Top UAE security chief visits Turkey after years of tension
By SUZAN FRASER and AYA BATRAWY Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President President Tayyip Erdogan has hosted a top security…
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Indonesian police arrest elephant poacher, ivory buyers
By RISKA MUNAWARAH Associated Press BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian police say they have arrested an elephant poacher in Aceh province…
Continue ReadingGerman on trial for killing 5, injuring 18 in car rampage
BERLIN (AP) — A 51-year-old man has gone on trial in Germany for a vehicle rampage that killed five people in the western city of Trier last year.…
Continue ReadingAs winds calm, firefighters find hope battling French blaze
LE LUC, France (AP) — A fire that has ravaged forests near the French Riviera for four days is slowing down as winds and hot weather subside. But…
Continue ReadingIsrael eases restrictions on blood donations by gay men
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s health minister says he has lifted restrictions on blood donations by gay men, saying the longstanding query posed to…
Continue ReadingEU foreign chief calls fall of Kabul “catastrophe”
By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s foreign policy chief has called the fall of Afghanistan’s capital and the…
Continue ReadingKhmer Rouge official on appeal denies complicity in genocide
By SOPHENG CHEANG and DAVID RISING Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — The last living member of Pol Pot’s inner circle denied…
Continue ReadingStart-up US airlines say bookings sag as COVID cases rise
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer The nation’s two newest passenger airlines are showing signs of growth — raising money and announcing new…
Continue ReadingKenyan guard who wrote on Qatar abuses fined, leaves country
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Kenyan security guard who wrote compelling dispatches under a pseudonym about the challenges of living as a…
Continue ReadingHong Kong police seize meth, heroin worth $25 million
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong police say they have seized 195 million Hong Kong dollars ($25 million) worth of illegal drugs as part of a monthslong…
Continue ReadingIndonesian police arrest 53 linked to new militant cell
By NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian police say they have arrested at least 53 suspected militants in recent…
Continue ReadingNigerian police say 9 pupils taken in new school kidnapping
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian police say gunmen have abducted nine students on their way home from an Islamic…
Continue ReadingBombing hits Pakistan Shiite procession, killing at least 3
By ASIM TANVEER Associated Press MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police say a powerful roadside bomb has exploded among a procession of Shiite…
Continue ReadingHong Kong grants quarantine exemption to Nicole Kidman
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s government says it has granted a quarantine exemption to an individual to perform “designated professional work”…
Continue ReadingTop German court rejects appeals in neo-Nazi killings case
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s highest court has rejected the appeals of three people who were convicted in one of the country’s most high-profile…
Continue ReadingHezbollah says Iranian fuel tanker to sail to Lebanon soon
By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The leader of the Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group said Thursday that an Iranian fuel tanker…
Continue ReadingGreek wildfires: Major blaze on the wane, but not controlled
By SRDJAN NEDELJKOVIC and ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press THEA, Greece (AP) — A Greek minister says a major wildfire that has ravaged a pine…
Continue ReadingChina pushes adoption of language, cultural symbols in Tibet
BEIJING (AP) — A top Chinese official says “all-round efforts” are needed to ensure Tibetans speak Chinese and share the “cultural…
Continue ReadingTaliban suppress more dissent as economic challenges loom
By AHMAD SEIR, TAMEEM AKHGAR, KATHY GANNON and JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban violently dispersed scattered…
Continue ReadingAsia stocks fall as delta variant worries take center stage
By ANNABELLE LIANG Associated Press SINGAPORE (AP) — Asian stock markets are mostly lower as worries surrounding the spread of the delta variant…
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