US-backed Syrian forces free women in 3-week raid of IS camp
By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — U.S.-backed Syrian fighters say they have concluded a 24-day sweep at a sprawling camp in northeast…
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US-UK relations enter new chapter as new PM, king settle in
By AAMER MADHANI and DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press LONDON (AP) — President Joe Biden arrived in London to pay his respects to Queen Elizabeth…
Continue ReadingIranian police fire tear gas at rally after woman’s funeral
TEHARN, Iran (AP) — Iranian police have fired tear gas to disperse a protest rally in the country’s west following the funeral ceremony for a…
Continue ReadingKazakhstan renames capital, extends presidential term
MOSCOW (AP) — The president of Kazakhstan has signed constitutional amendments that extend the presidential term to seven years and bring back the…
Continue ReadingOnce home to a princess, Malta remembers the queen
By KEVIN SCHEMBRI ORLAND Associated Press VALLETTA, Malta (AP) — A dilapidated villa outside Malta’s capital where a young Princess Elizabeth and…
Continue ReadingQueen’s death both challenge and reprieve for new UK leader
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Liz Truss took office less than two weeks ago, impatient to set her stamp on…
Continue ReadingChinese astronauts go on spacewalk from new station
BEIJING (AP) — Two Chinese astronauts have completed a spacewalk from a new space station that is due to be completed later this year. State media…
Continue ReadingEgypt to raise Suez Canal transit fees for ships in 2023
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt says it will increase transit fees for vessels, including oil-laden tankers, passing through Suez Canal, one of the world’s…
Continue ReadingUkraine pays tribute to Russian woman who fought on its side
By INNA VARENYTSIA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — An honor guard fired a three-gun salute toward cloudy skies as friends and…
Continue ReadingBelgrade police clash with hooligans during Pride march
By DUSAN STOJANOVIC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Riot police clashed Saturday with soccer hooligans in downtown Belgrade, where a…
Continue ReadingRecovering addicts work to help others in ‘Project Recover’
By DENISE LAVOIE AP Legal Affairs Writer CHESTERFIELD, Va. (AP) — Wearing a black T-shirt emblazoned with the word “PEER,” Joy Bogese…
Continue ReadingFamily recalls woman killed by neighbor amid target practice
By JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America GAFFNEY, S.C. (AP) — Nicholas Skylar Lucas’ gunfire typically hit the bullet-riddled rusty…
Continue ReadingQueen’s death triggers media bonanza in works for decades
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — When word came that Queen Elizabeth II was close to her death, media organizations around the world…
Continue ReadingPoland opens new sea waterway to cut dependence from Russia
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s top leaders celebrated the opening of a new canal that they say will mean ships no longer must secure Russia’s…
Continue ReadingJordan calls off rescue efforts in deadly building collapse
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Jordanian officials say they have halted rescue efforts at the ruins of a collapsed four-story building after pulling out the…
Continue Reading25 years after Kentucky school shooting, a chance at parole
By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press When 14-year-old Michael Carneal opened fire on his fellow students during a before-school prayer meeting in 1997,…
Continue ReadingIran leader appears in public after nearly two weeks
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has spoken to students in person after being out of the public eye for nearly…
Continue ReadingIt’s tapped: Germany’s Oktoberfest opens after 2-year hiatus
MUNICH (AP) — The beer is flowing at Munich’s world-famous Oktoberfest for the first time since 2019. With three knocks of a hammer and the…
Continue ReadingKyrgyzstan and Tajikistan hold talks to end border fighting
MOSCOW (AP) — The security chiefs of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan sat down for talks Saturday to stop fighting on the border between the two countries…
Continue ReadingCyprus hails US decision to fully lift weapons embargo
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus on Saturday hailed the full lifting of a U.S. arms embargo on the ethnically divided island nation as a milestone…
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