France commemorates the 1961 massacre of Algerians in Paris
By ARNO PEDRAM and SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Hundreds of people, including Algerian protesters and their descendants, are…
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Rescuers: Last Jew of Kabul making his way to Israel
By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The man known as the last Jew of Kabul could soon be heading to Israel, after agreeing to grant…
Continue ReadingRussia sees highest daily new COVID case number
By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russia is reporting its largest daily number of new coronavirus infections, more than 70% up on the…
Continue ReadingFather of suspect in UK lawmaker’s slaying is ‘traumatized’
By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The father of a man held for the fatal stabbing of a British lawmaker during a meeting with local…
Continue Reading2 arrested in Athens for protesting Beijing Olympics
By DEMETRIS NELLAS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Two women attempted to hang a banner from the Acropolis in Athens Sunday morning in…
Continue ReadingGambian Toufah Jallow tells of surviving rape by dictator
By CARLEY PETESCH Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Toufah Jallow first became popular as Gambia’s scholarship winner in a contest for young…
Continue ReadingShooting in Syria could mark new phase in Israeli campaign
By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The death of a former Syrian Druse lawmaker, allegedly by Israeli sniper fire, could mark a new…
Continue ReadingCenter-right parties lead in Kosovo’s municipal vote
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Center-right opposition parties in Kosovo are leading in municipal elections held Sunday in the small Balkan nation but…
Continue ReadingHeavy rains, landslides leave 18 dead in south India
The Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — At least 18 people have died a day after torrential rains swept through villages and flooded roads in the…
Continue ReadingVolunteers in the sky watch over migrant rescues by sea
By RENATA BRITO Associated Press ABOARD THE SEABIRD (AP) — A humanitarian effort seeks to monitor human rights violations and assist in the rescue…
Continue ReadingHouse fire in eastern Pakistan kills 7 family members
MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — Officials say police are investigating after a fire overnight in eastern Pakistan killed seven family members. The fire…
Continue ReadingJapan’s premier sends offering to controversial Tokyo shrine
By MARI YAMAGUCHI The Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s new Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has donated religious offerings to a Tokyo shrine…
Continue ReadingGang with past abductions blamed for kidnapping missionaries
By DÁNICA COTO and EVENS SANON Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A notorious Haitian gang known for brazen kidnappings and killings…
Continue ReadingShip owner, operator of interest in California oil spill
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard has designated the Mediterranean Shipping Company and others as parties of interest in an…
Continue ReadingRussian filmmakers land after shoot aboard space station
By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — A Soyuz space capsule carrying a cosmonaut and two Russian filmmakers has landed after a 3 1/2-hour…
Continue ReadingStrike dodged with deal between film and TV crews, studios
By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — An 11th-hour deal has been reached and a strike that would have shut down film and…
Continue Reading‘The Batman’ trailer unveils Pattinson in dark, violent turn
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Warner Bros. has unveiled its trailer for “The Batman,” which features Robert Pattinson’s first bone-crunching turn as a…
Continue ReadingRobert Durst hospitalized with COVID-19, his lawyer says
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A lawyer says Saturday that New York real estate heir Robert Durst has been hospitalized after contracting COVID-19. His…
Continue ReadingUniversity offers to rehire prof acquitted of ties to China
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The University of Tennessee at Knoxville has offered to reinstate a professor who was acquitted of federal charges that…
Continue ReadingVenezuela halts talks after Maduro ally’s extradition to US
By JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Venezuela’s socialist government said it would suspend negotiations with its opponents in…
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