Nation and World
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Lebanon president leaves with no replacement, crisis deepens
Oct 30, 2022 7:00 am - BEIRUT (AP) - President Michel Aoun left Lebanon's presidential palace Sunday, marking the end of his six-year term without a replacement, leaving the small nation in a ...
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Iran's Guard warns protesters as more unrest roils country
Oct 29, 2022 7:00 am - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard issued a new warning on Saturday to antigovernment protesters, even as demonstrations continue...
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South Korean officials say death toll increases to 146 at Halloween crowd surge in Seoul
Oct 29, 2022 7:00 am - SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korean officials say death toll increases to 146 at Halloween crowd surge in Seoul. ...
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Royal Navy investigating claims women harassed on submarines
Oct 29, 2022 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - The head of Britain's Royal Navy said he is 'œdeeply disturbed'ť by allegations that female submariners were bullied and sexually harassed and has ordered ...
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Pakistan: Oldest prisoner freed from Guantanamo, back home
Oct 29, 2022 7:00 am - ISLAMABAD (AP) - A 75-year-old from Pakistan who was the oldest prisoner at the Guantanamo Bay detention center was released and returned to Pakistan on Saturday, the fo...
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EXPLAINER: How and why do crowd surges turn deadly?
Oct 29, 2022 7:00 am - It happened at a music festival in Houston, a soccer stadium in England, during a hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, in a Chicago nightclub, and countless other gatherings...
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Crush kills at least 151 at Halloween festivities in Seoul
Oct 29, 2022 7:00 am - SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - A mass of mostly young people among tens of thousands who gathered to celebrate Halloween in Seoul became trapped and crushed as the crowd surg...
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EXPLAINER: Drag queens and how they got pulled into politics
Oct 29, 2022 7:00 am - Lately, drag has been dragged through the mud. The art form has been cast in a false light in recent months by right-wing activists and politicians who complain about th...
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Gerald Stern, prize-winning and lyrical poet, dies at 97
Oct 29, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Gerald Stern, one of the country's most loved and respected poets who wrote with spirited melancholy and earthly humor about his childhood, Judaism, mort...
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Two explosions rock Somalia's capital, killing at least 30
Oct 29, 2022 7:00 am - MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Two car bombs exploded Saturday at a busy junction in Somalia's capital near key government offices, causing 'œscores of civilian casualties" i...