Month: May 2023

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian media say the country has expelled four diplomats from neighboring Azerbaijan amid ongoing tensions between two nations. Friday’s report on Iranian semiofficial news outlets did not provide further details but said the four Azeri diplomats had been working in Azerbaijan’s Embassy in Tehran and its consulate in the northwestern city

By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has offered support to African countries to get a permanent seat in the U.N Security Council while on a visit to Kenya. Scholz told his host, President William Ruto, that he believes in African-led solutions to African issues such as the ongoing

By NICOLAE DUMITRACHE Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Soldiers from the International Legion of Ukraine said farewell Friday to an American military veteran they served with, who was killed a month ago in the fierce struggle to prevent the eastern city of Bakhmut from falling into Russian hands. In a funeral service at St.

By JEAN-YVES KAMALE Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — A local official in Congo says rescue efforts are underway after flooding and landslides brought on by torrential overnight rains in the eastern province South Kivu province killed more than a dozen people. Community leader Delphin Birimbi said Friday that there were 15 dead in his

By NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian officials say they are working to rescue dozens of their nationals who were trafficked to Myanmar to work as cyber scammers, amid an increase in human trafficking cases in Southeast Asia. Judha Nugraha, an official in Indonesia’s Foreign Affairs Ministry, said at least 20 Indonesian

DETROIT (AP) — U.S. safety regulators are investigating possible electrical problems in older Dodge Journeys after a woman was trapped and died when her SUV caught fire in December. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says it’s investigating whether inoperative door locks and windows can prevent people from getting out of the SUVs during an

By JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press A port regulation adopted by Peru to combat illegal fishing by Chinese squid vessels appears to have driven the world’s largest overseas fishing fleet deeper into the shadows and raised the risk of forced labor. Peru in 2020 began requiring foreign fishing boats entering its ports to be tracked with

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis is seeking to encourage his embattled child protection advisory board following weeks of turmoil and a shock resignation. Francis met with his Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors on Friday. He urged its members to pursue a “spirituality of reparation” with abuse survivors and build

LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Liverpool will play the national anthem before the start of its Premier League game on Saturday to mark the coronation of King Charles III and acknowledged that “some supporters have strong views on it.” The team says it will play “God Save the King” after the league had contacted clubs playing

By The Associated Press King Charles III’s coronation Saturday will mix of a thousand-year tradition with the streaming age. The pomp and ceremony will be unmissable for U.K. residents, but what about royal watchers across the Atlantic? There are plenty of options to watch the regalia-heavy event that serves as a formal confirmation of King

ISTANBUL (AP) — Ukrainian and Russian delegates have had to be separated after a scuffle during a meeting of Black Sea countries in the Turkish capital Ankara. Oleksandr Marikovski, a Ukrainian member of parliament, landed several blows to the head of a Russian official after his Ukrainian flag was ripped from his hands during a

By SAMY MAGDY and BASSEM MROUE Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Officials say diplomats from Arab nations are planning an emergency meeting in Cairo over the weekend about fighting in Sudan and Syria’s potential return to the Arab League. A spokesman for the Arab League confirmed Sunday’s meeting. It comes as some Arab countries have

By DAVID RISING Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The owner of Russia’s Wagner military contractor threatened Friday to withdraw his troops next week from the protracted battle for the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, accusing Moscow’s military command of starving his forces of ammunition. Yevgeny Prigozhin, a wealthy entrepreneur with longtime links to Russian

By DAVID McHUGH Associated Press FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — It’s been nearly seven months since Adidas split with the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, and boxes of his popular Yeezy shoes are still piled up in warehouses. The fate of 1.2 billion euros ($1.3 billion) worth of unsold Yeezy stock is weighing on the

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Conservative Party endured big losses in early results from local elections being viewed as a test of support for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s government as a national election approaches. The opposition Labour Party and Liberal Democrats made significant gains. While the bulk of results were due

By KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press PANAJI, India (AP) — Foreign ministers from a group of nations led by China and Russia are meeting in the Indian coastal resort state of Goa, where they are expected to discuss regional security, combating terrorism and deepening economic and cultural ties. India’s Foreign Minister Subhramanyam Jaishankar in opening remarks

NAPLES, Italy (AP) — Police chief Claudio Palomba says Napoli fans celebrated in an orderly manner deep into the night following the team’s first Italian soccer league title in more than three decades. Palomba says the death of one person following an apparent gunshot wound was not linked to the celebration. There were dozens of

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A strong, shallow earthquake has hit central Japan, killing at least one person and injuring more than 20 others, but no tsunami warning was issued. The U.S. Geological Survey says the magnitude 6.2 quake struck Ishikawa prefecture on the west coast of Japan’s main island of Honshu.

BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgian authorities have arrested an Iraqi suspect accused of involvement in terror attacks in Baghdad more than a decade ago that killed hundreds of people. The federal prosecutor’s office on Sunday identified the suspect as a person in their 40s who has been living in Belgium since 2015. It said the suspect

By SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s May 14 presidential election could be the toughest challenge yet in the two-decade rule of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. It comes amid a devastating earthquake and soaring inflation — problems that Turkey faced as Erdogan was in the early stages of his political career more

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Apple is leading a rally Friday after Wall Street’s most influential stock reported a better profit than feared. Stocks of beaten-down banks are also leaping to recover a smidgen of their sharp losses from a brutal week. The S&P 500 was 1.5% higher in afternoon

By SYLVIA HUI, JOHN MYERS JR. and KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — When King Charles III is crowned on Saturday, soldiers carrying flags from the Bahamas, South Africa, Tuvalu and beyond will march alongside British troops in a spectacular military procession in honor of the monarch. For some, the scene will affirm the

By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Sudanese migrants in Israel are watching the fighting roiling their nation with trepidation. They fear that the further Sudan sinks into chaos and violence, the longer they are likely to remain unrecognized asylum seekers in a country that has granted them few protections. Their backers

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Friday he would declare his allegiance to King Charles III at the monarch’s coronation despite believing that Australia should have its own head of state. Albanese voted in a failed referendum in 1999 for an Australian citizen to replace the

By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A lawyer for a Colorado woman who repeatedly stabbed and then shot her 11-year-old stepson before driving his body across the country says the brutality of the attack is the strongest evidence that the killing was the result of a “psychotic break.” The claim came during closing

By MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Three fired police officers who pleaded to misdemeanor charges in the death of an 8-year-old girl killed when they opened fire outside a high school football game near Philadelphia are set to be sentenced Friday. Former Sharon Hill officers Brian Devaney, Devon Smith and Sean Dolan have

By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — American bars and restaurants gear up every year for Cinco de Mayo, offering special deals on Mexican food and alcoholic drinks for the May 5 holiday that is barely celebrated south of the border. In the United States, the date is largely seen as a celebration of

By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — To the casual viewer, competing at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show might look pretty simple: Get a dog. Groom it. Pose it. Lead it around a ring. But there’s a lot more than that to getting to and exhibiting in the United States’ most prestigious

WASHINGTON (AP) — China was the biggest global jailer of journalists last year with more than 100 behind bars, according to a press freedom group, as President Xi Jinping’s government tightened control over society. Xi’s government also was one of the biggest exporters of propaganda content, according to Reporters without Borders. China ranked second to