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International rescue teams arrive in Bosnia after devastating floods and landslides
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Rescue teams from Bosnia's neighbors and European Union countries on Sunday were joining efforts to clear the rubble and find people still missing from floods and landslides that devastated parts of the Balkan country. Bosnia sought EU help after...
Rescue teams search for missing after floods, landslides kill at least 16 in Bosnia
JABLANICA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Rescue teams on Saturday searched for those still missing after flash floods and landslides hit parts of Bosnia, killing at least 16 people and injuring scores more. Construction machines worked to remove piles of rocks and debris covering the...
Rainstorms and heavy floods hit large parts of Bosnia, killing at least 16 people
KISELJAK, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — A severe rainstorm struck Bosnia overnight Friday, killing at least 16 people in floods and landslides in several towns and villages in central and southern parts of the country, with surging waters rushing into people's homes as they were sleeping. ...
At least 14 people killed in floods in Bosnia-Herzegovina, local official says
Dutch adopt US war graves to harbor memories of the country's liberation 80 years ago
MARGRATEN, Netherlands (AP) — In the rolling hills of the southern Netherlands, locals have vowed to never forget the American and other Allied soldiers who gave their lives in the fight to liberate towns and villages from the Nazi occupation in World War II. Nowhere is the...
Argentina ends Brazil's dominance in blind football and advances to Paralympic final against France
PARIS (AP) — The streak is over for the Brazilian men’s blind football team. The Brazilians had never lost in 20 years of Paralympic competition — until rival Argentina beat them 4-3 in a penalty shootout Thursday night to reach the final. After a goalless draw,...
11th victim found after a boat carrying migrants capsized on a river on the Serbia-Bosnia border
BRATUNAC, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — A man's body was pulled out of the Drina River on the border between Serbia and Bosnia on Friday, bringing to 11 the number of people who drowned when a boat carrying migrants capsized a day earlier, Serbian police said. The body of an...
Baby among at least 10 people who drowned after migrant boat overturned on Serbia-Bosnia border
BRATUNAC, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — A boat carrying migrants from the Middle East overturned while crossing the Drina River from Serbia to Bosnia, drowning at least 10 people, officials in the two Balkan countries said Thursday. Serbian police received a call around 5 a.m. from...
School employee kills at least 3 people in a Bosnian town, police say
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — A school employee shot and killed three people Wednesday in a town in northwestern Bosnia, police said. The shooter was severely injured after trying to kill himself. The shooting took place around 10 a.m. local time at a secondary school in...
Lawmakers from 6 countries say Beijing is pressuring them not to attend conference in Taiwan
BEIJING (AP) — Lawmakers from at least six countries said Chinese diplomats were pressuring them not to attend a China-focused conference in Taiwan, in what they described as efforts to isolate the self-governed island. Politicians in Bolivia, Colombia, Slovakia, North Macedonia,...