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Saudi Arabia loses bid for a seat on UN's premier human rights body
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Saudi Arabia was defeated for a seat in the U.N.’s premier human rights body Wednesday after a campaign by rights groups that accused the Saudis of serious rights violations. The 193-member General Assembly elected 18 new members to serve on the 47-nation...
Saudi Arabia executes Filipino convicted of murder despite Philippine presidential appeal
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Saudi Arabia has put to death a Filipino citizen convicted of murder despite years of efforts by the Philippines to prevent the execution, including a presidential appeal, officials said Monday. Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and other...
What to know from the UN: China, Russia have their say, and a frog metaphor makes a cameo
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — China and Russia got their turns at the U.N. General Assembly podium on Saturday, but — per usual — their top leaders didn't speak. Instead, they turned to their foreign ministers, WANG YI and SERGEY LAVROV. Wang's speech, per usual for China at the U.N.,...
Today in History: September 24, Protesting NFL players take a knee
Today is Tuesday, Sept. 24, the 268th day of 2024. There are 98 days left in the year. Today in history: On Sept. 24, 2017, more than 200 NFL players kneeled or sat during the national anthem after President Donald Trump criticized the players’ protests in a speech...
Dubois changes perceptions and muscles onto the top table of heavyweights. He wants Usyk next
Tyson Fury looked as stunned as everyone else inside Wembley Stadium after witnessing Daniel Dubois dismantle Anthony Joshua in the latest shake-up of boxing’s heavyweight division. Except Fury had other things on his mind. “Listen, that’s cost me 150 million,”...
9/11 anniversary brings Biden, Harris and Trump together at ground zero
NEW YORK (AP) — With presidential candidates looking on, some 9/11 victims’ relatives appealed to them Wednesday for accountability as the U.S. marked an anniversary laced with election-season politics. In a remarkable tableau, President Joe Biden, former President Donald Trump...
Yemen's Houthi rebels target oil tanker in the Red Sea. US says rebels also hit Saudi-flagged tanker
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An attack by Yemen's Houthi rebels targeted a Panama-flagged oil tanker in the Red Sea on Monday, authorities said, as a nearby Saudi-flagged tanker ship also allegedly came under fire from the group. The attacks are believed to be the latest in...
At least 13 people have died after a boat carrying migrants sunk off Yemen's coast, UN says
CAIRO (AP) — A boat carrying migrants sank off the coast of Yemen, leaving more than two dozen people dead or missing, the U.N. migration agency said Sunday, the latest in a string of shipwrecks that have left scores dead. Despite a nearly decade-long civil war, Yemen — which...
Former Saudi official alleges Prince Mohammed forged king's signature on Yemen war decree
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A former Saudi official on Monday alleged that Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman forged his father's signature on the royal decree that launched the kingdom's yearslong, stalemated war against Yemen's Houthi rebels. Saudi Arabia did...
Sudan's paramilitary fighters killed 85 people in an attack on a central village, residents say
CAIRO (AP) — Fighters from Sudan's paramilitary group rampaged through a central village, looting and burning and killing at least 85 people, including women and children, authorities and residents said Saturday, the latest atrocity in the country’s 18-month devastating conflict. ...
