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By ALFIAN KARTONO and EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press JAYAPURA, Indonesia (AP) — Separatist rebels in Indonesia’s Papua province released more…

By The Associated Press After Russia invaded Ukraine, guerrillas from Belarus began carrying out acts of sabotage on their country’s railways,…

BRUSSELS (AP) — A nationwide strike by Belgium’s public sector is slowing rush-hour traffic and affecting everything from garbage collection to…

MIAMI (AP) — Police in Miami say five suspects were taken into custody in connection with a shooting that wounded an officer on Wednesday. WTVJ-TV…

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and ABBY SEWELL Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Only a few months into its term, Iraq’s government is suddenly enforcing a…

By WANJOHI KABUKURU Associated Press MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) — Surrounded by miles of dried land and what remains of his famished livestock, Daniel…

MONTEREY, Calif. (AP) — The man convicted of killing Kristin Smart, who vanished from a California college campus in 1996, has been sentenced to 25…

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Fear rattled Wall Street Friday, and stocks tumbled on worries about what’s next to break under…

By JULIE WATSON Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — When U.S. officials at the U.S.-Mexico border stamped the Ukrainian passports of Mariia and her…

By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — With Chinese leader Xi Jinping receiving a norms-breaking third five-year term as president,…

By LISA MASCARO and JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s federal budget is a statement of his values.…

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A second volcano in remote Alaska is experiencing elevated earthquake activity, signaling an increased potential for…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s parliament has approved the central bank’s appointment of Kazuo Ueda as its…

By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Fiji’s former leader Frank Bainimarama has been released on bail after pleading not…

BEIJING (AP) — Xi Jinping has been awarded a third five-year term as China’s president, adding to signs he might stay in power for life at a…

By EILEEN NG Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin was charged Friday with corruption and money…

By JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A bill to prohibit minors from getting married in West Virginia was resurrected in the state…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised a live-fire artillery drill simulating an…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Pakistan’s foreign minister says his country is facing “a perfect storm” of…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has been invited to testify before a New York grand jury that…

By BEATRICE DUPUY Associated Press An African serval cat that was found with cocaine in its system after an escape at a traffic stop now calls the…

By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A confidential settlement has been reached in civil negligence lawsuits stemming from a December…

DETROIT (AP) — A man charged with threatening the lives of Jewish Michigan public officials on Twitter has been indicted on a hate crime charge.…

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — U.S. railroads were warned to take certain cars out of service Thursday after Norfolk Southern…

By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A bill that would allow inmates of prisons and jails in Oregon to vote in elections moved on…

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Vermont’s largest city has voted to allow noncitizens who are in the country legally to vote in local elections. The…

By LINDA DEUTSCH AP Special Correspondent LOS ANGELES (AP) — Robert Blake, the Emmy award-winning performer who went from acclaim for his acting to…

By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Republican-controlled Kansas Legislature has given final approval to a ban on transgender…

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi lawmakers are forfeiting an effort to create a state-dominated board to…

By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Mushers and their dogs in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race face plenty of variables in…