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Fri, 18 Sep 2026 17:32:01 EDTTrump says deal struck to boost U.S. military presence in Greenland
U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday he has a deal with Denmark to bolster the U.S. military presence in Greenland after months of threatening to take island by force from the NATO ally.
Fri, 18 Sep 2026 16:47:04 EDTIsrael moving ahead with settlement plans that would split West Bank in two, rights group says
Rights groups say the Israeli government is forging ahead with a contentious settlement expansion plan that would effectively divide the occupied West Bank, long criticized as a threat to the viability of a future Palestinian state.
Fri, 18 Sep 2026 15:16:58 EDTTrump announces White House ban on CNN, other media outlets
U.S. President Donald Trump announced an immediate White House ban on a number of news outlets, including CNN.
Fri, 18 Sep 2026 04:00:00 EDTCanada's top general is up for a senior NATO post. Will Trump get in her way?
Canada's Gen. Jennie Carignan faces Germany's Gen. Carsten Breuer on Saturday in a secret-ballot contest to chair NATO's Military Committee. A victory would make Carignan the first woman to hold the post and return Canada to the chair after nearly tw...
Fri, 18 Sep 2026 17:32:50 EDTFormer Pakistani PM Imran Khan’s son says he fears for his father's life behind bars
Kasim Khan, the the son of jailed former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan, says he wakes up most mornings expecting to learn that his father has died in prison.
Fri, 18 Sep 2026 15:06:15 EDTLindsay Clancy holdout juror breaks silence, says he didn't have 'any doubts' of her guilt
The lone juror who wanted to convict Lindsay Clancy of murder for killing her three children said he was certain of her guilt, but that other jurors wouldn’t listen to him, according to a statement released by his lawyer Friday in his first public ...
Fri, 18 Sep 2026 04:00:48 EDTGermany's far-right AfD party is taking pages out of Trump's playbook
From creating a deportation task force to revising history lessons in schools, the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, which won a resounding victory in the state of Saxony-Anhlat last week and could soon hold power, wants to implement pol...
Fri, 18 Sep 2026 13:01:34 EDTICE agent pleads not guilty to lying to FBI about shooting of man in Minneapolis
The top prosecutor from Minnesota's Hennepin County announced the arrest Friday of an ICE officer charged for shooting a Venezuelan-born man in January at the height of a deadly immigration blitz launched by the Trump administration.
Fri, 18 Sep 2026 09:48:49 EDTIndonesian divers recover 3 bodies from capsized ferry as salvage operation begins
Rescue teams in Indonesia on Friday recovered three bodies from a capsized ferry while preparing to salvage the wreckage of the accident, bringing the confirmed death toll to nine, with 126 people still missing, officials said.
Fri, 18 Sep 2026 08:07:51 EDTAt least 21 killed in Pakistan mosque bombing near police station
A vehicle bomb exploded Friday at a mosque near police offices in northwestern Pakistan as gunmen tried to storm the compound, killing at least 21 people and wounding 80 others, police and rescue officials said. Among those killed and wounded were po...
Fri, 18 Sep 2026 15:52:08 EDTF-16 crashes during training in Michigan; pilot ejects safely
An F-16 pilot safely ejected before the fighter jet crashed Thursday in rural Michigan, sending plumes of smoke into the sky and triggering temporary evacuations for nearby residents after police said hazardous chemicals spilled from the wreckage.
Fri, 18 Sep 2026 05:36:17 EDTPhilippines school shooting leaves 2 students, gunman dead
Three students were killed in a school shooting in the southern Philippines on Friday, including a 16-year-old suspected gunman who turned the gun on himself, provincial officials said.
Fri, 18 Sep 2026 07:44:48 EDTNew cat species identified for the 1st time in a century
A diminutive wild cat that inhabits Bolivia's cloud forest has been identified as a previously unknown species, marking the first time a new living cat species has been formally named and described in more than a century.
Fri, 18 Sep 2026 06:09:27 EDTRussians begin voting in parliamentary election set to cement Kremlin's power
Russians on Friday began three days of voting in the country's first wartime parliamentary election, which features virtually no opposition and is all but certain to secure the Kremlin's political dominance.
Thu, 17 Sep 2026 07:38:27 EDTUN mission finds 'grounds to believe' U.S. committed war crimes in strikes on Iranian school, sports centre
A United Nations fact-finding mission on Iran said on Thursday it had reasonable grounds to believe the United States was behind two military strikes on a school and sports facility in Iran in February and that these constituted war crimes.
Thu, 17 Sep 2026 04:00:00 EDT'Blood is on our hands': Haitian honour student's death sparks outcry over ICE ankle monitors
Pierre Damas Bel fled Haiti and came to the U.S. with a dream of becoming a neurosurgeon. But after U.S. immigration authorities fitted the 20-year-old university student with an ankle monitor, he felt he was "treated like an animal" — and died wee...
Thu, 17 Sep 2026 18:54:14 EDTFar-right German politician heckles Carney with 'U.S.A.' chant before EU address
As Prime Minister Mark Carney approached the podium at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, he was met by a lone heckler with an unexpected chant for a Canadian leader speaking to the EU in France.
Thu, 17 Sep 2026 14:54:41 EDTJudge orders Kennedy Center to give 30-day notice before any major changes — including demolition
A U.S. federal judge on Thursday ordered the Kennedy Center to provide 30-day notice before making any major physical changes to the building, including demolishing it as President Donald Trump has threatened to do.
Thu, 17 Sep 2026 19:03:57 EDTOpenAI asks California court to dismiss lawsuits over Tumbler Ridge shooting
Lawyers for OpenAI claim any legal action related to the deaths and injuries should take place in British Columbia.
Thu, 17 Sep 2026 10:09:00 EDTAustralian athlete apologizes for racing with diarrhea, forfeits the Beijing competition she won
Australian Joanna Wietrzyk, who started a global uproar after soiling herself and leaking feces at the popular indoor fitness competition, has apologized for continuing to race and forfeited her win.