Ships from Turkey planning to deliver aid to Gaza were denied right to sail
ISTANBUL (AP) — A three-ship flotilla planning to reach Gaza with humanitarian aid from Turkey has been prevented from sailing by Guinea-Bissau…
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Iraqi authorities are investigating the killing of a social media influencer
By ABDULRAHMAN ZEYAD and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi authorities are investigating the killing of a well-known social…
Continue ReadingYemen’s Houthi rebels claim downing US Reaper drone, release footage showing wreckage of aircraft
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Saturday claimed shooting down another of the U.S.…
Continue Reading1 climber dies and 1 survives with traumatic injuries after 1,000-foot fall off mountain in Alaska’s Denali National Park
By Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — A 52-year-old woman is dead and another was seriously injured after the two-person team fell 1,000 feet while…
Continue ReadingAncient DNA pulls back curtain on mysterious empire
By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — From a speck of bone, scientists can tease out astonishing information about the past. Analysis of ancient DNA…
Continue ReadingArrest warrant issued for man in fatal shooting of off-duty Chicago police officer
CHICAGO (AP) — An arrest warrant has been issued for a 22-year-old man in the fatal shooting of a Chicago police officer who was heading home from…
Continue ReadingAn apology 47 years in the making: New Orleans ‘juvenile lifer’ who killed 3 men in 1977 is granted parole
By Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — Warren Harris Jr. said he was sorry. He directed his remorse to the families of the three men he robbed and fatally…
Continue ReadingNews anchor Poppy Harlow announces departure from CNN
ATLANTA (AP) — Anchor Poppy Harlow is leaving CNN, according to the network. Harlow, who joined CNN in 2008 and most recently co-hosted “CNN This…
Continue ReadingIt’s 30 years since apartheid ended. South Africa’s celebrations are set against growing discontent
By NQOBILE NTSHANGASE and GERALD IMRAY Associated Press PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — South Africa has marked 30 years since the end of apartheid…
Continue ReadingRussia arrests another suspect in the concert hall attack that killed 144
`MOSCOW (AP) — A Moscow court has detained another suspect as an accomplice in the attack by gunmen on a suburban Moscow concert hall that killed…
Continue Reading20 Cambodian soldiers killed in an ammunition explosion at a military base
By SOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia’s prime minister says 20 soldiers have been killed and several others…
Continue ReadingIraqi TikTok star Umm Fahad shot dead in Baghdad
By Aqeel Najim, Nechirvan Mando and Duarte Mendonca, CNN Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) — Iraqi social media star Ghufran Sawadi, better known as Umm…
Continue ReadingFrom New York to Arizona: Inside the head-spinning week of Trump’s legal drama
By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Even by Donald Trump’s standards, this was a dizzying week. The first criminal…
Continue ReadingHow TikTok grew from a fun app for teens into a potential national security threat
By DAVID HAMILTON AP Technology Reporter SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — If it feels like TikTok has been around forever, that’s probably because it has, at…
Continue ReadingMigration roils US elections. Mexico sees mass migration too, but its politicians rarely mention it
By NICHOLAS RICCARDI and MARCOS MARTÍNEZ CHACÓN Associated Press BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) — Republican activists gathered in a school lunchroom last…
Continue ReadingExamining the long history of the ‘outside agitator’ narrative
By Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — As university administrators and law enforcement crack down on campus protests over Israel’s war in Gaza,…
Continue ReadingOrange crush: Boats packed with revelers tour Amsterdam canals to celebrate the king’s birthday
AMSTERDAM (AP) — Decked in the national orange color, dancing to music, and eating orange-glazed pastries, many in the Netherlands are marking…
Continue ReadingA woman might win the presidency of Mexico. What could that mean for abortion rights?
By MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — If a woman wins Mexico’s presidency on June 2, would she rule with gender in…
Continue ReadingBritish troops may be tasked with delivering Gaza aid, BBC report says
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The BBC is reporting that British troops may be tasked with delivering aid to Gaza from an offshore…
Continue ReadingA tornado in southern China kills 5 people and damages factories in the metropolis of Guangzhou
BEIJING (AP) — State media says a tornado has struck the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou, killing five people and damaging more than 140 factory…
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