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Barcelona commuter train crashes, killing 1, days after deadly train collision in Spain 01/20/2026 07:44pm • BARCELONA, Spain (AP) ��� A Barcelona commuter train crashed Tuesday after a retaining wall fell onto the tracks, Spanish regional authorities said, killing at least one person and injuring 37 others. The crash in Catalonia in northeastern Spain came just two days after a separate deadly train coll South African authorities revise death toll in school bus crash to 12 as driver is arrested 01/20/2026 11:21am • JOHANNESBURG (AP) ��� South African authorities on Tuesday revised the death toll in a school bus crash to 12 children and announced the driver had been arrested and would face criminal charges. The privately operated minibus collided head-on with a truck early Monday morning while carrying children Philippine coast guard rescues 1 and searches for 12 missing after motorboat vanishes 01/20/2026 06:02am • MANILA, Philippines (AP) ��� Philippine authorities on Tuesday rescued a crew member of a motorboat and were searching for 12 others including business people who were out fishing for leisure, officials said. The boat Amejara left a wharf in southern Davao city Saturday night with nine passengers an Death toll in Spanish train collision rises to 40 as authorities fear more bodies could be found 01/19/2026 01:42pm • ADAMUZ, Spain (AP) ��� Regional Spanish officials said Monday that at least 40 people are confirmed dead in a high-speed rail collision the previous night in the country's south when the tail end of a train jumped the track, causing another train speeding past in the opposite direction to derail. Ju A look at some of Europe���s deadliest train accidents in recent years 01/19/2026 05:57am • MADRID (AP) ��� A high-speed train derailment in southern Spain has left at least 39 people dead and injured more than 150, according to authorities. Rail travel in Europe is a common, relatively affordable and convenient way for many Europeans and tourists to travel. Major railway accidents have de High-speed trains collide after one derails in southern Spain, killing at least 21 01/18/2026 11:35pm • ADAMUZ, Spain (AP) ��� A high-speed train derailed, jumped onto the track in the opposite direction and slammed into an oncoming train Sunday in southern Spain, killing at least people 21 and injuring dozens more, the country's transport minister said. The tail end of an evening train traveling fro Indonesian rescuers find a body near wreckage of a plane that crashed with 11 aboard 01/18/2026 10:30am • JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) ��� Indonesian rescuers on Sunday recovered a body in their search for 11 people aboard a plane that crashed while approaching a mountainous region on Sulawesi island. The body of a man was retrieved from a ravine about 200 meters (656 feet) deep on the slope of Mount Bulusa Artemis II is on the move 01/17/2026 10:04pm • I hope you had the chance to tune in to WTOP on Saturday for our live team coverage of the Artemis II rollout. If you did, you joined thousands of NASA employees, family members, contractors, press corps and likely millions more worldwide to see for the first time the Artemis II moon rocket in al Indonesian plane with 11 people vanishes in mountainous region and a search is underway 01/17/2026 10:45am • JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) ��� A passenger aircraft carrying 11 people lost contact with ground control Saturday while approaching a mountainous region between Indonesia���s main island of Java and Sulawesi island, officials said. A search and rescue operation has been launched. The turboprop ATR 42-50 Pakistan road crashes kill at least 24 people and injure 45 others 01/17/2026 09:23am • ISLAMABAD (AP) ��� A truck plunged into a canal and a passenger bus overturned, in separate road crashes hours apart in Pakistan on Saturday, killing at least 24 people and injuring 45 others, officials said. The first crash happened in Sargodha, a city in the eastern Punjab province, where a truck Indonesian officials say a regional passenger aircraft carrying 11 people is missing and a search is underway 01/17/2026 08:44am • JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) ��� Indonesian officials say a regional passenger aircraft carrying 11 people is missing and a search is underway. Judge rules feds in Minneapolis immigration operation can���t detain or tear gas peaceful protesters 01/17/2026 06:40am • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ��� Federal officers in the Minneapolis area participating in its largest recent U.S. immigration enforcement operation can���t detain or tear gas peaceful protesters who aren't obstructing authorities, including when these people are observing the agents, a judge in Minnesota ruled The Latest: Trump thanks Iran for halting executions as allies discourage US from striking 01/16/2026 09:10pm • President Donald Trump took the unusual step on Friday of thanking the Iranian government for not following through on executions of what he said was meant to be hundreds of political prisoners. ���Iran canceled the hanging of over 800 people,��� Trump told reporters while leaving the White House to Why Thailand's deadly construction accidents are sparking outrage and scrutiny 01/16/2026 11:44am • BANGKOK (AP) ��� Thailand���s construction industry is under intense scrutiny following a series of high-profile deadly accidents. These include a crane falling onto a moving passenger train this past week and the collapse of an office tower a year ago that killed nearly 100 workers. Public concern Today in History: January 16, Bush announces Operation Desert Storm 01/16/2026 04:10am • Today is Friday, Jan. 16, the 16th day of 2026. There are 349 days left in the year. Today in history: On Jan. 16, 1991, in a televised address to the nation, U.S. President George H.W. Bush announced the start of Operation Desert Storm, a combat operation that drove Iraqi forces out of Kuwait. Also