NEW DELHI (AP) — Qatar has freed eight retired Indian navy officers who had been given death sentences for alleged spying that were commuted last year, India’s Foreign Ministry said on Monday.The eight men were accused of spying while working at Al Dahra, a consulting company in the oil-rich Gulf state that advises the Qatari
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Israeli military said it rescued two hostages from captivity in the Gaza Strip early Monday, marking a small but symbolically significant success in its quest to bring home over 100 captives believed to be held by the Hamas militant group.The hostages were released in a raid that included a
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s 2024 campaign is now on TikTok, even though he has expressed national security concerns over the platform and banned it on federal devices. Biden isn’t expected to personally join the platform, aides said, nor the others in his administration. The account will be run entirely by the campaign team
MEXICO CITY (AP) — An American woman and a man from Belize have been killed in what appears to have been a dispute between drug dealers at a beach club in the Mexican resort city of Tulum, officials confirmed Sunday. Prosecutors in the Caribbean coast state of Quintana Roo stressed the American woman had no
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Taylor Swift has made it to the Super Bowl. Over an hour before kickoff, Swift was spotted speaking with Philadelphia Eagles’ center Jason Kelce and later, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell in a private box at Allegiant Stadium.There has been plenty of Swift on the big screens of Allegiant Stadium Sunday —
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Marathon world record-holder Kelvin Kiptum, who was set to be a superstar of long-distance running, was killed along with his coach in a car crash in Kenya late Sunday.Kiptum was 24 and had the world record he set last year at the Chicago Marathon ratified by international track federation World Athletics
Britain’s King Charles III attended church on Sunday, a day after he expressed thanks for the messages of support he has received from the public following his cancer diagnosis (Feb. 11) Britain’s King Charles III attended church on Sunday, a day after he expressed thanks for the messages of support he has received from the
MADRE DE DEUS, Brazil (AP) — They couldn’t see it, but they could hear it. Carnival revelers Sunday in northeastern Brazil ‘s Madre de Deus heard the aluminum can street party before spotting it: More than 30 paraders decked out in cumbersome outfits made from hundreds of beer and soda cans clanged their way around
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Iraqi government met again with the U.S. government Sunday on how to draw down American troops who have been deployed there for years combating the Islamic State. The two governments had held their first, long-awaited meeting Jan. 27, but those meetings had been put on pause after Iran-backed militants struck a
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The administration of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has arrested human rights activist Rocio San Miguel, the government confirmed Sunday.Tarek William Saab, Venezuela’s attorney general, wrote in his social media accounts that San Miguel had been arrested on charges of conspiracy against Maduro, but did not offer any details of the supposed
