50 h. ago ‘We got him’: Tyler Robinson, 22, ‘confessed’ to family that he killed Charlie Kirk, officials say

Authorities identified the suspect as Tyler Robinson in a press conference on Friday morning

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4 d. ago Top Hamas officials, allies killed by Israel since Oct. 7, 2023, attacks

BEIRUT — Israel has killed multiple senior officials with Hamas and its regional allies since the deadly Oct. 7, 2023, attack by Hamas-led militants in southern Israel that triggered the war in Gaza. On Tuesday, Israel struck the energy-rich nation of Qatar, which has been mediating ceasefire negotiations between Israel and Hamas. Israel targeted a […]

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4 d. ago Carney condemns ’intolerable’ Israeli strike on Qatar that killed Hamas officials

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney condemned Israel’s military strike on Qatar, saying it undermines the country’s sovereignty and risks escalating conflicts in the region. Israel said it targeted in the capital Doha senior Hamas leaders it holds responsible for the group’s October 2023 attack, while the militant group says its main negotiator survived the […]

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5 d. ago At least 60 people killed in a rebel attack in eastern Congo

GOMA, Congo (AP) — Rebels in eastern Congo affiliated with the Islamic State group killed at least 60 people in an attack overnight, an official said. The attack was carried by the Allied Democratic Force in Ntoyo, North Kivu, after residents gathered at a burial. “The ADF attack caused around 60 deaths, but the final […]

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6 d. ago 6 killed in Jerusalem after Palestinian gunmen opened fire, Israeli officials say

Several Palestinian attackers opened fire at a bus stop in Jerusalem on Monday, killing six and wounding another 12 people, according to Israeli officials.

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6 d. ago New Zealand dad who evaded authorities with 3 kids for years is shot dead by police

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A man who evaded authorities with his three children in the remote New Zealand countryside for nearly four years was shot and killed by a police officer Monday, law enforcement said. One child was with Tom Phillips at the time of the confrontation and the other two children were found […]

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2 w. ago Australian police urge gunman to surrender after officers killed

Porepunkah (Australia) (AFP) — Australian police told an on-the-run gunman accused of killing two officers to “lay down your firearms” Friday, as they hunted him for a fourth day in rugged, forested bushland. The heavily armed 56-year-old suspect, Dezi Freeman, fled into the bush Tuesday after opening fire on a team of 10 police officers […]

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2 w. ago Israeli drone strikes kill 8 Syrian soldiers in Damascus suburb, officials say

DAMASCUS, Syria — Israeli drone strikes on a southern suburb of the Syrian capital Damascus killed eight soldiers and wounded others, officials and a war monitor reported Wednesday. Syria’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement that drone strikes Tuesday in the southern Damascus suburb of Kiswah killed eight soldiers. It called the attack “a grave […]

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2 w. ago AP freelancer among 4 journalists killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza hospital

Two missiles hit Nasser Hospital, medical officials said. In all, 19 people were killed, according to Zaher al-Waheidi, head of the Gaza Health Ministry’s records department.

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3 w. ago 2 officers killed, 3rd wounded in Utah shooting, authorities say

Two police officers responding to a domestic disturbance call were shot and killed in Utah, and a man was taken into custody after bystanders persuaded him to drop the gun, authorities said Monday. The officers were identified as Sgt. Lee Sorensen, 56, and Officer Eric Estrada, 31, of the Tremonton-Garland Police Department. A sheriff’s deputy […]

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4 w. ago Pakistan’s monsoon flooding death toll rises to 220 as forecasters warn of more rain to come

BUNER, Pakistan (AP) — Flooding in a northwest Pakistani district has killed at least 220 people, officials said Saturday, as rescuers pulled 63 more bodies overnight from homes flattened by flash floods and landslides, with forecasts of more rain in the coming days. One eyewitness, who escaped the deluges in Buner, described seeing floodwaters carrying […]

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