Haiti taking more steps against gangs after thousands of protesters demand security
The leader of Haiti’s transitional presidential council tried to allay surging alarm among Haitians over rampant gang violence by acknowledging Thursday that the ...
South and Midwest face potentially catastrophic rains and floods while reeling from tornadoes
Parts of the Midwest and South faced the possibility of torrential rains and life-threatening flash floods Friday, while many communities were still reeling from tornadoes ...
Sri Lanka’s target to be free of land mines by 2028 is under threat as US reviews aid
Thavarathnam Pushparani fought on the front lines for the now-defeated Tamil Tiger rebels against the Sri Lankan forces in its decadeslong separatist war and later took ...
An explosion at a standoff between rival gold miners in Bolivia kills at least 5 people
A powerful explosion killed at least five people, including a pregnant woman and 1-year-old baby, during a standoff between rival groups of gold miners early Thursday in ...
The Latest: Trump’s tariffs slam world markets in the biggest blow since the pandemic hit in 2020.
Asian shares slid further Friday after U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs sent shudders through financial markets at a level of shock unseen since the COVID-19 pummeled world markets in 2020.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton gears up for potential Senate run after bribery probe dismissed
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is gearing up for a potential U.S. Senate run while no longer shadowed by a federal corruption investigation that hung over his rising ...
Curry scores 37 points and Warriors beat Lakers 123-116 in a potential first-round playoff preview
Stephen Curry scored 37 points, Brandin Podziemski added 28 and the Golden State Warriors defeated the Los Angeles Lakers 123-116 on Thursday night for their fourth win in a row ...
Grappling with faith gets literal at England’s Wrestling Church
Sitting around a wrestling ring, churchgoers roared as local hero Billy O’Keeffe body-slammed a fighter named Disciple. Beneath stained-glass windows, they whooped and ...
Colleges say the Trump administration is using new tactics to expel international students
A crackdown on foreign students is alarming colleges, who say the Trump administration is using new tactics and vague justifications to push some students out of the country.
Living abroad and hungry to see a Chinese movie on the biggest of screens, some took action
A group of Chinese people decided they wanted the nation’s biggest movie to be big in the United States, literally. So they made it really big. And therein lies a story.
Rally and court hearing set for Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador prison
Lawyers for a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador will ask a federal judge on Friday to order the Trump Administration to return ...
Grizzlies’ Ja Morant, on criticism: ‘I feel like I’ve been the villain for the last two years now’
It was the sort of moment that Ja Morant craves. He hit a game-winning jumper at the buzzer to lift the Memphis Grizzlies past the Miami Heat, then skipped down the court listening to ...