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A Turkish court sentences a Syrian woman to life in prison for a bombing in Istanbul in 2022

Apr. 26, 2024 07:29 AM EDT

ISTANBUL (AP) — A court on Friday sentenced a Syrian woman to life in prison for a deadly explosion on a busy shopping district in Istanbul in 2022, Turkey's state-run news agency reported. Alham Albashir was given seven consecutive life sentences after being convicted on terrorism...

Hamas releases video showing well-known Israeli-American hostage

Apr. 24, 2024 18:21 PM EDT

JERUSALEM (AP) — Hamas released a hostage video on Wednesday showing a well-known Israeli-American man who was among scores of people abducted by the militants in the attack that ignited the war in Gaza. The video was the first sign of life of Hersh Goldberg-Polin since Hamas’...

Iran rejects Argentina's request to arrest interior minister over 1994 bombing at Jewish Center

Apr. 24, 2024 15:25 PM EDT

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Iran lashed out at Argentina on Wednesday after the South American country sought the arrest of Iran's Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi over his alleged involvement in the deadly 1994 bombing of a Buenos Aires Jewish community center. Without...

China blasts US military aid to Taiwan, saying the island is entering a 'dangerous situation'

Apr. 24, 2024 05:17 AM EDT

BEIJING (AP) — China on Wednesday blasted the latest package of U.S. military assistance to Taiwan on Wednesday, saying that such funding was pushing the self-governing island republic into a “dangerous situation.” The U.S. Senate late Tuesday passed $95 billion in war aid to...

Philippine troops kill 12 suspected Muslim rebels in clash that wounded 7 soldiers

Apr. 22, 2024 23:54 PM EDT

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine troops killed the leader of a small Muslim rebel group and eleven of his men blamed for past bombings and extortion in a clash in the country’s south, military officials said Tuesday. Seven soldiers were wounded in the hourlong gunbattle...

A sticky bomb explodes in Kabul, killing 1 and wounding 3 in a mostly Shiite Hazara neighbourhood

Apr. 20, 2024 14:51 PM EDT

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A sticky bomb exploded in a mostly Shiite neighborhood of the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday, killing one person and wounding three others, a police official said. The bomb was attached to a car and the blast killed the driver. The spokesman for the...

Indonesian police arrest 8 suspected militants, part of a banned extremist group with al-Qaida links

Apr. 20, 2024 06:21 AM EDT

PALU, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s elite counterterrorism police arrested eight suspected militants in recent days believed to be part of a new cell linked to Jemaah Islamiyah, an al-Qaida-linked group, authorities said Saturday. Police conducted raids in Central Sulawesi...

Oklahoma City bombing still 'heavy in our hearts' on 29th anniversary, federal official says

Apr. 19, 2024 22:44 PM EDT

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Federal officials are resolved never to allow a terrorist attack like the Oklahoma City bombing happen again, Deputy Homeland Security Adviser Caitlin Durkovich told survivors and loved ones of the 168 people killed in the April 19, 1995, bombing Friday. ...

US envoy to UN visits Nagasaki A-bomb museum, pays tribute to victims

Apr. 19, 2024 08:20 AM EDT

TOKYO (AP) — The American envoy to the United Nations called Friday for countries armed with atomic weapons to pursue nuclear disarmament as she visited the atomic bomb museum in Nagasaki, Japan. Linda Thomas-Greenfield, who became the first U.S. cabinet member to visit Nagasaki,...

Today in History: April 19, 80 killed in Waco Siege, 168 killed in Oklahoma City bombing

Apr. 19, 2024 00:01 AM EDT

Today is Friday, April 19, the 110th day of 2024. There are 256 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On April 19, 1993, the 51-day siege at the Branch Davidian compound near Waco, Texas, ended as fire destroyed the structure after federal agents...