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Sweden says the military will help the police with some duties as gang violence escalates

Sep. 29, 2023 11:10 AM EDT

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden’s prime minister said Friday that the military will soon assist the police with some duties to help deal with an unprecedented crime wave that has shocked the Scandinavian country with almost daily shootings and bombings. Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson...

Dozens dead after blast in southwestern Pakistan at a rally celebrating birthday of Islam's prophet

Sep. 29, 2023 10:00 AM EDT

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A suspected suicide bomber blew himself up among a crowd of people celebrating the Prophet Muhammad’s birthday in southwestern Pakistan on Friday, killing at least 52 people and wounding nearly 70 others, authorities said, in one of the country's deadliest attacks...

Sweden's leader turns to the military for help as gang violence escalates

Sep. 28, 2023 14:55 PM EDT

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden’s prime minister on Thursday said that he’s summoned the head of the military to discuss how the armed forces can help police deal with an unprecedented crime wave that has shocked the country with almost daily shootings and bombings. Getting the...

Cuba's ambassador to the US says Molotov cocktails thrown at Cuban embassy were a 'terrorist attack'

Sep. 26, 2023 19:49 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Cuba’s ambassador to the United States says a weekend incident in which at least one incendiary device was thrown into the Cuban embassy compound was a “terrorist attack.” The Cuban embassy's chief of mission, Lianys Torres Rivera, told The Associated Press...

A Molotov cocktail is thrown at the Cuban Embassy in Washington, but there's no significant damage

Sep. 25, 2023 16:05 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — At least one Molotov cocktail was thrown at the Cuban Embassy in Washington, but there was no significant damage and no one was injured. U.S. law enforcement officials were investigating. Secret Service officers were called around 8 p.m. Sunday to respond to the...

Kosovo mourns a slain police officer, some Serb gunmen remain at large after a siege at a monastery

Sep. 25, 2023 11:27 AM EDT

PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo on Monday observed a day of mourning for the Kosovar Albanian police officer killed by Serb gunmen in the north of the country in one of the worst confrontations since it declared independence from Serbia in 2008. About 30 masked men in combat...

Israeli airstrikes hit Gaza for the 3rd day in a row as West Bank violence intensifies

Sep. 24, 2023 12:50 PM EDT

NOUR SHAMS REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank (AP) — Israeli airstrikes struck militant sites in Gaza on Sunday for the third straight day, the Israeli military said, after Palestinian militants near the border fence launched incendiary balloons into Israel and threw an explosive at soldiers. The strike...

The death toll from a truck bomb at a checkpoint in Somalia rises to 21

Sep. 24, 2023 06:23 AM EDT

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — The death toll from a bombing attack at a government checkpoint in central Somalia has reached 21, authorities said Sunday. The number of wounded in Saturday's truck bombing in Beledweyne stood at 52, said Abdifatah Mohamed Yusuf, director general of the...

Uganda's president says airstrikes killed 'a lot' of rebels with ties to Islamic State in Congo

Sep. 23, 2023 09:55 AM EDT

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni said Saturday that recent airstrikes against rebels with ties to the Islamic State group in eastern Congo have killed “a lot” of the militants, possibly including a notorious bomb maker. The statement issued by the...

A 13-year-old boy found shot in the woods was a victim of Sweden's gang violence, prosecutor says

Sep. 21, 2023 22:54 PM EDT

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A 13-year-old boy found dead in woods near his home in the suburbs of Stockholm earlier this month was the latest victim of a deadly gang war in Sweden, a prosecutor said Thursday. Milo, who was only identified by his first name, had been shot in the head...