Ukraine may also get old Leopard 1 tanks from German stocks
BERLIN (AP) — Ukraine could add old Leopard 1 battle tanks from German defense industry stocks to deliveries of modern tanks that Germany and other…
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NATO urges Russia to respect nuclear pact with the US
BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO is calling on Russia to respect the only treaty it has with the United States to keep a lid on nuclear weapons expansion. The…
Continue Reading1 dead, officer wounded in shooting at Memphis library
By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities say a shooting at a Tennessee library has left one person dead and a police…
Continue ReadingAustin mayor apologizes as city struggles to restore power
By PAUL J. WEBER and DAVID SHARP Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Widespread power outages in the Texas capital stretched into a third day…
Continue ReadingOfficials: 13-year-old killed by landmine in Yemen port city
By AHMED AL-HAJ Associated Press SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Medical and security officials in Yemen say a landmine has killed a 13-year-old boy in the…
Continue Reading8 dead migrants recovered off Italian island of Lampedusa
MILAN (AP) — Italy’s coast guard says that the bodies of eight migrants have been recovered during an operation overnight that also rescued…
Continue ReadingOlympic flame to take seaborne journey to 2024 Paris Games
MARSEILLE, France (AP) — The Olympic flame is going for a sail. Instead of arriving overland the symbolic flame alighting the 2024 Paris Games will…
Continue ReadingJailed leader of Greek far-right party faces election ban
By DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s government is seeking to ban a far-right political party led by a jailed…
Continue ReadingSorry, not sorry: Some 1/6 rioters change tune after apology
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Appearing before a federal judge after pleading guilty to a felony…
Continue ReadingSweden hits out at ‘disinformation’ on child kidnappings
STOCKHOLM (AP) — The Swedish government has again sought to discredit claims that Swedish social service agencies kidnap Muslim children. Prime…
Continue ReadingCompanies pledge millions in fed effort to stem road deaths
By HOPE YEN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly 50 businesses and nonprofits including rideshare companies Uber and Lyft and industrial giant…
Continue ReadingPolice: Bus overturns in Slovenia, killing 3, injuring more
LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — Police say a bus has overturned in northeastern Slovenia, killing three people and injuring several others. The accident…
Continue ReadingTurkey says West failed to share details of security threat
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey has railed against a group of Western countries that temporarily shut their consulates in Istanbul, for a second day.…
Continue ReadingEU officials hold Kyiv talks in show of support for Ukraine
By SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Top European Union officials were due to meet Friday in Kyiv with Ukrainian President…
Continue ReadingSatellite photos: Damage at Iran military site hit by drone
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Satellite photos analyzed by The Associated Press on Friday showed damage done…
Continue ReadingDutch slavery exhibition to open at UN headquarters
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A landmark exhibition on slavery in the Dutch colonial era that was first staged at…
Continue ReadingChinese balloon soars across US; Blinken scraps Beijing trip
By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A huge, high-altitude Chinese balloon sailed across the U.S. on Friday, drawing severe…
Continue ReadingPope in South Sudan warns leaders as peace process stalls
By NICOLE WINFIELD and DENG MACHOL Associated Press JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — Pope Francis, on a novel ecumenical peace mission to the world’s…
Continue ReadingIndian tycoon Adani hit by more losses, calls for probe
By KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Shares in troubled Adani Enterprises gyrated Friday, tumbling 30% and then rebounding after more…
Continue ReadingTrain hits boys in western Germany; 1 killed, 1 injured
BERLIN (AP) — One boy was killed and another seriously injured when they were hit by a freight train in western Germany, police said Friday. The…
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