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By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The new governor of a northwestern Iranian province has been slapped in the…

By ADEL OMRAN Associated Press TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Libya’s chief diplomat says the transitional government is working to hold long-awaited…

By SAMYA KULLAB and TAMEEM AKHGAR Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Officials say a roadside bombing targeting a Taliban vehicle in…

By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Republicans in at least four states where Democrats control the governor’s office, the…

By DAVID CRARY and HOLLY MEYER Associated Press There’s an intriguing subplot to President Joe Biden’s meeting with Pope Francis this coming…

By ANNIE MA Associated Press Complications wrought by the pandemic persist in schools and often fall hardest on those least able to weather them.…

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Corrections Commissioner Burl Cain says prison employees will do…

By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — As Election Day approaches in Virginia, one thing is certain: The state will elect its…

PALERMO, Italy (AP) — U.S. actor Richard Gere is officially on the witness list to testify at the trial against Italy’s right-wing former…

By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russia is reporting a record high number of coronavirus infections and COVID-19 deaths as the country…

By BABAR DOGAR Associated Press LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — A party spokesman and witnesses say thousands of supporters of a banned radical Islamist…

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Police say a fire in a town in northern Bosnia has killed six people and injured several others. The fire on…

VIENNA (AP) — Austria’s chancellor has warned that unvaccinated people could face new lockdown restrictions if coronavirus case numbers…

By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka has announced plans to offer booster shots to front-line workers…

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Around 575 inmates have been freed after a jailbreak in southwest Nigeria. It was the third…

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s security forces say they have killed 16 militants in separate shootouts during raids against extremists and…

By AYA BATRAWY Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — One of the world’s largest oil producers, Saudi Arabia, has announced it aims…

By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL AP Science Writer NEW DELHI (AP) — Bangladesh says it will present its climate prosperity plan to lessen the effects of climate…

PARIS (AP) — A former politician who called for the overthrow of the French government has been charged with terrorism in connection with what…

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and leading Democratic lawmakers, including Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet and…