December 5, 2023, 7:44am Nation & World
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday will visit the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, where he plans to meet Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, as he seeks to bolster Moscow’s important partnerships with the strategic oil producers. Read story
December 5, 2023, 7:43am Nation & World Updated 16 hours ago
Rescuers searching the hazardous slopes of Indonesia’s Mount Marapi volcano found 11 more bodies of climbers who were caught by a surprise weekend eruption, raising the number of confirmed dead to 22, officials said Tuesday. One person remained missing. Read story
December 4, 2023, 6:21pm Nation & World
Prosecutors pushed back Monday against Hunter Biden’s move to subpoena documents from Donald Trump and former Justice Department officials in the firearms case filed against the president’s son. Read story
December 4, 2023, 4:07pm Nation & World
International judges on Monday rejected a demand by prosecutors for a nearly complete ban on prison visits for three former Kosovo Liberation Army leaders on trial at The Hague for war crimes. Read story
December 4, 2023, 12:40pm Nation & World Updated 1 day ago
Opening statements began Monday in the criminal trial of actor Jonathan Majors, who was charged last spring for allegedly assaulting his then-girlfriend during an argument. Read story
December 4, 2023, 12:31pm Nation & World
A push by Georgia Republicans to maintain their congressional majority is likely to come down to a decades-old legal question that has never been settled by the U.S. Supreme Court — does federal law protect voting districts where a coalition of nonwhite voters hold sway? Read story
December 4, 2023, 12:31pm Nation & World
The Treasury Department on Monday announced a new strike force to help combat illicit fentanyl trafficking as the U.S. and China step up efforts to stop the movement of the powerful opioid and drug-making materials into the U.S. Read story
December 4, 2023, 12:31pm Nation & World
A storm dropped a mix of rain and snow on parts of New England with some locations recording more than a half-foot (15 centimeters) of snowfall on Monday, knocking out power for tens of thousands of people and causing slick roads that contributed to a fiery propane truck crash in… Read story
December 4, 2023, 12:27pm Latest News Updated 1 day ago
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli warplanes heavily bombarded an area around Khan Younis in southern Gaza on Monday as the military ordered mass evacuations from the town in the face of a widening ground offensive that is pushing Palestinians into a progressively shrinking portion of the besieged territory. Read story
December 4, 2023, 11:35am Nation & World Updated 1 day ago
A former American diplomat who served as U.S. ambassador to Bolivia has been charged with serving as a covert agent for Cuba’s intelligence services dating back decades, the Justice Department said Monday. Read story