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Sri Lankans' fury forced the powerful Rajapaksa clan out. Now its heir is running for president
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — When an uprising ousted Sri Lanka's president, many saw it as the end of his powerful family’s hold on the island nation after more than 12 years of rule. Now, as Sri Lanka prepares to elect a new leader, Namal Rajapaksa is running for president. The...
Today in History: September 9, Attica prison uprising begins
Today in History Today is Monday, Sept. 9, the 253rd day of 2024. There are 113 days left in the year. Today in history: On Sept. 9, 1971, prisoners seized control of the maximum-security Attica Correctional Facility near Buffalo, New York, taking 42...
Rallies in Bangladesh mark one month since ex-premier Sheikh Hasina was ousted
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Thousands of people rallied Thursday in Bangladesh’s capital to mark one month since former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was ousted in a mass uprising sparked by students over government job quotas. Hasina fled to India on Aug. 5 after weeks of violence...
Students in Bangladesh forced out the country's leader a month ago. Where do things stand now?
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A month ago, a student-led movement ousted Bangladesh’s prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, after weeks of protests and clashes that killed over 600 people and pushed the country to the brink of chaos. What began as student protests over government jobs...
A Libyan human trafficker sanctioned by the UN has been killed in Tripoli, officials say
CAIRO (AP) — One of Libya’s most wanted human traffickers was killed Sunday in the capital, Tripoli, Libyan officials said, fueling tension in the western part of the North African country. Abdel-Rahman Milad, who commanded a coast guard unit in the western town of Zawiya and was...
Pakistan's military says insurgents have freed an army officer and 3 others abducted on Wednesday
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) — Insurgents on Saturday freed four people, including an army officer who was abducted three days ago from a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban, the military said. Lt. Col. Khalid Ameer was seized on Wednesday while he was sitting in a mosque...
Pakistani troops kill 37 militants in raids on their hideouts
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani security forces have killed 37 insurgents in multiple raids over more than a week on militant hideouts in a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban, the military said Friday. Troops also killed five insurgents elsewhere in the country's...
UN to deploy team to Bangladesh to probe rights abuses, violations during mass uprising
GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. human rights office said Friday that it will deploy a fact-finding team to Bangladesh to investigate alleged rights abuses and violations through use of excessive force by security forces to quell protests led by students against the former government this summer. ...
Separatist group claims deadliest day in recent history in Pakistan's Balochistan and threatens more
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A separatist group claimed responsibility Tuesday for the deadliest day in recent history in Pakistan's Balochistan and warned that “even more intense and widespread" attacks were coming, while the prime minister declared there would not be peace talks with the...
Gunmen kill dozens in multiple attacks in one of the deadliest days in a Pakistani province
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Gunmen in southwestern Pakistan killed at least 38 people in three separate attacks on Monday, officials said, while the military said security forces killed 21 insurgents, marking one of the deadliest days of violence in the restive Baluchistan province, with reports of...
