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New Zealand police begin arrests for gang symbol ban as new law takes effect
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A ban on New Zealanders wearing or displaying symbols of gang affiliation in public took effect on Thursday, with police officers making their first arrest for a breach of the law three minutes later. The man was driving with gang insignia displayed...
Greek police say they have seized explosives and weapons in an Athens apartment building
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek police said Wednesday they had seized explosives and weapons in a search of a storage area in an apartment building in Athens. The search comes about two weeks after raids on five locations in Athens uncovered large quantities of explosives and firearms...
ICC sentences al-Qaida-linked former police chief to 10 years for war crimes in Mali
THE HAGUE (AP) — The International Criminal Court sentenced an al-Qaida-linked extremist leader to 10 years in prison on Wednesday for war crimes and crimes against humanity carried out when he headed the Islamic police in the historic desert city of Timbuktu in the west African country of Mali....
Human smuggling trial witness says he shuttled over 500 Indian migrants into the US
FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (AP) — A man convicted of human smuggling testified Tuesday that he shuttled more than 500 Indian migrants across the U.S.-Canada border over four years as part of an international smuggling ring that prosecutors said led to the deaths of a family of four. ...
Residents in Haiti's capital stand with police in a battle to repel the latest gang attack
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Gangs launched a new attack on Haiti’s capital early Tuesday, targeting an upscale community in Port-au-Prince where gunmen clashed with residents who fought side by side with police. The attack on Petionville was led by the Viv Ansanm group, whose...
Middle East latest: Workers search through rubble in eastern Lebanon where Israeli strike killed 13
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
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
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
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
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...
