, ...
Mar 11, 2026