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Today in History: September 24, Protesting NFL players take a knee

Sep. 24, 2024 00:14 AM EDT

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

Sep. 23, 2024 11:42 AM EDT

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

Sep. 11, 2024 22:00 PM EDT

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

Sep. 02, 2024 22:49 PM EDT

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

Aug. 25, 2024 05:32 AM EDT

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

Aug. 19, 2024 20:31 PM EDT

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

Aug. 17, 2024 12:48 PM EDT

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. ...

PGA Tour releases its 2025 schedule with no involvement of LIV Golf in sight

Aug. 14, 2024 18:27 PM EDT

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The PGA Tour released its 2025 schedule on Wednesday with no real surprises and every indication the tour and Saudi-backed LIV Golf will be going their separate ways at least until 2026. PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan said talks with the Public Investment...

The UN says Sudan is at a 'breaking point.' Its military hasn't committed to peace talks this week

Aug. 12, 2024 11:21 AM EDT

GENEVA (AP) — War-wrecked Sudan 's humanitarian crisis is at “a catastrophic breaking point” amid fighting and devastating flooding, the U.N. migration agency said Monday, ahead of peace talks planned for later this week. The talks face uncertainty as Sudan's military has yet...

Saudi Arabia's Aramco reports lower half-year profits as economic worries dampen energy prices

Aug. 06, 2024 06:40 AM EDT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi oil giant Aramco reported half-year profits Tuesday of $56.3 billion, down from the year before amid worries about a slowing global economy. Aramco, formally known as the Saudi Arabian Oil Co., said its overall revenue for the half-year was...