Hong 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…
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Indonesian 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 ReadingTaliban crush opposition across Afghanistan, as chaos builds at airport
CNN By Rob Picheta, Saleem Mehsud and Tim Lister, CNN The Taliban have moved swiftly to crush early opposition to their rule across Afghanistan,…
Continue ReadingWoman testifies R. Kelly sexually abused her when she was 16
By Sonia Moghe, CNN Federal prosecutors in New York began their case against R. Kelly with graphic testimony from a woman who says the R&B…
Continue ReadingJudge tosses case against 3 Honolulu police officers accused in the killing of a 16-year-old
By Aya Elamroussi and Andy Rose, CNN The three Honolulu police officers who faced various murder charges over the killing of a 16-year-old boy will…
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…
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…
Continue ReadingPersephone, the robot guide, leads visitors in a Greek cave
By COSTAS KANTOURIS Associated Press ALISTRATI, Greece (AP) — Persephone is not your ordinary robot. Billed as the world’s first robot used as a…
Continue ReadingPersephone, the robot guide, leads visitors in a Greek cave
By COSTAS KANTOURIS Associated Press ALISTRATI, Greece (AP) — Persephone is not your ordinary robot. Billed as the world’s first robot used as a…
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Umatilla tribal member nominated to lead National Park Service
President Joe Biden has nominated Oregon resident and tribal citizen Charles F. “Chuck” Sams III to head the National Park Service.…
Continue ReadingRussia was ready for Taliban’s win due to longtime contacts
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — When the Taliban swept over Afghanistan, Russia was ready for the rapid developments after…
Continue ReadingAs tanks rolled in 1991, AP photographer sprang into action
By ALEXANDER ZEMLIANICHENKO Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — On Aug. 19, 1991, a group of top Communist Party hard-liners declared they had removed…
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