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Polish PM warns of 'revolts' if EU ignores nation-states

Mar. 20, 2023 10:07 AM EDT

HEIDELBERG, Germany (AP) — Poland’s prime minister warned Monday that Europe may see “revolts” if the European Union, of which his country is a member, turns into a “super-state government” that ignores national differences. Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki was giving a...

Syrian Kurdish force says it lost 9 fighters in Iraq crash

Mar. 17, 2023 11:43 AM EDT

QAMISHLI, Syria (AP) — The main U.S.-backed and Kurdish-led force in northeastern Syria said Friday it lost nine fighters, including a commander, when two helicopters crashed this week in neighboring Iraq. The group known as Syrian Democratic Forces said the helicopters crashed...

US Secretary of State Blinken visits Niger on Africa tour

Mar. 16, 2023 17:14 PM EDT

NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced $150 million in direct assistance to Africa's Sahel region Thursday as he visited Niger, seeking to strengthen ties with a country that has so far avoided the recent spate of military coups and Russian mercenaries destabilizing...

Students call for education reform in Hungary protest march

Mar. 16, 2023 03:38 AM EDT

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Thousands of students and other opponents of Hungary's government marched in the capital Budapest on Wednesday to demand educational reforms and a change in the Central European country's political culture. The protest, dubbed a “freedom march” by...

Pakistan: 8 insurgents, 2 kids killed in battle with troops

Mar. 15, 2023 16:42 PM EDT

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani security forces attacked a militant hideout near the Afghan border Wednesday, prompting a shootout that killed eight of the insurgents and two children and wounded two soldiers, the military said. It was unclear whose fire killed the two children during...

Army, resistance trade accusations over Myanmar killings

Mar. 14, 2023 06:40 AM EDT

BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military government has denied reports of a new mass killing of civilians by its troops, instead blaming pro-democracy resistance groups for the deaths of more than 20 people, including three Buddhist monks and a woman. Members of armed resistance groups...

Landmine blast kills 2, injures 1 in SW Pakistan

Mar. 11, 2023 10:46 AM EST

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A landmine struck the convoy of a politician in Pakistan's southwest, killing two of his private bodyguards and critically wounding a third, a local official said Saturday. Baluchistan Assembly member Sardar Khan Rind was going to his native town of Suni...

Lawmaker blasts China on human rights in front of embassy

Mar. 10, 2023 16:11 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican chairman of a special House committee targeting China called Beijing's government “bloodthirsty” and “power hungry” on Friday at a rally outside the Chinese embassy in Washington. Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Wis. attended a rally to commemorate...

Eastern Congo hit by rebel attacks; 45 civilians killed

Mar. 10, 2023 12:23 PM EST

GOMA, Congo (AP) — The death toll from several attacks this week by extremist rebels in eastern Congo has risen to at least 45 people, local officials said on Friday. Dozens of people were killed by rebels using machetes over two days when rebels from the Allied Democratic Forces,...

US trains West African militaries as jihadi threat spreads

Mar. 10, 2023 12:08 PM EST

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — As extremist violence in West Africa’s Sahel region spreads south toward coastal states, the United States military has launched its annual military training exercise aimed at helping armies contain the jihadi threat. Soldiers from several African countries...