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Pakistani authorities share with China initial findings of probe into bombing that killed 5 Chinese

Mar. 27, 2024 12:18 PM EDT

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani authorities have shared with China the preliminary findings of an investigation into a deadly attack that killed five Chinese nationals and their Pakistani driver in the country's volatile northwest, officials said Wednesday. Authorities were...

Serbians are petitioning against a planned luxury project backed by Trump son-in-law's firm

Mar. 25, 2024 14:19 PM EDT

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — An opposition group in Serbia launched a petition Monday against a real estate development project that would be financed by the firm of Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner at the site of the former Serbian army headquarters destroyed in a NATO bombing campaign in...

3 men in Armenia attempt to storm Yerevan police station and 2 are injured by their own grenades

Mar. 24, 2024 13:54 PM EDT

YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Three men were charged with terror offences Sunday after attempting to storm a police station in the Armenian capital of Yerevan, detonating hand grenades that injured two of the attackers, an internal affairs ministry official said. A third man stood in the...

The Moscow concert hall attack wasn't the first during Putin's 25-year rule

Mar. 23, 2024 14:05 PM EDT

The attack on a Moscow concert hall where armed men opened fire and set the building ablaze, killing at least 133 people, was the latest in a long series of bombings and sieges that have unsettled and outraged Russians during Vladimir Putin's nearly quarter-century as either prime minister or...

Islamic State group claims responsibility for bombing at Afghan bank and says it targeted Taliban

Mar. 22, 2024 03:42 AM EDT

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for a deadly bombing that targeted people trying to collect their salaries at a bank in southern Afghanistan. The bombing Thursday at a branch of New Kabul Bank in Kandahar city killed three people and wounded 12 others. ...

A roadside bomb targeting security forces kills 2 soldiers and wounds 15 in Pakistan

Mar. 21, 2024 05:47 AM EDT

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) — A roadside bomb exploded near a security convoy in northwestern Pakistan on Thursday, killing two soldiers and wounding 15 others, officials said. The attack happened in Dera Ismail Khan, a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban in Khyber...

A suicide bomber attacks a bank in Afghanistan, killing at least 3 people and injuring 12 others

Mar. 21, 2024 03:54 AM EDT

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A suicide bomber carried out an attack Thursday at a private bank in Kandahar city in southern Afghanistan, killing at least three people and injuring 12 others, officials said. All of the victims were people who had gathered at the branch of New Kabul Bank to...

Today in History: March 17, Golda Meir becomes prime minister of Israel

Mar. 17, 2024 00:03 AM EDT

Today in History Today is Sunday, March 17, the 77th day of 2024. There are 289 days left in the year. This is St. Patrick’s Day. Today’s highlight in history: On March 17, 1969, Golda Meir took power in Israel, beginning a stint as prime minister...

7 soldiers killed in a suicide truck bombing and shootout in northwest Pakistan

Mar. 16, 2024 06:45 AM EDT

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A suicide bomber rammed his explosive-laden truck into a sprawling military post in northwest Pakistan on Saturday, the military and security officials said. At least seven soldiers were killed in the bombing and ensuing shootout. Troops responding to the...

Former officer with East Germany's secret police goes on trial for a border killing in 1974

Mar. 14, 2024 07:53 AM EDT

BERLIN (AP) — An 80-year-old former officer with communist East Germany's secret police, the Stasi, went on trial Thursday over the killing of a Polish man at a border crossing in divided Berlin 50 years ago. The defendant, whose name has not been released in keeping with German...