BANGKOK (AP) – The death toll from the earthquake that hit Myanmar nearly a week ago rose Thursday to 3,145 as search and rescue teams found more bodies, the military-led government said, and humanitarian aid groups scrambled to provide survivors medical care and shelter. RESCUERS carry the...
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Pentagon's acting inspector general announced Thursday that he would review Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's use of the Signal messaging app to convey plans for a military strike against Houthi militants in Yemen. HEGSETH (AP) The review will also look at other defense...
DEIR AL BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) – Israeli airstrikes killed at least 100 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip on Thursday, including 27 or more sheltering at a school, according to Palestinian medical authorities, in a stepped-up offensive that Israel's military said is intended to pressure...
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump said Thursday that he's fired "some" White House National Security Council officials, a move that comes a day after far-right activist Laura Loomer raised concerns directly to him about staff loyalty. TRUMP (AP) Trump downplayed Loomer's influence on...
People shout slogans during a rally calling for impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol to step down near the Constitutional Court in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, April 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man) SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s Constitutional Court removed impeached President...
BANGKOK (AP) – Sweeping new tariffs announced Wednesday by US President Donald Trump provoked dismay, threats of countermeasures, and calls for further negotiations to make trade rules fairer. NEW U.S. TARIFFS – President Donald Trump speaks during an event to announce new tariffs...
BANGKOK (AP) – Myanmar's ruling military declared a temporary ceasefire in the country's civil war Wednesday to facilitate relief efforts following a 7.7-magnitude earthquake that has killed more than 3,000 people. QUAKE-DAMAGED PAGODA – A damaged pagoda is seen in the aftermath of...
Mike Lamont, director for accelerators and technology, center left, and Fabiola Gianotti, center right, director general of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), speak with members of the U.S. House of Representatives in the Large Magnet Facility during a visit to CERN facilities...
Palestinians receive bags of flour and other humanitarian aid distributed by UNRWA, the U.N. agency helping Palestinian refugees in Jabaliya, Gaza Strip on Tuesday, April 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi) DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The U.N. food agency is closing all of its bakeries in the...
Luigi Mangione , accused of fatally shooting the UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City and leading authorities on a five-day search is scheduled, appears in court for a hearing, Friday, Feb. 21, 2025, in New York. (Steven Hirsch/New York Post via AP, Pool, File) NEW YORK (AP) —...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — President Donald Trump will hold a Wednesday meeting with aides about possible investors who could buy a stake in TikTok, a deal that could potentially stop the social media site from being banned in the United States. The details of the meeting were confirmed by a person...
Republican Jimmy Patronis is congratulated during an election night watch party Tuesday, April 1, 2025, in Pensacola, Fla. (AP Photo/Kate Payne) ORMOND BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Republicans Jimmy Patronis and Randy Fine won special elections Tuesday in two Florida congressional districts, bolstered by...
