Amid turmoil, Afghanistan pavilion arrives at Dubai’s Expo
By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Afghanistan’s pavilion has finally arrived at the first world’s…
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Russia says it could boost supplies to ease Europe gas costs
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — The Kremlin says Russia has the potential to boost natural gas supplies to Europe as surging…
Continue ReadingKuwaiti plane lands in Turkey following bomb threat
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A Turkish official says a Kuwaiti passenger plane has made an emergency landing at Trabzon airport in northern Turkey…
Continue ReadingHaley, Scott, Rubio advising group pushing for GOP diversity
By MEG KINNARD Associated Press A group intent on expanding Republican power across state-level offices is rolling out a national effort to diversify…
Continue ReadingIranian FM in Beirut discusses ‘positive’ Iran-Saudi talks
By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Iran’s foreign minister says he discussed with officials in Beirut the “positive” effects of…
Continue ReadingAmbush attack in central Mali kills 9 soldiers, wounds 11
By BABA AHMED Associated Press BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Mali’s army has said that gunmen ambushed army troops in the West African country’s…
Continue ReadingRussia hits a new record for COVID-19 infections this year
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s daily coronavirus infections have soared to their highest level so far this year…
Continue ReadingSpanish volcano eruption shuts airport, area still ‘tense’
MADRID (AP) — The airport on the Spanish island of La Palma has shut down again due to ashfall from a volcano that has been erupting for almost…
Continue ReadingUS-China challenge: Easing tensions despite differences
By KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — In a relationship as fraught as America’s and China’s, just an agreement that talks were…
Continue ReadingDeath toll in Cyclone Shaheen rises to 14 after body found
DUBAI. United Arab Emirates (AP) — The death toll from Cyclone Shaheen that crashed through Oman has risen to 14 after the sultanate found the body…
Continue ReadingKosovo war veterans plead innocent to witness intimidation
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Prosecutors at a European Union-backed Kosovo war crimes court say that two leaders…
Continue ReadingMoroccan police thwart migrants targeting Spanish enclave
MADRID (AP) — Moroccan police have thwarted an attempt by several hundred migrants to force their way into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta on the…
Continue ReadingGreek lawmakers to vote on major defense pact with France
By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s lawmakers are debating and voting on a broad five-year defense pact signed…
Continue ReadingRemnants of Black church uncovered in Colonial Williamsburg
By BEN FINLEY Associated Press WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) — The brick foundation of one the oldest Black churches in the United States has been…
Continue ReadingBiden, a convert to vaccine mandates, champions compliance
By ZEKE MILLER and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press ELK GROVE VILLAGE, Il. (AP) — President Joe Biden is championing COVID-19 vaccination…
Continue ReadingAustrian leader hopes to stay on amid bribery allegations
BERLIN (AP) — Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz is denying wrongdoing and making clear he doesn’t plan to step down despite being under…
Continue ReadingReliance Retail to open 7-Eleven outlets in India
NEW DELHI (AP) — The 7-Eleven empire is coming to India. India’s Reliance Retail Ventures says it has set a franchise agreement with…
Continue ReadingAssailants fatally shoot 2 schoolteachers in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Police say assailants have fatally shot two schoolteachers in Indian-controlled Kashmir in a sudden rise in targeted…
Continue ReadingGlobal stocks rise ahead of closely watched US hiring data
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Global stock markets have risen as investors wait for U.S. jobs data that might influence a…
Continue ReadingSaudi court upholds 20-year term for critic, draws US rebuke
By AYA BATRAWY Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A court in Saudi Arabia has upheld a 20-year prison term imposed on a Saudi aid…
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