Houthis, aid group: Death toll from prison airstrike at 82
CAIRO — The death toll from a Saudi-led coalition airstrike that hit a prison run by Yemen’s Houthi rebels climbed to at least 82 detainees, the rebels and an aid …
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‘They came with a knife’: Afghan journalists face attacks and arrests
KABUL — Under Taliban rule, journalists are being threatened, attacked and detained for their work while others, many of them women, have been forced from their jobs. Afghan journalist Zaki …
Read More1 NYPD officer killed, 1 seriously hurt in Harlem shooting: official
NEW YORK — A New York Police Department officer was killed and another gravely injured Friday night after responding to a domestic disturbance call, according to a law enforcement official. …
Read MoreHaitian judge in charge of president’s murder investigation quits
PORT-AU-PRINCE — The Haitian judge overseeing the investigation into the July assassination of President Jovenel Moise said in a letter on Friday he had withdrawn from the case, deepening the …
Read More3 Canadians shot, 2 killed, at Mexican resort: local officials
One Canadian has been killed and two others injured in a shooting at a Mexican resort near Playa del Carmen on Friday, local officials have reported. Quintana Roo state security …
Read MoreDebris from Russian missile test nearly strikes a Chinese satellite
A piece of debris created by Russia’s recent anti-satellite test came within striking distance of a Chinese satellite Tuesday, in an encounter the Chinese government has called "extremely dangerous." The …
Read More3 Canadians shot, 1 killed, at Mexican resort: local officials
One Canadian has been killed and two others injured in a shooting at a Mexican resort near Playa del Carmen on Friday, local officials have reported. Quintana Roo state security …
Read MoreThich Nhat Hanh, poetic peace activist and master of mindfulness, dies at 95
Thich Nhat Hanh, the Zen Buddhist monk, poet and peace activist who in the 1960s came to prominence as an opponent of the Vietnam War, died on Saturday aged 95 …
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Ukraine invasion a ‘suicidal’ decision, would be end of Putin’s regime: historian
A Russian-American historian says a full-scale war between Russia and Ukraine would have "tragic" consequences for the Ukrainians, and would lead to the end of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s regime. …
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U.S. suspends 44 U.S flights by Chinese carriers after China action
WASHINGTON — The U.S. government said on Friday it would suspend 44 China-bound flights from the United States by four Chinese carriers in response to the Chinese government’s decision to …
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