President Donald Trump isn’t quite sure what to make of an Iranian regime figure’s imaginative assassination threat. Trump… “can no longer sunbathe in Mar-a-Lago,” said Mohammad-Javad Larijani, a top adviser to Supreme Leader of Iran Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on Iranian TV Wednesday. Larijani, the secretary general of Iran’s High Council for Human Rights, laughed as…
Streaks of light are seen amid smoke and flames resulting from an explosion in Gaza, as seen from the Israeli side of the Israel-Gaza border, July 9, 2025. A drone view shows the Maipo River bed in the Chilean Andes, where glaciers are facing the risk of rising temperatures, at a zone named Cajon del…
Considering the numerous whoppers former Rep. George Santos made before and after entering office, it makes sense that his last public statement before going to prison would also include a dubious claim. On Wednesday, he took to X to warn his supporters not to believe anything negative that might get reported: “I’m not suicidal. I’m…
Ukrainian air defence units were defending Kyiv against Russian drones early on Thursday for the second night running, with officials reporting a fire in a city-centre apartment building and drone fragments landing in different districts. At least two people were injured in the latest attacks, according to the AFP news agency. A Russian air strike…
Claim: U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, personally donated $25 million to support victims and aid efforts following the Texas flash floods of early July 2025. Rating: Rating: False In early July 2025, online users shared a rumor claiming U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, personally donated $25 million to support victims and aid efforts following devastating…
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Federal authorities in Idaho say they have ended a search in the Sawtooth National Forest after determining it was all case of mistaken identity. The search began Saturday after the U.S. Marshals Service Greater Idaho Fugitive Task Force said a family reported they saw a man who looked like Travis Decker,…
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah judge on Wednesday set an execution date for a man with dementia who has been on death row for 37 years, even as his lawyers file appeals and argue his condition is worsening. Ralph Leroy Menzies, 67, is set to be executed Sept. 5 for abducting and killing…
The Met Office said the tennis championships’ women’s final on Saturday and men’s final on Sunday could see temperatures of more than 30C and very high UV and pollen levels. Scotland is also due to hit the heatwave threshold, with temperatures on the east coast forecast to be up to 31C on Saturday and potentially…
Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at Russia’s latest attack on Ukraine, a police raid in France, and a nationwide strike in India. Overnight Attack Russia fired hundreds of drones at Ukraine early Wednesday in a massive barrage that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said marked a record number of aerial targets in a…
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Three people died in flooding Tuesday as New Mexico’s Rio Ruidoso’s banks swelled amid the summer rainy season. The village of Ruidoso and other parts of New Mexico have received more warnings in the past few years as catastrophic wildfires have left vast swaths of once forested land without enough vegetation…