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Yemen officials: US airstrikes hit al-Qaida area

AP - World News - Fri, 2026-05-01 18:30
SANAA, Yemen (AP) -- Yemeni military officials said Sunday that U.S. aircraft carried out four airstrikes in a southern province where al-Qaida-linked militants control several key towns....

Yemen drives al-Qaida from 2 major strongholds

AP - World News - Fri, 2026-05-01 18:30
SANAA, Yemen (AP) -- Yemeni troops backed by armed tribesmen routed al-Qaida on Tuesday from two southern strongholds the terror network had held for more than a year, the most significant victory so far in a monthlong offensive against a local franchise that has tried time and again to bomb U.S.-bound planes....

Mother, 79, free after stand-off

BBC - News - Fri, 2026-05-01 18:30
A man is arrested after allegedly holding his 79-year-old mother captive for 28 hours at a house in the West Midlands.
Categories: BBC, News

Jamaican drug lord faces sentencing in US case

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2026-05-01 18:30
NEW YORK (AP) -- U.S. authorities say Jamaican drug kingpin Christopher "Dudus" Coke was so ruthless that he once ordered a rival killed with a chainsaw....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Jamaican drug lord faces sentencing in US case

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2026-05-01 18:30
NEW YORK (AP) -- U.S. authorities say Jamaican drug kingpin Christopher "Dudus" Coke was so ruthless that he once ordered a rival killed with a chainsaw....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Jamaican drug lord faces sentencing in US case

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2026-05-01 18:30
NEW YORK (AP) -- U.S. authorities say Jamaican drug kingpin Christopher "Dudus" Coke was so ruthless that he once ordered a rival killed with a chainsaw....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Jamaican drug lord faces sentencing in US case

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2026-05-01 18:30
NEW YORK (AP) -- U.S. authorities say Jamaican drug kingpin Christopher "Dudus" Coke was so ruthless that he once ordered a rival killed with a chainsaw....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Autopsy: Italian hostage shot 4 times

CNN - Top Stories - Fri, 2026-05-01 18:30
An Italian who was killed during a failed hostage rescue attempt in Nigeria was shot four times, a doctor told reporters.
Categories: CNN, News

Remains found in Mexico came from ancient cemetery

AP - World News - Fri, 2026-05-01 18:30
SAN CRISTOBAL, Mexico (AP) -- A representative of Mexico's main anthropology agency says the remains of 167 people found in a cave in the country's south were part of a pre-Hispanic cemetery dating back some 1,300 years....

Remains found in Mexico came from ancient cemetery

AP - World News - Fri, 2026-05-01 18:30
SAN CRISTOBAL, Mexico (AP) -- A representative of Mexico's main anthropology agency says the remains of 167 people found in a cave in the country's south were part of a pre-Hispanic cemetery dating back some 1,300 years....

Double sacrifice: Family loses sons in Afghanistan

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2026-05-01 18:30
PRESCOTT, Ark. (AP) -- When their older brother Jeremy died in Afghanistan, Ben and Beau Wise did what loyal brothers and soldiers do. They stood solemnly in uniform at his memorial, laid red roses in front of his picture, and Ben spoke bravely to a chapel full of loved ones who came to mourn....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Hague facing drones legal action

BBC - News - Fri, 2026-05-01 18:30
Human rights lawyers are to launch an action against the foreign secretary over the alleged use of intelligence in aiding US drone attacks in Pakistan.
Categories: BBC, News

Service of 'sorrow and solidarity'

BBC - News - Fri, 2026-05-01 18:30
Hundreds gather to mourn six soldiers killed in Afghanistan
Categories: BBC, News

GCHQ praises Cyber Security champ

BBC - News - Fri, 2026-05-01 18:30
A University of Cambridge undergraduate wins an internet defence competition backed by the intelligence service GCHQ.
Categories: BBC, News

Government can't keep up with information requests

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2026-05-01 18:30
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration couldn't keep pace with the increasing number of people asking for copies of government documents, emails, photographs and more under the U.S. Freedom of Information Act, according to a new analysis of the latest federal data by The Associated Press....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

VIDEO: Afghan blast soldiers remembered

BBC - News - Fri, 2026-05-01 18:30
A service of remembrance has taken place at Halifax Minster to commemorate the lives of the six soldiers who died in Afghanistan.
Categories: BBC, News

Springsteen tops UK album chart

BBC - News - Fri, 2026-05-01 18:30
Bruce Springsteen has topped the UK album chart for a ninth time with his new collection Wrecking Ball, the Official UK Charts Company says.
Categories: BBC, News

Syria observer chief says violence derails mission

AP - World News - Fri, 2026-05-01 18:30
BEIRUT (AP) -- The head of the U.N. observers in Syria said Friday a spike in bloodshed is derailing the mission to monitor and defuse more than a year of violence, raising questions about how effective the unarmed force can be in a conflict that every day looks more like a civil war....

The Hazards of Empire

Opinion Journal - Fri, 2026-05-01 18:30
King Leopold never set foot in the colony he plundered so cruelly. After his death, Belgium governed the Congo in quite a different way. Martin Rubin reviews "Selling the Congo."


Double sacrifice: Family loses sons in Afghanistan

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2026-05-01 18:30
PRESCOTT, Ark. (AP) -- When their older brother Jeremy died in Afghanistan, Ben and Beau Wise did what loyal brothers and soldiers do. They stood solemnly in uniform at his memorial, laid red roses in front of his picture, and Ben spoke bravely to a chapel full of loved ones who came to mourn....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US
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