G20 demands humanitarian access to Afghans, EU pledges cash
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — The Group of 20 nations have warned about a humanitarian catastrophe in Afghanistan as the European…
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Qatar diplomat emphasizes engagement with Taliban at forum
By AYA BATRAWY Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Qatar’s diplomatic point man for talks with the Taliban says countries should…
Continue ReadingGunmen abduct 3 Catholic seminarians in Nigeria’s northwest
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian police and school officials say that gunmen seized three student priests from a…
Continue ReadingCoroner: Gabby Petito strangled 3-4 weeks before body found
By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A coroner in Wyoming says slain cross-country traveler Gabby Petito was strangled. The…
Continue ReadingSupreme Court leaves in place Puerto Rico cockfighting ban
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is leaving in place a federal law that bars cockfighting in Puerto Rico. The high court on Tuesday turned away…
Continue ReadingLawyer: Myanmar ex-president testifies he refused to resign
By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Lawyers for Myanmar’s former President Win Myint say he has testified that he defied a demand from…
Continue ReadingObama to campaign with McAuliffe in Virginia governor’s race
By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Former President Barack Obama is coming to Richmond this month to campaign with fellow…
Continue ReadingFewer in US turn to food banks, but millions still in need
By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Hunger and food insecurity across the United States have dropped measurably over the past six…
Continue ReadingNorway PM to step down, Labor leader expected to take over
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norway’s Conservative Prime Minister Erna Solberg will step down as head of a three-party, minority center-right…
Continue ReadingBTS suits, Katy Perry dress to be sold at charity auction
By The Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The custom suits BTS wore for their Grammy Awards performance earlier this year are among the items that…
Continue ReadingSpain’s national day salutes Columbus with little opposition
By BARRY HATTON and ALICIA LEÓN Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spain has once again marked its national day with pomp, pageantry and a military…
Continue ReadingBus crash in rugged Nepal district leaves 28 dead, 15 hurt
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — At least 28 people have died in western Nepal after the bus they were on skidded off a mountain road and fell hundreds of…
Continue ReadingCoast guard: Bodies of 15 migrants brought to shore in Libya
CAIRO (AP) — Libya’s coast guard says at least 15 migrants are dead after attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea from Libya’s shores.…
Continue ReadingEU announces cuts in Baltic catches of herring, cod
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is imposing cuts in catches of cod and herring in the Baltic Sea to make sure both threatened stock and the…
Continue ReadingKaiser Permanente faces strike votes in California, Oregon
LOS ANGELES (AP) — More than 24,000 nurses and other health care workers at Kaiser Permanente in California and Oregon have overwhelmingly…
Continue ReadingAssault charges dropped against Texas woman abused as child
DENTON, Texas (AP) — Sexual assault charges have been dropped against a Texas woman who, as a child, had been rescued from a closet after suffering…
Continue ReadingRussia offers US to lift sanctions on diplomatic missions
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russia has offered the U.S. to roll back several rounds of sanctions that have hampered the…
Continue ReadingPamela down to tropical storm, but strengthening expected
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hurricane Pamela has weakened to a tropical storm off Mexico’s Pacific coast. But forecasters say it is expected to regain…
Continue ReadingFrance’s $35B innovation plan includes nuclear reactor funds
By SYLVIE CORBET The Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron has unveiled a 5-year, 30 billion-euro ($35 billion) investment…
Continue ReadingIsrael’s new PM to meet with Putin in Sochi, Russia
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel says Prime Minister Naftali Bennett will meet for the first time with President Vladimir Putin in Russia later this…
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