Aug. 2 (UPI) — The United States is demanding the release of 50 remaining hostages Hamas has held in Gaza since 2023, as protesters held a rally in Tel Aviv’s “Hostage Square” on Saturday. U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff announced the United States has formulated a plan to return all of the remaining hostages, The…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Cellphones are banned inside Kentucky classrooms under a new law, but specific policies are being left up to individual districts. There are exceptions to the law for cellphone use during instructional time, but otherwise students aren’t allowed to have their phones out during class. More Local News: Kentucky Derby memorabilia, including…
July 26 (UPI) — A group of “armed terrorists” killed six and injured 22 during a Saturday morning attack on a courthouse in Zahedan, Iran, Iranian Interior Minister Eskandar Momeni announced. Armed militants attacked during the early morning rush hour, but were opposed by the courthouse security team, Iran’s state-run Islamic Republic News Agency reported….
July 21 (UPI) — Notorious Ecuadorian gang leader Jose Adolfo Macias Villamar has been extradited to the United States, where he is expected to make his first court appearance on Monday. President Daniel Noboa of Ecuador confirmed late Sunday that Macias, leader of the Los Choneros gang and who is also known as Fito, has…
The Chinese government is preventing a Wells Fargo employee, as well as an employee of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, from leaving the country. File Photo by Larry W. Smith/EPA-EFE July 20 (UPI) — The Chinese government is preventing a Chinese American banker for Wells Fargo and, separately, an employee of the U.S. Patent…
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (R) walks with Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu during their meeting in Pyongyang, North Korea, on June 17 to discuss a “special military operation” in Russia’s Kursk region. File Photo by North Korean Central News Agency/EPA July 17 (UPI) — Russian and North Korean officials violated U.N. resolutions…
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China on Tuesday. EPA/LUKAS COCH NO ARCHIVING AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND OUT July 15 (UPI) — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese met with Chinese President Xi Jinping Tuesday in Beijing as part of a nearly…
Apple’s largest iPhone producer, Foxconn, reportedly ordered over 300 of its India-based Chinese workers to return to China, but for unspecified reasons. Foxconn manufactures more than 70% of Apple’s iPhones and now leaves a staffing shortage. File Photo by Keizo Mori/UPI | License Photo July 2 (UPI) — Apple’s largest iPhone producer has reportedly ordered…
North Korea fired around 10 rounds from multiple-launcher rocket systems, Seoul’s military said Thursday, one day after South Korea held joint air drills with the United States and Japan. File Photo by KCNA/EPA-EFE SEOUL, June 19 (UPI) — North Korea fired around 10 rounds from multiple-launcher rocket systems, Seoul’s military said Thursday, one day after…