Mar 08 Iran names Mojtaba Khamenei successor to the late supreme leader By Jon Gambrell, Sam Metz, Kareem Chehayeb, Samy Magdy, Associated Press Mojtaba Khamenei, a son of Iran's late supreme leader, has been named his successor, Iranian state TV announced early Monday. Continue reading
Mar 08 Police investigate an explosion outside the U.S. Embassy in Oslo, Norway By Stefanie Dazio, Matthew Lee, Associated Press Police in Norway were investigating an explosion early Sunday outside the U.S. Embassy in Oslo, the capital of the Scandinavian country, officials said. Continue reading
Mar 08 Rotting cocoa and a commodity crash push West African farmers to seek other options By Edward Acquah, Ope Adetayo, Associated Press Hundreds of thousands of farmers in West Africa rely on cocoa farming for a living. In Ivory Coast, cocoa bean exports make up 40% of the total export revenue. In neighboring Ghana, they make up nearly 15%. Continue reading
Mar 08 Renewed search for missing Flight MH370 comes up empty 12 years later as families press for answers By Associated Press Twelve years after Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 vanished with 239 people aboard, a renewed deep-sea search in the southern Indian Ocean has so far failed to locate the missing aircraft, Malaysian authorities said Sunday. Continue reading
Mar 08 Kapikoy Border crossing into Turkey has become one of the few ways out of Iran during the war By Serra Yedikardes, Associated Press A land crossing near eastern Turkey’s Van province is one of the few routes connecting Iranians to the rest of the world amid an airspace shutdown in Iran since the U.S. and Israel launched strikes on Tehran. Continue reading
Mar 07 Trump encourages Latin American leaders to use military action to help the U.S. fight cartels By Aamer Madhani, Joshua Goodman, Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press President Trump encouraged regional leaders gathered at his Miami-area golf club to take military action against drug trafficking cartels and transnational gangs that he says pose an “unacceptable threat” to the hemisphere's national security. Continue reading
Mar 07 Russian missile hits apartment building in Ukraine's Kharkiv killing at least 10 By Susie Blann, Associated Press Two children were among at least 10 people killed on Saturday in a Russian missile that hit a five-story residential building in Ukraine's second-largest city, Kharkiv, officials said. Continue reading
Mar 07 Pope Leo names veteran Vatican diplomat as ambassador to the U.S. to manage relations with Trump By Nicole Winfield, Associated Press Pope Leo XIV on Saturday named a veteran Vatican diplomat as his new ambassador to the United States to manage one of the Holy See’s most important bilateral relationships at a crucial time. Continue reading
Mar 07 New wave of strikes hit Tehran as Netanyahu vows 'many surprises' for next phase of Iran war By Jon Gambrell, Sam Mednick, Samy Magdy, Associated Press The Iran war exploded further late Saturday as pillars of flame rose above an oil storage facility in Tehran, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised “many surprises” for the next phase of the week-old conflict. Continue reading
Mar 07 Bombing at Peru nightclub injures 33 people, including minors By Associated Press A bombing at a nightclub in Peru has injured 33 people, including minors, authorities said Saturday. Continue reading