Hand grenade wounds at least six in Kabul mosque
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan police say a hand grenade has been thrown into Kabul’s largest mosque as worshippers knelt in afternoon prayer,…
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Al-Qaida leader circulates video, dispels rumor of his death
By KATHY GANNON Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — A rare video has appeared of al-Qaida’s chief praising an Indian Muslim woman who in February…
Continue ReadingAustralia and India thank Quad for new free trade deal
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — India and Australia’s trade ministers say a shared security partnership with the…
Continue ReadingEd Sheeran wins copyright case over 2017 hit ‘Shape of You’
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Grammy Award-winning songwriter Ed Sheeran has won a U.K. copyright battle over his 2017 hit…
Continue ReadingGermany arrests 4 in investigation of far-right groups
BERLIN (AP) — German authorities have arrested four alleged members of a far-right group in an investigation targeting several extremist…
Continue ReadingRights groups charge ‘ethnic cleansing’ in Ethiopia’s Tigray
By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International charge in a new report that widespread…
Continue ReadingSudanese take to the streets in anti-coup protests; 1 killed
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Thousands of Sudanese have taken to the streets in new protests against an October military coup that…
Continue ReadingEU council head suggests giving asylum to Russian deserters
By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Council president Charles Michel says European Union countries should think about…
Continue ReadingSheriff: 2 wounded, suspect dead, in shooting at SC plant
ANDERSON, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say a former employee shot and wounded two workers at an industrial plant in South Carolina before taking his own…
Continue Reading6 accused of seditious acts at Hong Kong court hearings
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong police have used a long-dormant colonial-era sedition law to arrest six people on suspicion of causing a nuisance at…
Continue ReadingStaunch crackdown supporter to run for Hong Kong’s top job
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s No. 2 official has submitted his resignation and plans to seek the top job in a sign of Beijing further tightening…
Continue ReadingGhislaine Maxwell family ‘shocked’ by denial of new trial
By LARRY NEUMEISTER and DANICA KIRKA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The siblings of Ghislaine Maxwell say they are “profoundly shocked and…
Continue ReadingFrance’s top presidential contenders: Who’s proposing what?
PARIS (AP) — Sunday’s first round of the French presidential election involves one frontrunner, centrist incumbent Emmanuel Macron, seeking a…
Continue ReadingIndonesia jails activist lawyer over Islamic radicalism
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A former Indonesian human rights lawyer who joined an Islamic hard-line group has been sentenced to three years in prison…
Continue ReadingGreece: Hospital fire in COVID-19 ward leaves 1 dead
THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Firefighters are battling a blaze in the COVID-19 ward of a hospital in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki that…
Continue ReadingBlack boxes from China Eastern crash sent to US for analysis
BEIJING (AP) — Both black boxes from a passenger plane crash in southern China last month that killed 132 people are being analyzed by U.S. experts…
Continue ReadingGerman minister backs off ending compulsory COVID isolation
By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s health minister has backed off a decision to end compulsory isolation for people who…
Continue ReadingMacron leads polls but turnout a big question in French vote
By SYLVIE CORBET The Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron is the clear favorite in the country’s presidential vote…
Continue ReadingIsrael government loses majority as religious lawmaker quits
By ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli lawmaker has quit the government’s ruling coalition after a dispute over religious…
Continue ReadingNBA at 75: 2010s featured seismic shifts on, off the court
By PAUL NEWBERRY AP National Writer Two of the NBA’s most significant dynasties emerged in the second decade of the 2000s. LeBron James teamed up…
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