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Arkansas woman pleads guilty to bomb threat against Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders
FORT SMITH, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas woman has pleaded guilty to felony charges after she threatened in a phone call to bomb the office of Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders. Sebastian County Prosecuting Attorney Daniel Shue said Susan Scott, a 66-year-old Fort Smith woman, pleaded guilty...
A suicide bomber detonates in Afghan capital, killing at least 6 people and injuring 13
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Police in the Afghan capital say a suicide bomber carried out an attack Monday, killing at least six people and injuring 13 others. The blast took place in the southwestern Qala Bakhtiar neighborhood in Kabul, said Khalid Zadran, spokesman for the Kabul police...
Poland marks the 85th anniversary of Nazi Germany's invasion at the start of World War II
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's leaders stressed the need for a strong defense in the face of war in neighboring Ukraine and redress as they led solemn ceremonies early Sunday to mark the 85th anniversary of German Nazi forces invading and bombing Polish territory at the start of World War II. ...
7 US troops hurt in a raid with Iraqi forces that left 15 suspected militants dead
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United States military and Iraq launched a joint raid targeting suspected Islamic State group militants in the country's western desert that killed at least 15 people and left seven American troops hurt, officials said Saturday. For years...
Hong Kong court convicts 1 person and acquits 6 others in landmark terrorism trial
HONG KONG (AP) — A Hong Kong court on Thursday convicted one person and acquitted six others over a thwarted bomb plot during anti-government protests in 2019, in the city's first case brought under a United Nations anti-terrorism law, according to local media. A panel of nine...
'We were expendable': Downwinders from world's 1st atomic test are on a mission to tell their story
LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (AP) — It was the summer of 1945 when the United States dropped atomic bombs on Japan, killing thousands of people as waves of destructive energy obliterated two cites. It was a decisive move that helped bring about the end of World War II, but survivors and the generations that...
A roadside bomb in southwest Pakistan kills 2 children and a woman
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A roadside bomb attached to a motorcycle went off near a police office in restive southwestern Pakistan on Saturday, killing at least two children and a woman and wounding 15 people, authorities said. The bomb seemed to have been detonated remotely and an...
French destroyer rescues 29 mariners from oil tanker stricken in Red Sea attacks by Yemen rebels
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A French destroyer rescued 29 mariners from an oil tanker that came under repeated attack in the Red Sea by Yemen's Houthi rebels, officials said Thursday, while also destroying a bomb-carrying drone boat in the area. The assault on the Sounion,...
Man arrested over 1982 IRA bombing that killed 3 police officers in Northern Ireland
LONDON (AP) — A 61-year-old man appeared in a Dublin court Thursday after being arrested in connection with an Irish Republican Army bombing that killed three Northern Ireland policemen in 1982. Martin John McCauley was arrested Wednesday on an extradition warrant and will be...
Palestinian militants claim Tel Aviv bombing that wounded 1
JERUSALEM (AP) — Hamas and another Palestinian militant group claimed responsibility on Monday for what appeared to be a failed bombing attack in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv that killed the attacker and wounded a bystander. The blast late on Sunday came as mediators were working...
