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EU leader praises Serbia for its advances in EU membership bid despite growing Russian influence
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Friday praised the Serbian president for meeting her and other European Union leaders instead of attending a Russia-organized summit of developing economies held earlier this week. Serbia has close ties...
A deadly attack at a police station in Bosnia is an act of terrorism, prosecutors say
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — An attack by a teenager who broke into a police station in northwest Bosnia — killing one officer and wounding another — was described as an act of terrorism by authorities on Friday. The assault happened around 9 p.m. in the town of Bosanska...
Teenager stabs police officers in a police station in Bosnia, killing 1 and wounding another
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — A teenager broke into a police station in northwest Bosnia on Thursday, killed one officer with a knife and wounded another, police said. The attack happened around 9 p.m. in the town of Bosanska Krupa. The assailant, born in 2009, went into the...
Residents and activists in central Bosnia clean up a lake after massive floods
JABLANICA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Residents and activists on Sunday pulled out heaps of debris and trash from a lake in a central Bosnian region that was devastated by deadly floods and landslides more than two weeks ago. Using boats and motor vehicles, the volunteers scooped...
A photojournalist is fatally stabbed on a California trail. His teen son is charged in his death
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A photojournalist who covered world events such as the conflict in the former Yugoslavia, the fall of the Berlin Wall and Nelson Mandela's release from prison was fatally stabbed during a weekend hike in the San Gabriel Mountains and his 19-year-old son has been charged in the...
Several thousand attend a funeral service in southern Bosnia for 19 killed in devastating floods
JABLANICA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Several thousand mourners in southern Bosnia converged Tuesday around 19 caskets covered in traditional Islamic green cloth, part of a funeral service held for those killed during the destructive floods and landslide s that hit the country in early October. ...
Death toll in Bosnia's floods reaches 26, with at least 1 person still missing 10 days after storm
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — The death toll from this month's devastating floods and landslides in Bosnia has reached 26 people while rescue teams are searching for at least one more person still missing some 10 days after a rainstorm caused havoc in the Balkan country, authorities said on...
Zelenskyy will present his Ukraine 'victory plan' to Western leaders but Biden meeting is postponed
DUBROVNIK, Croatia (AP) — Ukraine's president on Wednesday said he intends to present his “victory plan” to Western leaders this week, but a weekend meeting to discuss it has been postponed as U.S. President Joe Biden said he had to stay home to respond to Hurricane Milton’ s landfall in...
International rescue teams arrive in Bosnia after devastating floods and landslides
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Rescue teams from Bosnia's neighbors and European Union countries on Sunday were joining efforts to clear the rubble and find people still missing from floods and landslides that devastated parts of the Balkan country. Bosnia sought EU help after...
Rescue teams search for missing after floods, landslides kill at least 16 in Bosnia
JABLANICA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Rescue teams on Saturday searched for those still missing after flash floods and landslides hit parts of Bosnia, killing at least 16 people and injuring scores more. Construction machines worked to remove piles of rocks and debris covering the...
