Nation and World
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A scramble of last-ditch diplomacy aims at finding a peaceful solution to Niger's deepening crisis
Aug 19, 2023 1:00 am - NIAMEY, Niger (AP) - A delegation from regional nations arrived in Niger Saturday afternoon in a last-ditch diplomatic effort to reach a peaceful solution with mutinous ...
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Denmark and the Netherlands say the U.S. is allowing them to give F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine
Aug 18, 2023 1:00 am - THE HAGUE, Netherlands - The United States has given its approval for the Netherlands and Denmark to deliver F-16s to Ukraine, the defense ministers of those two NATO co...
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Hurricane Hilary grows off Mexico and could reach California as a very rare tropical storm
Aug 18, 2023 1:00 am - MEXICO CITY (AP) - Hurricane Hilary grew rapidly to Category 4 strength off Mexico's Pacific coast on Friday and could reach Southern California as the first tropical st...
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A neonatal nurse in a British hospital has been found guilty of killing 7 babies
Aug 18, 2023 1:00 am - LONDON - A neonatal nurse in a British hospital was found guilty Friday of killing seven babies and trying to kill six others. Lucy Letby, 33, was charged with murder in...
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Former Austrian leader Kurz charged with giving false evidence to a corruption inquiry
Aug 18, 2023 1:00 am - BERLIN - Austria's former Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has been charged with making false statements to a parliamentary inquiry into alleged corruption in his first governm...
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Iran's foreign minister visits Saudi Arabia's powerful crown prince as tensions between rivals ease
Aug 18, 2023 1:00 am - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Iran's foreign minister met Friday with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman as part of his visit to the kingdom, a sign of how ...
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Mississippi judge declares mistrial in case of 2 white men charged in attack on Black FedEx driver
Aug 17, 2023 1:00 am - BROOKHAVEN, Miss. - Citing police errors, a Mississippi judge declared a mistrial Thursday in the case of two white men charged in an attack on a Black FedEx driver who ...
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Pentagon review calls for reforms to reverse spike in sexual misconduct at military academies
Aug 17, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - The U.S. military academies must improve their leadership, stop toxic practices such as hazing and shift behavior training into the classrooms, according to...
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Taliban official says women lose value if their faces are visible to men in public
Aug 17, 2023 1:00 am - KABUL, Afghanistan - Women lose value if men can see their uncovered faces in public, a spokesman for a key ministry of Afghanistan's Taliban government said Thursday, a...
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Italian police scour northern woods for Dutchman suspected of fatally stabbing dad and family friend
Aug 17, 2023 1:00 am - ROME - Italian police on Thursday were scouring a wooded area in the country's north for a young Dutchman suspected of stabbing to death his father and a family friend a...