MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian court convicted and sentenced an American on charges of illegally transporting weapons, court officials said Monday. The U.S. citizen, identified as Charles Wayne Zimmerman, was handed a 5-year sentence by the court in Russia’s Black Sea resort of Sochi after a rifle was found on his yacht in June. Russian […]
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A man and boy were critically injured and another boy had his surfboard bitten during three separate shark attacks in Sydney in just over 24 hours, police said on Monday. A surfer in his 20s was bitten on a leg by a shark off North Steyne Beach on the Pacific Ocean […]
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Rescuers work to recover more bodies after a massive fire at a shopping plaza in Pakistan’s largest city, Karachi. This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors. Ali Raza And Mohammad Farooq, The Associated Press
MADRID (AP) — A high-speed train derailment in southern Spain has left at least 39 people dead and injured more than 150, according to authorities. Rail travel in Europe is a common, relatively affordable and convenient way for many Europeans and tourists to travel. Major railway accidents have decreased since 2010, according to the European […]
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A truck collided with a school minibus in South Africa’s Gauteng province, killing at least 13 children, authorities said Monday. Preliminary reports indicated at least 11 schoolchildren died at the scene, with two others succumbing to their injuries in the hospital. The private vehicle was transporting students to various primary schools and […]
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CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s opposition supporters have long hoped for the day when Nicolás Maduro is no longer in power — a dream that was fulfilled when the U.S. military whisked the authoritarian leader away. But while Maduro is in jail in New York on drug trafficking charges, the leaders of his repressive administration […]
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran executed a man convicted of spying for Israel’s Mossad, state media reported Wednesday. The official IRNA news agency identified the man as Ali Ardestani, saying he relayed sensitive information to Mossad officers in return for financial rewards in the form of cryptocurrencies. The report said the man confessed to the […]
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — Families whose loved ones died in the Uvalde, Texas, elementary school massacre sobbed in court while listening to frantic 911 calls during the first day of testimony in the trial of a police officer accused of failing to protect the children by not doing enough to stop the attack. A […]
CAIRO (AP) — A council fighting against Yemen’s Houthi rebels said Wednesday it had expelled the leader of a separatist movement and charged him with treason after he reportedly declined to travel to Saudi Arabia for talks. The statement carried by SABA news agency controlled by anti-Houthi forces is the latest escalation between Saudi-backed forces […]
