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At least 40 soldiers are killed in an attack on a military base, Chad's president says

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) - Unidentified assailants killed at least 40 soldiers during an overnight attack on a military base in the country's west, Chad's presidency said Monday. President Mahamat Deby Itn...

Oct 28, 2024

Founder of far-right English Defense League gets 18 months in prison for court contempt

LONDON (AP) - The founder of the far-right English Defense League was sentenced Monday to a year and a half in prison for violating a court order barring him from repeating libelous allegations agains...

Oct 28, 2024

More than 43,000 Palestinians killed in yearlong war in Gaza, Palestinian Health Ministry says

CAIRO (AP) - The number of Palestinians killed in the yearlong war in Gaza has passed 43,000, more than half of them women and children, the Palestinian Health Ministry said Monday. The tally includes...

Oct 28, 2024

More than 43,000 Palestinians killed in yearlong war in Gaza, Palestinian Health Ministry says

CAIRO (AP) - The Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza says more than 43,000 people have been killed in the yearlong war with Israel, more than half of them were women and children. The tally includes 9...

Oct 28, 2024

NATO confirms that North Korea has sent troops to join Russia's war in Ukraine

BRUSSELS (AP) - NATO on Monday confirmed that North Korean troops have been sent to Russia to aid in its almost three-year war against Ukraine and that some have already been deployed in Russia's Kurs...

Oct 28, 2024

Georgia's president urges West to back protests against governing party after it claims election win

TBILISI, Georgia (AP) - Georgia's president on Monday urged the West to support opposition protests against the official results of a weekend parliamentary election in which the governing party was de...

Oct 28, 2024

Shohei Ohtani to play for Dodgers in Game 3 of World Series despite shoulder injury, per report

NEW YORK (AP) - Shohei Ohtani will play for the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 3 of the World Series at Yankee Stadium, manager Dave Roberts told ESPN. Ohtani partially dislocated his left shoulder slidi...

Oct 27, 2024

Japan's ruling party is certain to lose a majority in the lower house, broadcaster says

TOKYO (AP) - Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's ruling coalition is certain to lose a majority in the 465-seat lower house in a key parliamentary election Sunday, Japan's NHK public television s...

Oct 27, 2024

Monitoring officials say Georgia's election took place amid widespread intimidation

TBILISI, Georgia (AP) - European election monitoring officials said Sunday Georgia's election took place in a tense environment with widespread intimidation undermining the outcome of the crucial vote...

Oct 27, 2024

Polls open in stable Uruguay in a vote free of political hostility seen elsewhere in the region

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) - Polls opened in the small South American nation of Uruguay on Sunday in an election race between centrists that defies regional trends of bitter division and democratic eros...

Oct 27, 2024