Monday, October 12, 2026

Hurricane Simon's winds fell to 110 mph Monday as it crept along about 55 miles off Mexico's Cabo Corrientes. Mexico eased its hurricane warning for the mainland coast. But up to 30 inches of rain could still bring…

Russia did not confirm on Monday that it agreed to President Trump's energy ceasefire. The Kremlin said talks were still going on, and it said no to Ukraine's plan for a 60-day truce. Overnight, Russian strikes hit a…

The U.S. warned Ukraine it could lose American intel and arms if it keeps hitting Russian energy sites, CNN reported. The warnings came as President Trump announced an "energy ceasefire" on Sunday. A cutoff would hurt…

The Milwaukee Brewers beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 2-1 on Sunday night to open the NL Championship Series. Brice Turang homered off Tarik Skubal, and Luis Lara drove in the go-ahead run. Game 2 is Monday in Milwaukee…

Pope Leo XIV says he will have surgery this week at Rome's Gemelli Hospital to remove a small nodule found on his lung. He said it was caught early, and the Vatican expects about a week of recovery. Leo, 71, became the…

Delhi shut six metro stations Monday as opposition parties planned a march to India's top court. They are angry about a voter-list purge that cut more than 130 million names. Police held thousands of young protesters…

A bipartisan group of senators, including four Republicans, asked the Trump administration on Sunday to reverse its deal to buy Russian diesel, saying it breaks a 2022 ban on Russian energy imports. President Trump…

A projectile hit a passenger terminal at Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport on Sunday, killing one person and injuring 11. It came a day after a Houthi missile strike on the same terminal killed 13 people and…

Eric Lewis, 35, is charged with murder and 75 other counts in a Saturday ambush on Philadelphia police. Officer Shane Seiber, 40, was killed and his partner was hurt. Prosecutors say Lewis also shot at nine more…

Ukrainian rescuers say 23 people, including four children, died when Russian glide bombs hit a five-story apartment building in Zaporizhzhia on Saturday. Search work ended Sunday. The city of more than 700,000 sits…

Panama has recorded more than 200 aftershocks since Friday's 7.7-magnitude earthquake, and schools across the country are closed Monday. No deaths have been reported, but at least 27 people were hurt. The government…

Press freedom groups say the Justice Department's antitrust probe of ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC and Fox News is an attempt to intimidate journalists. The department says the networks' pause in White House pool coverage after…

Federal agents searched Rep. Ilhan Omar's home near Washington early Monday in a criminal probe, the Justice Department said. Fox News and CBS News say the case is about immigration papers her late father filled out…

New York City's Democratic Socialists of America chapter is demanding that Mayor Zohran Mamdani fire Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch after an ICE agent shot a man in Manhattan last week. The group says police helped…

Michigan Democrat Abdul El-Sayed said Sunday that his party must "win by massive numbers" in November because President Trump may deny the results. On NBC, he also denied claims by Republican Mike Rogers that tie him…

A federal judge on Sunday ordered the Trump administration to pull taxpayer-funded TV ads that praise President Trump. The order cancels the last ad slots and blocks new spending for two weeks. The government had spent…

Sen. Darline Graham and Democrat Annie Andrews traded sharp attacks Sunday in their only planned debate for a South Carolina Senate seat. Andrews called Graham "unserious and unqualified," and Graham called Andrews the…

President Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are weighing whether to fire Kimberly Guilfoyle, the U.S. ambassador to Greece, after reports of improper conduct, a senior official told the AP. One report says she…

Republican Sen. Thom Tillis said Sunday that President Trump may be breaking the law with his deal to ease sanctions on Russian diesel. On NBC's "Meet the Press," Tillis said the deal puts American lives at risk and…

Texas Senate candidate James Talarico said Sunday that he just had the flu. He called rumors about his health "the craziest thing I've ever heard." Republican Ken Paxton told Fox News he is not sure he believes him…

Amazon is in talks to buy AI startup Decart in a deal that could be worth about $7 billion, The Wall Street Journal reported. Decart makes tools that edit live video and simulate worlds for robots. Anthropic walked…

IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva said Monday that heavy spending on AI is keeping world growth near 3%, despite an energy supply shock. She spoke as IMF and World Bank meetings opened in Bangkok. She also warned AI could…

The Milwaukee Brewers beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 7-4 on Monday to take a 2-0 lead in the NL Championship Series. William Contreras hit a tying homer in the fifth and drove in the go-ahead run in the sixth, and four…

San Francisco receiver Mike Evans turned Seattle cornerback Trevon Diggs around to read the name on his jersey during Sunday's 32-29 win. The clip spread fast online. Evans said he did not recognize Diggs in his…

The Washington Commanders and New York Giants tied 27-27 on Sunday after Washington let time expire in overtime while in field goal range. Jayden Daniels was tackled with seconds left and no timeouts. Coach Dan Quinn…

Manchester City beat 10-man Liverpool 3-0 at Anfield on Sunday. Ryan Gravenberch was sent off in the 62nd minute, and Erling Haaland, Jeremy Doku and Rayan Cherki scored. It was City's first game since a commission…

Polish police arrested a man suspected of plotting to kill Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz. The man, a Pole in his 60s, was held Sunday in Lower Silesia after an email warning…

The governor of Yemen's besieged city of Taiz asked Saudi Arabia, other Gulf states and the UN on Sunday to help end a Houthi siege. He spoke a day after the health ministry said city hospitals were almost out of…

A Sudanese rights group says an air strike killed at least 72 gold miners near the disputed Sudan-Egypt border on Saturday. The group, Emergency Lawyers, blames Egypt's air force, which has not commented. Sudan's war…

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk says three school knife attacks this week were spontaneous acts driven by online glorification of violence. One school caretaker was killed and several people, including children, were…

Australian engineer Robert Pether has left Iraq five years after he was jailed in a contract dispute, Australia confirmed Monday. The UN called his detention arbitrary. He is headed to his family in Ireland after an…

Pakistan's president declared an emergency Sunday in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and suspended its government, led by jailed ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan's party. Islamabad says the province failed to fight militants, and…

A flash flood on Nepal's Budhi Gandaki River swept away homes and bridges in Gorkha district on Sunday. Rescuers saved 95 people, including nine foreigners, and five are missing. Officials credit text-message warnings…

German lawmakers are calling for reform after the arrest of August Hanning, who ran the BND foreign intelligence agency from 1998 to 2005. Prosecutors say he paid his former chief of staff to pass him about 2,000…

Former Irish Olympic swimming coach George Gibney, 77, is due to be sentenced in Dublin on Monday for abusing four girls in the 1970s and 1980s. A jury convicted him in July of 39 counts of indecent assault and one…

At least 139 migrants, including 15 children, died when an overcrowded boat headed for Yemen capsized off Djibouti, the UN migration agency says. Another 84 are missing, and about 82 Ethiopians survived. It is one of…

British Prime Minister Andy Burnham says it is clear Russia interfered in the 2016 Brexit referendum. He said officials confirmed it when he asked after taking office, the first time a UK leader has said so publicly…

Aides to Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich, with staff at Deloitte Cyprus, appear to have backdated documents to hide assets and avoid tax, the BBC and The Guardian report from leaked records. Superyachts, mansions…

Apple's iOS 27 update quietly blocked several ad tracking firms in Safari, and early data shows the cost. One firm says publisher ad earnings fell 10.5% among updated readers. A beta removes The Trade Desk from the…

BTS played three sold-out shows in Lima, Peru, drawing about 151,500 fans to the group's first concerts in the country, while city officials sent firefighters to cool fans waiting outside in the afternoon heat. Lima's…

Taylor Swift's 'The Life of a Showgirl' holds the top spot on the Billboard 200 for a 14th week, giving her 100 total weeks at No. 1. Only the Beatles, with 132, have more. Reissues also lifted Drake, the Beatles and…

The horror film 'Other Mommy,' starring Jessica Chastain, led the North American box office with $27.5 million despite harsh reviews. Aaron Sorkin's 'The Social Reckoning' opened in fifth place with $5.5 million…

September 2026 was the world's second-warmest September on record, 1.63C above pre-industrial levels, Europe's Copernicus climate service said. Average sea surface temperatures hit a record 21.05C for the month…

British farmers say soaring costs for red diesel, fertiliser and feed are putting farms at risk, The Guardian reports. A committee of MPs begins hearings Monday on how well the UK's food supply can survive shocks…