JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip has raised the temperature on tensions across the Middle East, increasing the risk that other conflicts in the region could spin out of control.Whether it is assaults on shipping vessels by Houthi rebels in Yemen or tit-for-tat attacks between Iran and Pakistan, a line
DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Business and political elites descended on the Swiss Alpine snows of Davos to suss out “rebuilding trust” in a splintering world. If there’s any takeaway from the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting — boldly touting that theme — it’s that we still have a long way to go.From full-blown wars in
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Tens of thousands of public workers have walked off the job across Northern Ireland to protest political deadlock that has left them without pay increases. Tens of thousands of public workers have walked off the job across Northern Ireland to protest political deadlock that has left them without pay increases. Published [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull]
Locals were fearful of violence spreading throughout Port-au-Prince after gang members raided a key community in Haiti’s capital that is home to numerous police officers and has been under siege for four days in an ongoing attack. (Jan. 19) (AP Video/Pierre R Luxama) Locals were fearful of violence spreading throughout Port-au-Prince after gang members raided
A Russian court in Siberia on Friday sentenced a man to 19 years in prison for shooting a military enlistment officer while prosecutors in St. Petersburg asked for a 28-year sentence for a woman charged in the bombing of a cafe last April that killed a prominent military blogger, reports said. The developments underscore the
MOSCOW (AP) — More than 1,000 people rallied in the Russian region of Bashkortostan on Friday, continuing a series of protests triggered by the conviction and sentencing of a local activist and handing a new challenge to the Kremlin.People gathered in the main square of Ufa, the main city of Bashkortostan, a region spread between
LONDON (AP) — Former Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams faces a lawsuit by three people who were wounded in bombings attributed to the Irish Republican Army that date back more than 50 years, a judge said Friday. Adams can be sued as an individual but not as a representative of the IRA, Justice Michael Soole
LONDON (AP) — Indian firm Tata Steel announced Friday it will close both blast furnaces at its plant in Port Talbot, Wales, eliminating 2,800 jobs, as part of plans to make its unprofitable U.K. operation leaner and greener.Tata plans to switch from coal-fired blast furnaces to an electric arc furnace, which emits less carbon —
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s political and military leaders on Friday moved to de-escalate tensions with Iran after this week’s deadly airstrikes by Tehran and Islamabad that killed at least 11 people and marked a significant escalation in fraught relations between the neighbors.The decision was apparently reached at a meeting of Pakistan’s National Security Committee, chaired
