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Blast at building storing explosives in Myanmar kills more than 45 people

By GRANT PECK
May 31, 2026 3:48 pm - BANGKOK (AP) — A blast on Sunday at a building in northeastern Myanmar said to have been storing explosives for mining has killed more than 45 people, according to rescue...
Capitol rioters clamor for payouts from Trump’s new ‘anti-weaponization’ fund despite backlash

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN
May 30, 2026 6:20 pm - David Johnston was a licensed attorney when he illegally entered the Capitol with a mob of President Donald Trump's supporters on Jan. 6, 2021. More than five years later, the South Carolina man is offering to help fellow “J6ers” apply for payouts from the Trump administration's nearly $1.8 billion new fund for people claiming to be victims of a weaponized government.
Israeli launches strikes near ancient heritage castle site in southern Lebanon

By AHMAD MANTASH
May 30, 2026 6:00 pm - Israeli air force and artillery strikes were reported on Saturday near the strategic mountain site of a Crusader-built castle in southern Lebanon as fighting raged in villages close to the city of Nabatiyeh.
4 of 5 victims of Virginia bus crash were traveling to a family wedding, relative says

By ED WHITE
May 30, 2026 5:43 pm - A family of four from Massachusetts who were killed when a bus crashed into multiple vehicles in Virginia were traveling to a wedding with a carload of homemade desserts for the celebration.
US says it struck a commercial ship trying to breach blockade and reach Iran

By KONSTANTIN TOROPIN
May 30, 2026 5:30 pm - The U.S. military stopped a merchant vessel trying to break through its blockade of Iranian ports by firing a missile into its engine room, the U.S. Central Command said on Saturday.
‘To call it a ceasefire is a joke’: Israeli soldiers share rare accounts from Gaza with AP

By SAM MEDNICK
May 30, 2026 5:27 pm - The Israeli combat soldier saw his teammates yelling in celebration, congratulating one another. They had just struck a vehicle of Palestinians driving near the Israeli-controlled part of the Gaza Strip, killing everyone inside.
WHO chief visits epicenter of the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo as cases outpace response

By JUSTIN KABUMBA and MARK BANCHEREAU
May 30, 2026 5:23 pm - The head of the World Health Organization on Saturday visited eastern Congo’s Bunia, a city at the heart of an outbreak of a rare type of Ebola, where the virus is spreading faster than the response despite better-organized health facilities and new aid arrivals.
United Airlines flight from Chicago to Minneapolis is diverted because of an unruly passenger

May 30, 2026 4:41 pm - A United Airlines flight bound for Minneapolis was diverted to Wisconsin on Friday night to remove an unruly passenger, officials said.
Ukraine keeps up assault on Russian oil sites as Kyiv expects more strikes

May 30, 2026 4:36 pm - Ukrainian drone strikes caused fires at more Russian oil facilities overnight into Saturday, Russian officials said, in what appeared to be the latest attack on Moscow’s vital oil industry.
Congress has taken on Epstein. But lawmakers and survivors are still searching for accountability

By STEPHEN GROVES
May 30, 2026 4:08 pm - For nearly a year, public demand and increasingly outspoken calls from the survivors of Jeffrey Epstein's sexual abuse have driven Congress to mostly set aside party politics and search for accountability.

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