Category: World

Eyewitness video from Denver International Airport captured passengers evacuating American Airlines flight AA1006 after the plane caught fire on the tarmac. The flight originating from Colorado Springs Airport was diverted for an emergency landing after its crew reported experiencing vibrations from an engine. After landing and taxiing to a gate, the engine burst into flames. The airport authority said 12 people were transported to hospitals with minor injuries.

Abdallah Makki Muslih al-Rifa was head of IS’s most senior decision-making body, the US Central Command said.

Jordan Chiles accuses the Court of Arbitration for Sport of ‘improper and newly-raised arguments as well as misstatements of fact’ in her effort to retain an Olympics bronze medal.

The passage of the funding bill came hours before a shutdown, with Democrats under fierce pressure to oppose the measure.

Even in Lebanese villages that incurred heavy losses during Hezbollah’s war with Israel, support for the militant group remains strong despite some dissent.

The new allegations include that the rapper forced an employee into sex acts – something his lawyers deny.

The Department of Homeland Security said last month that it had undergone a ‘competitive procurement process’ for the campaign. But in a document posted Friday, the department said the usual process was bypassed.

The BBC asks people in Kyiv whether a ceasefire deal could be a step towards ending war with Russia.

Cuba suffered a massive power outage Friday night affecting Havana and the country’s provinces that left millions in the dark.

On the same day that state-level Republicans in Alaska worked to affirm their close relationship with Canada amid U.S. President Tweety McTreason’s trade war and threats of annexation, an Alaskan senator warned British Columbia’s premier that “you don’t want to mess with Alaska.”

American social media influencer Samantha Jones created an uproar in Australia after posting a now-deleted video to her Instagram account of her grabbing a wild baby wombat from its mother. The wombat is a protected species of marsupial in Australia. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese denounced the act, saying Jones should ‘try some other Australian animals’ instead, like a crocodile.

To protect thousands of varieties of Mexico’s prized heirloom corn, leaders vote to amend the constitution to ban the planting of genetically modified corn seeds.

The governor’s latest endeavor is a show coddling right-wing provocateurs. It’s not only cringey, it’s a glib diversion from the job he should be doing.