Serbia's president says he won't flee his country like Syria's Assad did despite growing protests

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia's president accused Tuesday foreign intelligence services of trying to unseat him in the wake of spreading protests in the Balkan state and that he wouldn't flee the country like the ousted Syrian leader Bashar Assad. President Aleksandar Vučić...

Veteran Daniel Penny is acquitted in NYC subway chokehold case over Jordan Neely's death

NEW YORK (AP) — A Marine veteran who used a chokehold on an agitated subway rider was acquitted on Monday in a death that became a prism for differing views about public safety, valor and vigilantism. A Manhattan jury cleared Daniel Penny of criminally negligent homicide in Jordan...

2 suspects carrying explosives on a motorcycle killed in blast near a police station in Pakistan

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — An explosive device carried on a motorcycle by two suspected militants in restive southwestern Pakistan ignited prematurely near a police station Monday killing the suspects, police said. The blast happened in Killa Abdullah, a town 75 kilometers (45 miles)...

Daniel Penny, the veteran who used a chokehold on subway rider Jordan Neely, has been acquitted in Neely's death

Today in History: December 7, Japan attacks Pearl Harbor

Today is Saturday, Dec. 7, the 342nd day of 2024. There are 24 days left in the year. Today in history: On Dec. 7, 1941, the Empire of Japan launched an air raid on the U.S. Navy base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, killing more than 2,300 Americans. The United States...

Car rams and injures orchestral musicians in Belgrade during a protest over station roof collapse

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — The Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra said four of its musicians were injured Friday in an incident during a weekly 15-minute traffic blockade commemorating the 15 people who died when a concrete canopy collapsed at a railway station in a northern Serbian city last month. ...

Self-defense or too much force? That's the question for jurors as subway chokehold trial wraps

NEW YORK (AP) — A defense lawyer asked jurors to put themselves in frightened subway riders' shoes Monday at the trial of a Marine veteran charged with choking an irate, homeless man to death after an outburst on a New York underground train. Prosecutors countered that Daniel Penny...

Thousands march in Serbia to mark 1 month since a roof collapse killed 15 people

NOVI SAD, Serbia (AP) — Thousands joined a protest march on Sunday in the northern Serbian city of Novi Sad that marked one month since a concrete canopy ouside of the city's railway station collapsed, killing 15 people and injuring two. Protesters held a huge banner with a red...

Today in History: November 26, Mumbai terror attacks of 2008 begin

Today is Tuesday, Nov. 26, the 331st day of 2024. There are 35 days left in the year. Today in history: On Nov. 26, 2008, teams of heavily armed militants from the terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba stormed luxury hotels, a popular restaurant and a crowded train station...

Britain on alert after 2nd major storm of the season batters country, leaving at least 2 dead

LONDON (AP) — Britain remained Monday on high alert after the second major storm of the season battered the country over the weekend, leaving at least two people dead and disrupting road and rail travel. Hundreds of homes in England and Wales battled the floodwaters on Monday and...