Category Archives: World
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a story published March 11, 2026, The Associated Press reported that a Pentagon office was discussing the updating of out-of-date no-strike lists.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
Files show British prime minister was warned of 'reputational risk' in appointing Mandelson
LONDON (AP) - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer was warned that Peter Mandelson 's friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein exposed the government to "reputational risk," but he still ...
Mar 11, 2026
South Africa deploys soldiers to the streets to tackle organized and violent crime
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Soldiers were deployed to the streets of South Africa's biggest city Wednesday in an effort to help police fight gang violence and illegal mining. It was the first major deployment...
Mar 11, 2026
Drone strike reportedly kills at least 1 person in the eastern Congo city of Goma
GOMA, Congo (AP) - A series of explosions attributed to drones killed at least one person as the attack rocked downtown Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, according to a spokesperson for the M23 rebe...
Mar 11, 2026