World
- Sat. 11/14
International Criminal Court closes the Afghanistan war crimes case that could have reached U.S. troops; Taliban case goes on
Judges said prosecutors had not shown they could do more in the 2020 investigation. Arrest warrants for Taliban leaders stay in force.
- Sat. 11/14
Congo’s Ebola outbreak passes 11,000 cases and 5,000 deaths as armed attacks slow the response, UN says
About 400 to 500 new cases are still found every week, the World Health Organization says, mostly in remote villages.
- Sat. 11/14
Zelensky says a 100 mph limit on SpaceX’s Starshield is letting Russian drones get through, as one damages a Kyiv hospital
Ukraine says the cap keeps its interceptor drones from catching jet-powered Shaheds. SpaceX says nothing has changed.
- Fri. 11/13
Kenya starts a 42-day countdown to declaring its Ebola outbreak over after its last patient goes home
If no new case appears, Kenya will be declared free of the disease on Dec. 23. Nine people were infected and two died.
- Fri. 11/13
Pope Leo XIV returns to Peru, where he served as a missionary and bishop, and tells crowds “I am at home here”
He met President Keiko Fujimori and six survivors of clergy abuse in Lima. On Friday he returns to Chiclayo, the diocese he once led.
- Fri. 11/13
Indonesia’s vice president, Gibran Rakabuming Raka, resigns after a court ruling on his school credentials
President Prabowo Subianto accepted the letter Thursday. Lawmakers must now choose a successor from two names Prabowo sends them.
- Fri. 11/13
Ukraine and Russia both say a large prisoner exchange is coming after U.S. envoys meet Putin in Moscow and Zelensky in Dublin
Zelensky says Kyiv is counting on the biggest swap of the war. The Kremlin says the terms are still being worked out.
