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Italy and Libya resume commercial flights after 10-year hiatus, officials say

Sep. 30, 2023 09:56 AM EDT

CAIRO (AP) — Italy and war-torn Libya on Saturday resumed commercial flights for the first time in a decade, authorities in the Libyan capital said. Flight MT522, operated by the Libyan carrier Medsky Airways, departed Mitiga International Airport in Tripoli for Rome's Leonardo da...

NATO beefs up its Kosovo force as the US worries about a buildup of Serb troops in the area

Sep. 29, 2023 16:38 PM EDT

PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — NATO announced Friday that it is beefing up its troop presence in Kosovo after four people were killed in a weekend shootout and as the U.S. expressed concern about a buildup of Serbian forces along the border of its former territory. Kosovo's prime minister...

Putin orders former Wagner commander to take charge of 'volunteer units' in Ukraine

Sep. 29, 2023 12:48 PM EDT

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered one of the top commanders of the Wagner military contractor to take charge of “volunteer units” fighting in Ukraine, signaling the Kremlin’s effort to keep using the mercenaries after the death of their chief, Yevgeny Prigozhin. In...

Another suit to disqualify Trump under the Constitution's 'insurrection' clause is filed in Michigan

Sep. 29, 2023 12:48 PM EDT

A liberal group on Friday filed a lawsuit in Michigan contending that former president Donald Trump is disqualified from regaining his old job based on a rarely used, post-Civil War provision in the U.S. Constitution. This is the first time an organization with significant legal...

Extremist attack kills at least 12 soldiers in Niger as jihadi violence increases post-coup

Sep. 29, 2023 06:44 AM EDT

NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — An attack by Islamic extremists in western Niger killed at least a dozen soldiers and wounded seven others, the West African nation's military junta said. The soldiers were on a mission in the Tillaberi region town of Kandadji when hundreds of jihadis on...

US imposes sanctions on former Sudanese minister and 2 companies backing the paramilitary force

Sep. 28, 2023 12:17 PM EDT

CAIRO (AP) — The United States imposed sanctions Thursday on a former Sudanese government minister and two companies tied to the African country's paramilitary force that is locked in monthslong fighting with the Sudanese army. The sanctions imposed by the U.S. Department of the...

Kosovo accuses Serbia of direct involvement in deadly clashes and investigates possible Russian role

Sep. 28, 2023 10:25 AM EDT

PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo's interior minister on Thursday accused Serbia of direct involvement in weekend clashes and was investigating the possibility of Russian involvement in the violence that left four people dead and further strained relations between the former wartime foes. ...

Bahrain says a third soldier has died after an attack this week by Yemeni rebels on the Saudi border

Sep. 27, 2023 10:35 AM EDT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Bahrain's military said a third soldier died of his wounds on Wednesday after an attack by Yemeni rebels on a Bahraini contingent patrolling Saudi Arabia's southern border. The attack on Monday, which also wounded a number of soldiers, threatened...

Bahrain rights group says 13 convicted over prison sit-in that authorities say was violent

Sep. 27, 2023 09:56 AM EDT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Bahrain has sentenced 13 prisoners to an additional three years over a sit-in held in a detention facility in 2021 that prison authorities say was violent. The Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy said Wednesday that the convictions issued...

Cassidy Hutchinson's new book says Mark Meadows' suits smelled 'like a bonfire' from burning papers

Sep. 26, 2023 13:50 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — A former aide in Donald Trump’s White House says chief of staff Mark Meadows burned papers so often after the 2020 election that it left his office smoky and even prompted his wife to complain that his suits smelled “like a bonfire.” Cassidy Hutchinson, who...