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All 5 attackers killed, ending Somalia hotel siege in which 3 soldiers died

Mar. 15, 2024 09:10 AM EDT

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Security forces in Somalia say they have killed all five attackers who laid siege to a hotel in a normally secure area of the capital. Police spokesperson Kasim Roble said Friday that three soldiers were killed and 27 people injured in the Thursday night...

Haiti is preparing itself for new leadership. Gangs want a seat at the table

Mar. 12, 2024 21:59 PM EDT

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Politicians across Haiti are scrambling for power after Prime Minister Ariel Henry announced Tuesday that he would resign once a transitional presidential council is created. But elbowing their way into the race are powerful gangs that control 80% of...

Today in History: March 6, Supreme Court issues Dred Scott decision

Mar. 06, 2024 00:05 AM EST

Today in History Today is Wednesday, March 6, the 66th day of 2024. There are 300 days left in the year. Today’s highlight in history: On March 6, 1857, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Dred Scott v. Sandford, ruled 7-2 that Scott, a slave, was not an...

France's 2 key farmers unions suspend protests after the government offers new measures

Feb. 01, 2024 13:00 PM EST

PARIS (AP) — France’s two major farmers unions announced they would lift country-wide blockades Thursday, shortly after the prime minister introduced new measures aimed at protecting their livelihoods that they described as “tangible progress.” However, farmer activists who...

French farmers aim to put Paris 'under siege' in tractor protest. Activists hurl soup at 'Mona Lisa'

Jan. 28, 2024 17:06 PM EST

PARIS (AP) — France's interior ministry on Sunday ordered a large deployment of security forces around Paris as angry farmers threatened to head toward the capital, hours after climate activists hurled soup at the glass protecting the “Mona Lisa” painting at the Louvre Museum. ...

Russia marks 80 years since breaking the Nazi siege of Leningrad

Jan. 27, 2024 12:25 PM EST

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — The Russian city of St. Petersburg on Saturday marked the 80th anniversary of the end of a devastating World War II siege by Nazi forces with a series of memorial events attended by Russian President Vladimir Putin and close allies. The Kremlin leader...

Man on trial for killing young woman whose friends pulled into wrong driveway says 'my soul is dead'

Jan. 19, 2024 17:59 PM EST

FORT EDWARD, N.Y. (AP) — A man who fatally shot a 20-year-old woman after the car she was riding in mistakenly drove up his backcountry driveway in upstate New York testified at his trial Friday that he believed he was under siege that night and now feels “like my soul is dead.” ...