Taliban claim they unaware of al-Qaida leader in Afghanistan
By RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban say they are investigating what they described as “claims” that al-Qaida chief…
Continue ReadingAP National News
Iran nuclear talks in Vienna as Tehran expands enrichment
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press Negotiators from Iran, the U.S. and the European Union resumed monthslong, indirect talks over Tehran’s tattered…
Continue ReadingAfter Supreme Court ruling, it’s open season on US gun laws
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court ruling expanding gun rights threatens to upend…
Continue ReadingAustralia to protect Barrier Reef by banning coal mine
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s new government announced on Thursday it plans to prevent development of a…
Continue ReadingFamily of comatose boy seek to have him moved to hospice
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The family of a comatose boy who have fought to prevent doctors from ending his life-support…
Continue ReadingRussians shell city near Europe’s largest nuclear plant
By SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces shelled a Ukrainian city close to Europe’s biggest nuclear power plant…
Continue ReadingShip Ukraine says is carrying stolen grain leaves Lebanon
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s transport minister has tweeted that a Syrian ship that Ukraine says is carrying stolen Ukrainian grain has left a…
Continue ReadingTaiwan cancels flights as China holds military drills
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Taiwan has canceled airline flights as China fired missiles near the island in retaliation for a…
Continue ReadingBank of England predicts recession at the end of the year
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The Bank of England projected Thursday that the United Kingdom’s economy will enter a recession at…
Continue ReadingSydney realtor says deaths of Saudi sisters not random crime
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The Sydney apartment where the bodies of two Saudi sisters were found in June is back on…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: Why is China staging drills around Taiwan?
BEIJING (AP) — China is staging live-fire military drills in six self-declared zones surrounding Taiwan in response to a visit by U.S. House…
Continue ReadingFire triggered by explosions spreads in Berlin city forest
By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — A large fire has broke out in one of Berlin’s biggest forests, triggered by several…
Continue ReadingPalestinians left in tense limbo by Israeli expulsion order
By SAM McNEIL Associated Press AL-FAKHEET, West Bank (AP) — After repeatedly rebuilding his home only to have it demolished by Israeli soldiers,…
Continue ReadingItaly’s Salvini puts focus on migration ahead of Sept. vote
By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Italy’s former firebrand interior minister, Matteo Salvini, is campaigning to get his old job…
Continue ReadingMali’s capital Bamako boosts security fearing jihadi attacks
By BABA AHMED Associated Press BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Bamako, Mali’s bustling riverside capital of more than 2.5 million people, is on heightened…
Continue ReadingAsian stock markets rise ahead of US jobs data
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets rose Friday ahead of an update on the health of the U.S. jobs market while…
Continue ReadingCliff Branch’s speed led to Hall of Fame after long wait
By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer Cliff Branch was the epitome of what Al Davis coveted in a receiver during his decades running the Raiders.…
Continue ReadingWNBA’s Griner convicted at drug trial, sentenced to 9 years
By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press KHIMKI, Russia (AP) — A judge in Russia convicted American basketball star Brittney Griner of drug possession and…
Continue ReadingRights group says Sri Lanka harassed, intimidated protesters
By KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — An international human rights group says Sri Lanka’s government is using emergency…
Continue ReadingChina stresses ties with Southeast Asia in Cambodia meeting
By DAVID RISING Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is stressing his country’s efforts to strengthen…
Continue Reading