Politics
Former President Donald Trump has confirmed that he will be skipping Wednesday’s first Republican presidential primary debate — and likely others as well.
North Korea says leader Kim Jong Un has observed the test-firing of its strategic cruise missiles. The North’s report on the weapons tests comes as the U.S. and South Korean militaries kicked off major annual drills that the North views as an invasion rehearsal.
A global aid official is urging the international community to provide more funds to help Sudanese people trapped in a monthslong fighting between rival generals in the African nation.
Officials say two children have died and a third is in critical condition after a house fire broke out overnight in North Carolina.
Police in North Carolina say an officer responding to a domestic violence call fatally shot a man after the suspect stabbed another officer in the neck with a knife.
Serbia will increase supplies of Russian natural gas to Hungary if Ukraine pulls out of transit deal
Hungary has struck a deal with Serbia that could bring increased shipments of Russian natural gas through the Balkan country if Ukraine ends a gas transit agreement with Moscow.
Local officials in central Mali say gunmen killed at least 23 people and wounded a dozen others in an attack on a village.
Libya’s central bank has announced its reunification after being split for nearly a decade due to the country’s long-running civil war that resulted in two rival administrations, in the east and the west.
Pope Francis has expressed hope for a peaceful solution to the crisis in Niger following the military coup in the West African nation.
Egyptian authorities briefly detained a journalist working for a fact-checking platform following its coverage of a plane that was seized in Zambia along with its cargo after making a stop in Cairo.
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that the Netherlands and Denmark will give F-16 warplanes to Ukraine.
Russia’s Roscosmos space agency says the Luna-25 spacecraft has crashed into the moon after it spun into an uncontrolled orbit, bringing a premature end to the country’s first lunar mission since 1976.
The leaders of Denmark and the Netherlands say they will donate F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who visited both countries on Sunday, called the move an important motivation for his country’s forces, who are embroiled in a difficult counteroffensive against Rus
An official present at talks between Niger’s mutinous soldiers and a delegation from West Africa’s regional bloc tells The Associated Press that talks Saturday yielded little and that the soldiers are under pressure from regional sanctions as they refuse to reinstate the country’s president whom the
Pakistan’s top investigation agency has arrested an opposition leader, who is a close aide of convicted former Prime Minister Imran Khan, alleging he exposed official secrets and harmed state interests.
US, Japan and Australia plan joint navy drills in disputed South China Sea, Philippine officials say
Two Philippine security officials said that the United States, Japan and Australia are planning a joint navy drill this week in the South China Sea off the western Philippines after a recent show of Chinese aggression in the disputed waters.
Indian police have intervened to stop a meeting of prominent activists, academics and politicians discussing global issues ahead of a summit of the Group of 20 industrialized and developing nations that will be hosted in New Delhi next month.
Ecuadorians are awaiting the results of a special presidential election after putting aside fears of leaving their homes amid unprecedented violence.
Georgia Republican lawmakers passed a law to make it easier to challenge school library books as inappropriate, but few people are using it.
Guatemalans have voted to elect a new president, hoping that the country’s next leader will provide relief from rising prices and get a handle on crime and corruption.
An oil tanker long suspected of carrying sanctioned Iranian crude oil has begun offloading its cargo near Texas. That’s according to tracking data analyzed Sunday.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has made a brief visit to the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant to stress what he says is the safety of an impending release of treated radioactive wastewater into the sea.
South Dakota Democratic Party ousts state chair who was accused of creating hostile work environment
The South Dakota Democratic Party has ousted Jennifer Slaight-Hansen as state chair amid accusations that she violated party rules and created a hostile work environment for staff.
Russia reported an “abnormal situation” Saturday on its moon-bound Luna-25 spacecraft, which launched earlier this month.
The U.S. State Department has imposed visa restrictions on 100 more Nicaraguan officials for their role in supporting the regime of President Daniel Ortega.
A handful of businesses around Virginia have so far faced fines from state regulators who say the retailers are out of compliance with laws restricting the sales of certain hemp products.
A judge has agreed to allow the American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas to intervene in a lawsuit that seeks to force the state to list the sex that people were assigned at birth on their driver’s licenses.
Thousands more residents of Tenerife in Spain’s Canary Islands have fled their homes as a wildfire that authorities deemed “out of control” raged on for a fourth day.
Former Minnesota Gov. Al Quie, a moderate Republican known for working across the aisle as both governor and as a congressman, has died. He was 99.
The University of New Orleans has narrowed the field to five semifinalists in its search for a new president.
Authorities say a grand jury has declined to file charges against New Jersey police officers in the shooting death of a backhoe driver who damaged vehicles and homes at a mobile home park.