Gang sentenced for smuggling thousands of ants in Kenya
NAIROBI – A Kenyan court has sentenced four men to one year in prison or pay a fine of $7,700 for trying to smuggle...
Who is Robert Prevost, the new Pope?
VATICAN City – Even before his name was announced from the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica, the crowds below were chanting "Viva il Papa"...
US Supreme Court allows Trump to enforce transgender military ban
WASHINGTON – The United States Supreme Court temporarily allowed President Donald Trump to enforce his ban on transgender people serving in the military while...
‘Unparalleled’ snake antivenom made from man bitten 200 times
WASHINTGON – The blood of a United States man who deliberately injected himself with snake venom for nearly two decades has led to an...
Israel security cabinet approves plan to ‘capture’ Gaza Strip
TEL AVIV – Israel's security cabinet has approved a plan to expand its military offensive against Hamas which includes the "capture" of Gaza and...
Trump orders reopening of notorious Alcatraz prison
WASHINGTON – Donald Trump says he is directing his government to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the infamous former prison on an island near San...
Ugandan opposition bodyguard charged after torture, lawyer says
A bodyguard for one of Uganda's opposition leaders, Bobi Wine, has been charged with aggravated robbery, days after the head of the military said...
Mexican mayor nabbed over alleged links to drug cartel training camp
MEXICO City – Prosecutors in Mexico have arrested the mayor of Teuchitlán in western Jalisco state as part of their investigation into a nearby...
British woman, 115, becomes oldest person in the world
LONDON – A woman from the United Kingdom has become the oldest person in the world, at the age of 115 and 252 days.
Ethel...
US President Trump posts spoof picture dressed as pope
WASHINGTON – United States President Donald Trump posted a spoof picture of himself dressed as the pope on his Truth Social platform after joking...