THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — An international investigative team said Thursday that its probe into a 2015 attack in Syria found “reasonable grounds to believe” that the Islamic State group used mustard gas, the latest finding of use of poison gas and nerve agents in Syria’s grinding civil war.The report by the Investigation and Identification
LONDON, Ontario (AP) — A Canadian man found guilty of using his pickup truck to kill four members of a Muslim family was sentenced Thursday to life in prison as a judge ruled that the actions of the admitted white nationalist amounted to terrorism.Nathaniel Veltman has also been sentenced to a concurrent life sentence for
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s lawmakers voted on Thursday to approve over-the-counter access to the morning-after pill for ages 15 and above in a step to liberalize Poland’s strict reproductive law inherited from the previous nationalist conservative government. The vote in the lower house was the first step in the plans of the new pro-European
China plans to send a new pair of giant pandas to the San Diego Zoo, renewing its longstanding gesture of friendship toward the United States after nearly all the iconic animals on loan to U.S. zoos were returned as relations began to sour between the two nations. (AP production by Javier Arciga) China plans to
Dani Alves, one of the most successful soccer players of his generation, was found guilty of raping a woman in a Barcelona nightclub and sentenced to four years and six months in prison on Thursday. (Feb. 22) Dani Alves, one of the most successful soccer players of his generation, was found guilty of raping a
A British family of a hostage held in Gaza by Hamas is desperate but hopeful nearly five months into the captivity of their son-in-law (Feb. 22) (AP Video by Ami Bentov). A British family of a hostage held in Gaza by Hamas is desperate but hopeful nearly five months into the captivity of their son-in-law
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s President Vladimir Putin on Thursday took a co-pilot’s seat in a nuclear-capable strategic bomber on a flight that appeared aimed at bolstering his image ahead of next month’s election he’s all but certain to win.Putin’s 30-minute flight in a Tu-160M supersonic strategic bomber also seemed intended to send a reminder of
LA PARAGUA, Venezuela (AP) — Families and friends began burying loved ones on Thursday who were among at least 16 people killed in the collapse of an illegally operated gold mine in a remote area of central Venezuela.The tributes come as anger mounts at the government’s slow response helping the injured and recovering bodies from
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The way prosecutors tell it, Joseph Bongiovanni went to work for years with a “little dark secret.”Behind the veneer of a veteran U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent, they alleged, was a turncoat on the take from the Buffalo Mafia, offering an “umbrella of protection” that derailed investigations of his childhood friends
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — The parents of two teenagers who survived a fire that killed 20 people at a high school dormitory for Indigenous girls last year have sued the government, accusing authorities of negligence.The lawsuit is seeking more than $50,000 for each of the two unidentified 14-year-old girls who were rescued by authorities and
