Amid tensions, Bosnian Serbs celebrate outlawed holiday
by RADUL RADOVANOVIC Associated Press BANJA LUKA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Under growing international pressure over their leader’s…
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Iraq’s new parliament holds 1st session marked by disarray
By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s new parliament has reelected its speaker for a second term, the first step toward…
Continue Reading Biden’s low profile on Guantanamo rankles as prison turns 20
By BEN FOX Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Advocates for closing the Guantanamo Bay detention center were hopeful when President Joe Biden took…
Continue Reading Biden shied away from news conferences, interviews in Year 1
By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As President Joe Biden wraps up his first year in the White House, he has held fewer news…
Continue Reading Saudi princess freed after nearly 3 years in jail
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Advocates say that Saudi authorities have released a princess detained in the kingdom under mysterious…
Continue Reading Pakistani police say they killed 6 militants in southwest
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani counterterrorism police say they have killed six militants from the Islamic State group in an overnight raid at a…
Continue Reading Spanish police nab drug smugglers who used helicopters
MADRID (AP) — Spanish police say they have dismantled a drug-trafficking ring that allegedly brought hashish and marijuana from Morocco to southern…
Continue Reading Snow cleared after deaths of 22 people at Pakistani resort
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Officials say roads at a popular Pakistani resort are clear after the deaths of 22 people who were stuck in their cars during a…
Continue Reading Cyprus foreign minister quits amid presidential run tussle
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus’ foreign minister has resigned his post amid swirling speculation over his intention to run for president of the…
Continue Reading German vaccine mandate may take months to pass, parties say
By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s ruling parties are hitting the brakes on plans for compulsory coronavirus vaccinations,…
Continue Reading Official: 30 Nigerian students freed after 7 months
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A government official says gunmen have released 30 Nigerian students who spent nearly seven…
Continue Reading Pope baptizes 16 babies in Sistine Chapel after year’s break
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has baptized 16 babies in the Sistine Chapel to resume a decades-old Vatican tradition. The ceremony wasn’t…
Continue Reading Kazakhstan says 164 killed in last week’s protests
By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Kazakhstan’s health ministry says 164 people, including a 4-year-old girl, have been killed in…
Continue Reading This will be South Sudan’s hungriest year ever, experts say
By SAM MEDNICK and DENG MACHOL Associated Press OLD FANGAK, South Sudan (AP) — Aid groups say more people will face hunger this year in South Sudan…
Continue Reading Sri Lanka seeks Chinese debt restructuring amid crisis
By KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The president of debt-ridden Sri Lanka has asked China for the restructuring of its…
Continue Reading US, Japan agree to keep troops on base to curb COVID spread
By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The U.S. and Japan have agreed to keep American troops within their bases as worries grew about a…
Continue Reading Prospects dim as US, Russia prepare to meet over Ukraine
By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — With the fate of Ukraine and potentially broader post-Cold War European stability at stake,…
Continue Reading Taliban arrest popular Afghan professor critical of govt
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban’s spokesman says the group has arrested a popular university professor and outspoken critic of…
Continue Reading Djokovic detention draws focus to Australia’s asylum-seekers
SYDNEY (AP) — Novak Djokovic has spent a fourth day among the unwilling occupants of Melbourne’s Park Hotel. As the tennis superstar awaited…
Continue Reading Watershed moment in NYC: New law allows noncitizens to vote
By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — More than 800,000 noncitizens and “Dreamers” in New York City will have access to the…
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