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Middle East latest: Workers search through rubble in eastern Lebanon where Israeli strike killed 13

Nov. 15, 2024 06:38 AM EST

Rescue teams were searching Friday through rubble for missing people near the city of Baalbek in eastern Lebanon where an Israeli strike hit a civil defense center the night before, killing at least 13. All those killed in the strike on the town of Douris near Baalbek were employees...

Texas man accused of supporting ISIS charged in federal court

Nov. 14, 2024 19:37 PM EST

HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas man charged with trying to provide material support to the Islamic State group and planning violent attacks in Houston appeared in federal court Thursday. Anas Said is accused of offering his home as a safe sanctuary for members of ISIS and saying he wants to...

7 people are killed in Pakistan when a militant's car bomb accidentally explodes

Nov. 14, 2024 10:09 AM EST

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A powerful car bomb accidentally detonated at the house of a Pakistani Taliban militant in northwestern Pakistan on Thursday, killing at least two children and five suspected militants, police said. The explosion took place before dawn in the city of Mir...

A former prosecutor in southern Mexico is arrested in the grisly decapitation of a mayor

Nov. 12, 2024 20:03 PM EST

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A former prosecutor and local police official was arrested Tuesday in connection with the grisly decapitation of a mayor on Oct. 6. Officials in the southern state of Guerrero confirmed that Germán Reyes was arrested on charges of homicide for the killing of...

A powerful suicide bombing at a rail station in southwestern Pakistan kills at least 26

Nov. 09, 2024 08:00 AM EST

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A suicide bomber blew himself up at a train station in restive southwestern Pakistan on Saturday, killing at least 26 people, including soldiers and railway staff, and wounding about 62 others, some critically, officials said. The attack happened when nearly...

Kenyan man is convicted of plotting a 9/11-style attack on the US

Nov. 04, 2024 19:56 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — A Kenyan man was convicted Monday of plotting a 9/11-style attack on a U.S. building on behalf of the terrorist organization al-Shabab. A federal jury in Manhattan found Cholo Abdi Abdullah guilty on all six counts he faced for conspiring to hijack an aircraft and...

Rapper Young Thug is a free man. Here are things to know about his plea.

Nov. 01, 2024 15:57 PM EDT

ATLANTA (AP) — Rapper Young Thug is a free man after pleading guilty to gang, drug and gun charges. About 2 ½ years after he was arrested on the charges in a sprawling gang and racketeering indictment, Young Thug was released from custody Thursday evening. It was a remarkable...

Man who killed eagles on a Native American reservation gets nearly 4 years in prison

Oct. 31, 2024 20:19 PM EDT

MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — A Washington state man accused of leading a wildlife trafficking ring on a Native American reservation that killed thousands of eagles and hawks to sell on the black market was sentenced Thursday to nearly four years in prison. The trafficking ring operated...

Rapper Young Thug pleads guilty to gang, drug and gun charges

Oct. 31, 2024 19:42 PM EDT

ATLANTA (AP) — Rapper Young Thug pleaded guilty Thursday in Atlanta to gang, drug and gun charges and will be released from jail, though he could be put back behind bars if he violates the terms of his sentence. The 33-year-old Grammy winning artist, whose given name is Jeffery...

Canadian Mounties bust massive drug 'super lab' linked to transnational organized crime

Oct. 31, 2024 18:46 PM EDT

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Canadian police dismantled what they said Thursday is the largest, most sophisticated illicit drug “super lab” in the country. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police believe organized crime ran the operation where there was mass-production and...