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South Africa declares a national disaster over flooding and severe weather

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa on Sunday declared a national disaster over torrential rains and floods that have killed at least 30 people in the northern part of the country and damaged...

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Israeli troops kill Palestinians for crossing a vague ceasefire line that's sometimes unmarked

CAIRO (AP) — A dividing line, at times invisible, can mean life or death for Palestinians in Gaza. Those sheltering near the territory's “yellow line” that the Israeli military withdrew to as part...

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Board of Peace for Gaza is forming with ambitions for a wider mandate of other conflicts

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace,” which was initially seen as a mechanism focused on ending the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, is taking shape with ambitions to have a far...

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Trump says 8 European countries will be charged a 10% tariff for opposing US control of Greenland

NUUK, Greenland (AP) — President Donald Trump said Saturday that he would charge a 10% import tax starting in February on goods from eight European nations because of their opposition to American control...

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Trump says 8 European countries to be charged 10% tariff for opposing U.S. control of Greenland

Trump said in a social media post that Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Finland would face the tariff

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Israel objects to US announcement of leaders who will help oversee next steps in Gaza

The White House has said the executive committee will carry out the vision of a Trump-led “Board of Peace,” whose members have not yet been named.

January 17, 2026 9:34 am MST MST

Here's where Donald Trump's most jaw-dropping promises stand a year into his second term

President Donald Trump spent his first year back in office trampling political norms and testing institutional checks and balances.

January 17, 2026 6:14 am MST MST

Iran's leader calls Trump a 'criminal' for backing protests and blames demonstrators for deaths

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday branded U.S. President Donald Trump a “criminal” for supporting protesters in Iran, and blamed demonstrators...

January 17, 2026 5:45 am MST MST

NASA's new moon rocket heads to the pad ahead of astronaut launch as early as February

The 98-metre rocket began its 1.6 km/h creep from the NASA Kennedy Space Center Vehicle Assembly Building at daybreak.

January 17, 2026 10:27 am MST MST

Ukrainian delegation arrives in US for peace talks as Russia hammers energy sites

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s chief of staff said he arrived in the U.S. to discuss “the details of the peace agreement.”

January 17, 2026 10:28 am MST MST