Month: September 2022

CAIRO (AP) — Seven people have been killed in tribal clashes that erupted in a restive province of Sudan. The state-run SUNA news agency reported on Friday that the fighting kicked off the previous day and left another 23 people wounded. A nightly curfew was imposed and gatherings were banned in the areas where clashes

By MOISES CASTILLO and CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — Since the summer of 2021, when Nicaragua President Daniel Ortega locked up dozens of political opponents ahead of November’s presidential elections, Nicaraguans have been seeking asylum in Costa Rica at the highest levels since Nicaragua’s political crisis exploded in April 2018.

By SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s Supreme Court has granted bail to a prominent human rights activist who has spearheaded a campaign to hold officials responsible for deadly 2002 anti-Muslim riots in western Gujarat state. Teesta Setalvad was granted bail on Friday, more than two months after she was detained on

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will travel to Indonesia and Singapore on his first overseas trip since taking office in June to strengthen security ties and discuss problems confronting the region, including strife in Myanmar. Philippine officials say Marcos Jr. will also fly to the United States this month to speak

By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI, ERANGA JAYAWARDENA and KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has returned to the country after he fled in July after tens of thousands of protesters stormed his home and office in a display of anger over the country’s economic crisis. Rajapaksa flew into

BRUSSELS (AP) — Europe’s top human rights body is calling on the Netherlands government to drastically improve reception conditions for asylum seekers. Hundreds of people have been left stranded in recent weeks outside the main Dutch registration center. The Council of Europe’s human rights commissioner, Dunja Mijatovic, said Friday conditions at the Ter Apel center

BERLIN (AP) — The German government has confirmed that families of 11 Israeli athletes killed by Palestinian militants at the 1972 Munich Olympics will receive a total of 28 million euros (dollars) in compensation. The figure — which includes payments already made — had previously been reported by German and Israeli media but not officially

PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech Republic’s coalition government has survived a parliamentary no-confidence vote over its handling of the energy crisis and a scandal involving the head of one of the country’s spy agencies. Lawmakers from the five-party coalition defeated the motion following a debate that took some 22 hours. The opposition accused the coalition

HERAT, Afghanistan (AP) — Taliban officials and a local medic say an explosion tore through a crowded mosque in western Afghanistan, killing 18 people, including a prominent cleric close to the ruling Taliban. They say at least 23 people were hurt. The blast went off in a mosque in the western city of Herat during

By CIARÁN GILES Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Gibraltar says some heavy fuel continues to seep from a damaged and partly sunken bulk carrier ship off its shore. The government says that despite Thursday’s efforts to halt a slick, smaller amounts were still leaking Friday. The government says there are reports of small numbers of

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A court in military-ruled Myanmar has sentenced a former British ambassador to the Southeast Asian nation to a year in prison for failing to register her residence. A government spokesperson says former envoy Vicky Bowman’s husband, a Myanmar national, was also given a one-year sentence for the

BERLIN (AP) — Police in Germany say they have arrested a 20-year-old man in connection with a fatal attack on a 25-year-old man at a gay pride event in the western city of Muenster last month. The victim had come to the aid of other participants at the Aug. 27 Christopher Street Day event after

PARIS (AP) — France’s national anti-terrorism prosecutor has warned of an increased threat of attacks on French soil by Islamic extremists coming from Iraq and Syria. Jean-Francois Ricard said in an interview Friday on French news broadcaster BFM TV that terrorist acts carried out “by individuals coming from areas where terrorists are operating, especially the

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo are announcing $1 billion in federal grants for manufacturing, clean energy, farming, biotech and more. The grants announced Friday go to 21 regional partnerships across the nation. The government chose the winners from 529 applicants that vied for grants

By RAQUEL REDONDO Associated Press MADRID (AP) — The shrieks of fear-infused excitement as bulls charge through the streets of many Spanish towns during wildly popular summer festivals echo in sharp contrast to the number of people who have died after being gored this year. Bull runs may be a beloved spectacle for locals and

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An Israeli attack targeting a Syrian airport tore a hole in the runway and also damaged a nearby piece of tarmac and structure on the military side of the airfield, satellite photos analyzed Friday by The Associated Press showed. The attack Wednesday night on

BERLIN (AP) — Two earthquakes hit Liechtenstein just as lawmakers in the tiny Alpine principality were debating the pros and cons of quake insurance. Lawmaker Bettina Petzold-Maehr had just warned that the chances of all Liechtenstein citizens being affected by an earthquake striking the country was high when the first small temblor hit shortly before

By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India has commissioned its first home-built aircraft carrier as it seeks to counter regional rival China’s much larger and growing fleet, and expand its own indigenous shipbuilding capabilities. The INS Vikrant, whose name is a Sanskrit word for “powerful” or “courageous,” is India’s second operational aircraft

FRANKFURT (AP) — Hundreds of Lufthansa flights have been canceled as pilots stage a one-day strike to press their demands for better pay and conditions at Germany’s biggest carrier. The airline said about 800 flights were grounded Friday at its two biggest hubs, Frankfurt and Munich, due to the walkout. It said more than 100,000

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The head of the U.S. Environment Protection Agency says advanced nuclear technology will be “critical” for both the United States and Japan as they step up cooperation to meet decarbonization goals. Michael Regan, after holding talks with his Japanese counterpart Akihiro Nishimura in Tokyo, told a joint

By JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Imagine if they could bottle a potion called “Just Serena.” That was Serena Williams’ succinct, smiling explanation for how she’d managed — at nearly 41, and match-rusty — to defeat the world’s second-ranked player and advance Wednesday to the third round of a U.S. Open

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Officials say planes carrying fresh aid from the United Arab Emirates and Uzbekistan have landed overnight at an airport near Pakistan’s capital. Officials said Friday that the two flights are part of the humanitarian air bridge established last month after floods wreaked havoc in this impoverished Islamic

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — British International Trade Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan has promised wide-ranging support to Australia in developing and maintaining a fleet of nuclear-powered submarines. Trevelyan was speaking in the Australian city of Adelaide on Friday at the end of a nine-day tour of Britain’s two new free trade partners,

By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli lawmaker Itamar Ben-Gvir calls his Arab colleagues “terrorists.” He wants to deport his political opponents, and in his youth, his views were so extreme that the army banned him from compulsory military service. Yet today, the populist lawmaker who was once relegated to the

By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer Stocks gave up an early rally and closed lower Friday, marking their third losing week in a row and extending Wall Street’s late-summer slump. Major stock indexes initially climbed broadly following the government’s latest job market report, which showed employers slowed their hiring in August. The report put traders

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A court in Myanmar has sentenced the country’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to three years’ imprisonment after finding her guilty of involvement in election fraud. The ruling adds more jail time to the 17 years she is already serving for other offenses. It also imperils

By ALMUDENA CALATRAVA and DANIEL POLITI Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — As Argentina’s powerful Vice President Cristina Fernández stepped from her car outside her apartment building and began shaking hands with a throng of well-wishers, a man pushed forward with a gun, pointed it just inches from her face and pulled the trigger

By BERNARD CONDON Associated Press Chicago is one of the nation’s gun violence hotspots and a seemingly ideal place to employ Illinois’ “red flag” law that allows police to step in and take firearms away from people who threaten to kill. But amid more than 8,500 shootings resulting in 1,800 deaths since 2020, the law

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s been more than a decade since President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, welcomed back George W. Bush and his wife, Laura, for the unveiling of their White House portraits, part of a beloved Washington tradition that for decades managed to transcend partisan politics. President Joe

By DANIEL POLITI Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Two years ago, the vast majority of Chileans reached a conclusion: The constitution needs to change. Now, as voters prepare for a referendum Sunday, many Chileans think the proposed new charter will be rejected. There are frustrations over the process, questions about its content and what

By GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Cameron Taylor was watching an illegal street race that had attracted hundreds to an intersection in Portland, Oregon, but decided to leave as the crowd got increasingly unruly. Moments later, gunfire erupted and Taylor was hit by a stray bullet as he and a friend headed

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran has sent a written response in negotiations over a final draft of a roadmap for parties to return to its tattered nuclear deal with world powers. However, the U.S. cast doubt on Tehran’s offer early Friday. Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani said