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Israeli-Moldovan rabbi living in UAE goes missing; Israeli officials fear he may have been kidnapped

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - An Israeli-Moldovan rabbi living in the United Arab Emirates has gone missing, with Israeli authorities raising the suspicion he may have been kidnapped as tensions ...

Nov 23, 2024

Fighting between armed sectarian groups in restive northwestern Pakistan kills at least 37 people

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) - Fighting between armed Sunni and Shiite groups in northwestern Pakistan killed at least 37 people and injured 25 others, a senior police officer from the region said Saturday...

Nov 23, 2024

Polish prime minister's party picks Warsaw mayor as its candidate for president

WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Warsaw Mayor Rafa Trzaskowski has been selected by Prime Minister Donald Tusk's centrist Civic Coalition as its candidate in next year's presidential election, beating out Foreig...

Nov 23, 2024

Fighting between armed sectarian groups in restive northwestern Pakistan kills at least 33 people

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) - Fighting between armed Sunni and Shiite groups in northwestern Pakistan killed at least 33 people and injured 25 others, a senior police officer from the region said Saturday...

Nov 22, 2024

South Korea will not attend Sado mines memorial event in Japan amid lingering historical tensions

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea's government said Saturday it will not attend a memorial service near Japan's Sado Island Gold Mines due to unspecified disagreements with Tokyo over the event, w...

Nov 22, 2024

2 men convicted of charges related to human smuggling after scheme led to an Indian family’s death

FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (AP) - Two men have been convicted by a Minnesota jury of charges related to human smuggling for participating in a scheme that led to the deaths of an Indian family who froze whil...

Nov 22, 2024

Jury reaches verdicts in human smuggling case after Indian family froze to death at Canada-US border

FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (AP) - A jury has reached verdicts for two men facing charges in a human smuggling case that led to the deaths of an Indian family who froze while trying to cross the Canada-U.S. b...

Nov 22, 2024

Texas education board approves optional Bible-infused curriculum for elementary schools

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Texas' education board voted Friday to allow Bible-infused teachings in elementary schools, joining other Republican-led states that pushed this year to give religion a larger pre...

Nov 22, 2024

Second Australian teen dies in tainted alcohol case in Laos that has killed several tourists

VANG VIENG, Laos (AP) - A second Australian teenager who fell critically ill after drinking tainted alcohol in Laos has died, according to a family statement sent to Australian media. Holly Bowles, 19...

Nov 22, 2024

Alabama carries out nation’s 3rd nitrogen gas execution on a man for a hitchhiker's killing

ATMORE, Ala. (AP) - A man convicted in the 1994 killing of a female hitchhiker in Alabama was put to death Thursday evening in the nation's third execution using nitrogen gas. Carey Dale Grayson, 50, ...

Nov 21, 2024