Nation and World
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US bombs Iranian military sites, then downs missiles Tehran fired at troops in Kuwait
Jun 01, 2026 10:34 am - The United States said Monday that it bombed radar and drone sites in Iran after Tehran shot down an American drone over the weekend. Iran then said it targeted American soldiers in Kuwait with missiles, which the U.S. says it shot down.
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Macron says French Navy, backed by the UK, intercepted a sanctioned tanker from Russia
Jun 01, 2026 8:30 am - PARIS — The French Navy, with support from the United Kingdom, has intercepted an oil tanker under international sanctions that was traveling from Russia, the most recent...
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Hundreds of youths protest outside Kenya's Ebola quarantine center for US citizens
Jun 01, 2026 8:24 am - Hundreds of youths in Kenya’s central town of Nanyuki on Monday demonstrated against the establishment at the Laikipia Air Base of an Ebola quarantine center for American citizens exposed to the virus.
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Israeli army captures strategic castle in Lebanon in deepest incursion into country in 26 yearsMay 31, 2026 3:53 pm - BEIRUT (AP) — Israeli troops have captured a strategic mountain topped with a Crusader-built castle in southern Lebanon in the deepest incursion into the country in more ...
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Ukraine hits Russian energy targets and denies striking Kremlin-occupied nuclear plantMay 31, 2026 3:50 pm - KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Kyiv on Sunday launched new strikes overnight on Russian energy sites. It has also denied Moscow’s claims that a Ukrainian drone struck the Russian-c...
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Blast at building storing explosives in Myanmar kills more than 45 peopleMay 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...
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Capitol rioters clamor for payouts from Trump’s new ‘anti-weaponization’ fund despite backlash
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.
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Israeli launches strikes near ancient heritage castle site in southern Lebanon
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.
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4 of 5 victims of Virginia bus crash were traveling to a family wedding, relative says
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.
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US says it struck a commercial ship trying to breach blockade and reach Iran
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.