Category Archives: World

Opposition activist leaves embassy haven to flee Venezuela
MEDELLIN, Colombia - Prominent opposition activist Leopoldo Lpez has abandoned Spain's embassy in Caracas and is leaving Venezuela, two people familiar with the situation said Saturday. The people spo...
Oct 24, 2020

Big suicide bombing in Kabul kills 18 at education centre
KABUL - The death toll from the suicide attack Saturday in Afghanistan's capital has risen to at least 18 killed and 57 people wounded, including students, the interior ministry said. The explosion st...
Oct 24, 2020

Poland's President Duda tests positive for coronavirus
WARSAW, Poland - Poland's President Andrzej Duda has tested positive for coronavirus, his spokesman said on Saturday. The spokesman, Blazej Spychalski, said on Twitter that the 48-year-old conservativ...
Oct 24, 2020

Correction: Britain-UAE-Assault Allegations story
LONDON - In a story first published Oct. 18, 2020, about allegations against the tolerance minister of the United Arab Emirates, The Associated Press reported on a statement by Britain's Metropolitan ...
Oct 24, 2020

Guinean president wins a 3rd term, electoral commission says
CONAKRY, Guinea - Guinea's President Alpha Conde has won a third term with 59.49% of the vote, the National Independent Electoral Commission declared Saturday. Some people went to the streets to prote...
Oct 24, 2020

TV reporter goes missing in southern Pakistan
ISLAMABAD - A reporter working for Pakistan's leading Geo News television has gone missing in the southern port city of Karachi, family and colleagues said Saturday. Geo bureau chief in Karachi, Fahim...
Oct 24, 2020

Fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh goes on despite US mediation
Rocket and artillery barrage hit residential areas Saturday hours after the United States hosted top diplomats from Armenia and Azerbaijan for talks on settling their decades-long conflict over Nagorn...
Oct 24, 2020

Egypt's parliamentary vote likely to tighten leader's grip
CAIRO - Egyptians began voting Saturday in the first stage of a parliamentary election, a vote that is highly likely to produce a toothless House of Representatives packed with supporters of President...
Oct 24, 2020

Poland's President Duda tests positive for coronavirus
WARSAW, Poland - Poland's President Andrzej Duda has tested positive for coronavirus, his spokesman said on Saturday. The spokesman, Blazej Spychalski, said on Twitter that the 48-year-old conservativ...
Oct 24, 2020

Correction: California Wildfires story
SAN FRANCISCO - In a story October 23, 2020, about possible California power cuts, The Associated Press erroneously reported that Pacific Gas & Electric will cut power to some 1 million people. Th...
Oct 24, 2020