Weekly World News

United States  Exactly one year after President Trump took office, the federal government officially shut down after the senate was 10 votes short of approving spending measures. While there have […]

Archidona, Spain  500 Algerian migrants were intercepted to a Spanish prison after the migrant detention centers faced a space shortage. While the prison is brand-new, it is designed to hold […]

Kroonstad, South Africa  At least 18 are dead and over 260 injured after a passenger train hit two vehicles. According to a spokesman, a truck driver attempted to rush across […]

Canada  Canada’s Supreme Court ruled that the Yukon territorial government cannot rewrite a plan to protect a stretch of wilderness because the joint indigenous-government commission had agreed to it already. […]

Harare, Zimbabwe  After being put under house arrest by the military, President Robert Mugabe was removed from office, which ended his almost 40 year reign. Over the past week, thousands […]

Germany  The Federal Constitutional Court has recently decided that all public documents must allow a third gender category for people who do not identify as male or female, or they […]

New York City, New York  A man drove a pickup truck into a crowded bike path Tuesday, Oct. 31, killing eight people and injuring 12. After crashing the truck into […]

Athens, Greece  Greek police arrested a man accused of being involved with a letter bomb that seriously injured former prime minister Lucas Papademos. The man is also believed to have […]

Russia  Ksenia A. Sobchak, a 35-year-old journalist, has announced her campaign to run against the current Russian president, Vladimir Putin. The election is set for March and so far, the […]

Cairo, Egypt  The two main Palestinian factions signed a reconciliation deal after a decade of hostility and recrimination. The deal will hopefully unite the factions and provide electricity and lifesaving […]