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Protesters march against illegal immigration, in Johannesburg, South Africa, on June 30.
Published 9 hours ago

Parliament suspends engagements with South Africa over anti-migrant violence

ABUJA (AP): Nigeria’s parliament is suspending official visits to South Africa indefinitely over anti-immigrant protests targeting other Africans. The violent protests, which erupted in South Africa earlier this year, have forced thousands of migrants to leave and caused diplomatic tensions with other African nations.

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Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged September 11 mastermind, is seen shortly after his capture during a raid in Pakistan, March 1, 2003.
Published 9 hours ago

Trial remains elusive for alleged 9/11 mastermind

NEW YORK (AP): Two decades after US authorities locked Khalid Sheikh Mohammed away at a military detention center in Cuba, the purported mastermind of the September 11 attacks sometimes seems barely…
Opposition presidential candidate Senator Flavio Bolsonaro wears protective glasses and headphones during a visit to a Honda motorcycle factory in the Manaus Free Trade Zone during a campaign event in Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil, Friday.
Updated 9 hours ago

Bolsonaro faces corruption probe weeks before elections

SAO PAULO (AP): Brazilian presidential candidate Senator Flávio Bolsonaro is under investigation for corruption, money laundering and tax evasion for receiving millions of dollars from a disgraced…
President Donald Trump greets El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele (left) at the Shield of the Americas Summit, March 7, at Trump National Doral Miami in Doral, Florida.
September 11, 2026

200,000 Salvadorans hopeful of protection from deportation

MIAMI (AP): A deadline for the Trump administration to decide whether about 200,000 immigrants from El Salvador can remain protected from deportation has passed without any public announcement,…
In this photo provided by the North Korean government, its leader Kim Jong Un and his daughter attend a commissioning ceremony of a destroyer, Kang Kon at a port in Wonsan, North Korea Sunday, September 6.
September 11, 2026

Kim’s daughter still seen as heir amid questions over son

SEOUL (AP): South Korea’s National Intelligence Service (NIS) said it is trying to determine if North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has an older son while reaffirming its assessment that his daughter is…
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (left) and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney meet in Calgary, Thursday.
September 11, 2026

Zelenskyy meets Carney to seek more military aid for Ukraine

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was in Canada yesterday for talks with Prime Minister Mark Carney, his latest international trip aimed at locking in future support for the fight against…
A general view of the New York skyline during an FDNY memorial to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026, in the Staten Island borough of New York. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith)
September 11, 2026

US marks 25 years since the September 11 attacks

NEW YORK (AP) — Americans are commemorating the 25th anniversary of 9/11, remembering the shock, the dead and the sweeping consequences of the al-Qaida attacks on symbols of US might and prosperity. …
Members of the elite tactical police unit escort six Nigerian nationals being extradited to US for participating in romance scams, in Cape Town, South Africa, Friday, September 11, 2026.
Published 19 hours ago

6 Nigerians being extradited to US for swindling women out of $6M in romance scams

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Six Nigerian nationals linked to an organised criminal network that allegedly swindled American women out of over $6 million through online romance scams will be extradited to the…
Published 18 hours ago

Former police officers in Trinidad charged with murder

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC - Two former police officers in Trinidad have been arrested and charged with murder that occurred in 2014. A police statement said that following the incident of a…
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (right) and Peruvian President Keiko Fujimori shake hands after a joint news conference at the presidential palace in Lima, Peru, on Thursday. - AP photo
September 10, 2026

Rubio pledges US won't take unilateral action against drug trafficking despite recent strikes

LIMA, Peru (AP) – US Secretary of State Marco Rubio pledged on Thursday that the United States would not take military action against narcotics traffickers in Latin American countries without the…