Friday, March 20, 2026

Christchurch marks anniversary of mosque shootings

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NICK PERRY Associated Press CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) — People in the New Zealand city of Christchurch honored the 51 worshipers who were killed in...

Spain announces a lockdown, France shuts down the nightlife

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JOSEPH WILSON and GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain locked down its 46 million citizens Saturday and France ordered the closing of...

US travel ban extends to UK, Ireland; Trump eyes US limits

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COLLEEN LONG, MICHAEL BALSAMO and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump announced Saturday that the United States will broaden its European...

Iraq officials: Rocket attack hits base housing US troops

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QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — A barrage of rockets hit a base housing U.S. and other coalition troops north of Baghdad...

Rome’s eternally packed tourist sites emptied

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ROME (AP) — For years, Rome seemed to have only a high season for tourism given the Italian capital's eternal appeal with foreign visitors. Tourists...

1 year later, New Zealand mosque attacks alter many lives

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NICK PERRY Associated Press CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) — Fifty-one people were killed and dozens more injured when a lone gunman attacked two mosques in...

Iran asks for billions in loans as virus death toll climbs

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NASSER KARIMI and AYA BATRAWY Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran said Thursday it asked the International Monetary Fund for a $5 billion loan...

Brazilian who met Trump has virus; no plans to test Trump

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DAVID BILLER and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A senior Brazilian official who attended weekend events with President Donald Trump in Florida has...

Iraq will investigate attack on base that killed US troops

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SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq's military Thursday said it opened an investigation into a rocket attack hours earlier that killed three servicemen,...

News agency: Iran VP, 2 Cabinet members have new virus

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NASSER KARIMI and AMIR VAHDAT Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's senior vice president and two other Cabinet members have contracted the new coronavirus,...