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Iran holds runoff presidential vote pitting hard-line former negotiator against reformist lawmaker

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Iranians began voting Friday in a runoff election to replace the late President Ebrahim Raisi, killed in a helicopter crash last month, as public apathy has become p...

Jul 04, 2024

Man who stabbed South Korea's opposition leader sentenced to 15 years in prison

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - A man who stabbed South Korea's opposition leader in the neck earlier this year was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Friday, court officials said. The knife-wielding man at...

Jul 04, 2024

Brazil police indict ex-President Bolsonaro for money laundering, criminal association, sources say

SAO PAULO (AP) - Brazil's Federal Police have indicted former President Jair Bolsonaro for money laundering and criminal association in connection with undeclared diamonds the far-right leader receive...

Jul 04, 2024

US citizen Robert Woodland convicted of drug-related charges by a Moscow court

MOSCOW (AP) - Robert Woodland, a Russia-born U.S. citizen, was convicted of drug-related charges by a Moscow court and sentenced to 12 1/2 years in prison on Thursday, court officials and his lawyers ...

Jul 04, 2024

The Kremlin says India's Modi will visit Russia on July 8-9, hold talks with Putin

MOSCOW (AP) - The Kremlin on Thursday said Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Russia on July 8-9 and hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The visit was first announced by the ...

Jul 04, 2024

Iranian-born Norwegian man found guilty in 2022 Oslo LGBT+ festival attack, sentenced to 30 years

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - An Iranian-born Norwegian man was found guilty of terrorism on Thursday in a 2022 attack on an LGBTQ+ festival in Oslo and sentenced to 30 years in prison. Two people were k...

Jul 04, 2024

Israel weighs Hamas' latest response to Gaza cease-fire proposal as diplomatic efforts are revived

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - Israel's Cabinet was set to convene Thursday to discuss Hamas' latest response to a U.S.-backed proposal for a phased cease-fire in Gaza, as diplomatic efforts aimed at ending ...

Jul 04, 2024

Palestinian death toll from Israel-Hamas war surges past 38,000, Gaza Health Ministry says

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - The Health Ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said Thursday that the Palestinian death toll from nearly nine months of war has surged past 38,000. The ministry said that in th...

Jul 04, 2024

Hezbollah fires over 200 rockets into Israel after killing of senior commander

BEIRUT (AP) - The Lebanese Hezbollah group says it has launched over 200 rockets at several military bases in Israel in retaliation for a strike that killed one of its senior commanders. The attack by...

Jul 04, 2024

Labour is hopeful and Conservatives morose before voters deliver their verdict on UK's election day

LONDON (AP) - British voters are picking a new government Thursday, voting in a parliamentary election that is widely expected to bring the Labour Party to power against a gloomy backdrop of economic ...

Jul 03, 2024