The top UN court is set to rule on a request for it to order Israel to halt its offensive in Gaza
The top United Nations court is ruling Friday on an urgent plea by South Africa to order Israel to halt its military operations in Gaza and withdraw from the enclave.
Stock market today: Asian shares track Wall Street’s slide on worries over interest rates
Asian shares retreated Friday after strong reports on the U.S. economy raised the possibility of interest rates staying painfully high. U.S. futures edged higher and oil prices also rose ...
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Security Council to vote on resolution decrying attacks on UN and aid workers, demanding protection
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations Security Council is scheduled to vote Friday on a resolution that strongly condemns attacks on humanitarian workers and U.N. personnel, and demands that all ...
More severe weather forecast in Midwest as Iowa residents clean up tornado damage
The skies were blue and the wind was blowing as residents of the small city of Greenfield, Iowa, worked to clean up two days after a destructive tornado ripped apart more ...
McDavid gets the winner in the 2nd OT after Oilers overcome captain’s penalty to beat Stars 3-2
Oilers captain Connor McDavid felt absolutely miserable sitting in the penalty box after he was called for a double-minor penalty only seconds into the first overtime of the Western ...
Explosion and fire at chemical factory in India kills at least 9, injures 64
An explosion and fire at a chemical factory in western India killed at least nine people and 64 were injured, officials said Friday. The explosion Thursday in the factory’s ...
A fire in an apartment building in Hanoi, Vietnam, kills 14 people and injures 6, state media say
An overnight fire in a small apartment building in Hanoi, Vietnam, killed at least 14 people and injured at least six others, state media said Friday. The official Vietnam ...
Mexico’s poorest receiving less government funds under president who brought poor to the fore
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador swept into office nearly six years ago with a simple motto laying out his administration’s priorities: “For the good of all, first the ...
Australian media reports that more than 100 people killed by landslide in Papua New Guinea
More than 100 people are estimated to have been killed in a landslide in remote Papua New Guinea on Friday, Australian Broadcasting Corp. reported. The landslide ...
Trump swaps bluster for silence, and possibly sleep, in his hush money trial
Donald Trump isn’t known for letting slights pass. Yet for weeks, the famously combative presumptive Republican nominee has ...
‘Green blitz’: As election nears, Biden pushes slew of rules on environment, other priorities
As he tries to secure his legacy, President Joe Biden has unleashed a flurry of election-year rules on the environment and other topics, including a landmark regulation that ...
Hunter Biden’s lawyers expected in court for final hearing before June 3 gun trial
Attorneys for Hunter Biden are due in court Friday for the final hearing before the president’s son is expected to stand trial on federal firearms charges in Delaware ...