VENICE, Italy (AP) — Alfonso Cuarón is the first to admit that he does not know how to make a television series. He might even be too old to learn how, he said. The Oscar-winning filmmaker has technically now made a series, the seven-part AppleTV+ show “Disclaimer,” four episodes of which premiered Thursday at the
LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer confirmed Thursday that his government is looking at introducing tougher anti-smoking measures, which could potentially see a ban on smoking in outdoor spaces, including at pubs and restaurants. His confirmation came after a report in the Sun newspaper that the government was mulling a ban in pub
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh’s interim government on Thursday signed the instrument of accession to an international convention of the United Nations aiming at preventing enforced disappearances as a state party, authorities said. Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, who took over this month as head of the government after former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina stepped down
BANGKOK (AP) — Prosecutors in Thailand on Thursday indicted a former national police chief in connection with an alleged cover-up of a 2012 traffic accident involving the Thai heir to the Red Bull energy drink fortune that killed a police officer. Former Police Chief Gen. Somyot Poompanmuang, along with former Deputy Attorney General Nate Naksuk
IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — Iraqi air defenses shot down a Turkish drone Thursday morning over the northern city of Kirkuk, Iraqi military officials said. The incident came as the two countries have been attempting to develop closer economic and security ties, raising concerns amid the already volatile security situation in the region. Brig. Gen. Abdul
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A Danish court on Thursday rejected the extradition request from India of a Danish national accused of being involved in an arms smuggling case 29 years ago, going against Denmark’s top prosecuting authority which had given the green light to sending Niels Holck abroad. Holck admitted taking part in dropping assault
HONG KONG (AP) — A Hong Kong court on Thursday convicted one person and acquitted six others over a thwarted bomb plot during anti-government protests in 2019, in the city’s first case brought under a United Nations anti-terrorism law, according to local media. A panel of nine jurors convicted Lai Chun-pong of conspiring to cause
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A gas leak caused the death of one person and injured 10 others at an Iranian Revolutionary Guard center, Iranian state television reported. The leak occurred at a workshop belonging to the Guard in Isfahan province and the injured people were transferred to a hospital for medical treatment, the
The Israeli military says it has killed five more militants in a large-scale operation in the occupied West Bank, including a well-known local commander. There was no immediate Palestinian confirmation on Thursday of the death of Mohammed Jaber, known as Abu Shujaa , a commander in the Islamic Jihad militant group in the Nur Shams
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s top diplomat on Thursday ramped up pressure on Ukraine’s international backers to lift restrictions on the use of weapons they provide the conflict-ravaged country to allow its armed forces to strike targets inside Russia. The U.S. restricts the use of long-range ballistic missiles it provides to Ukraine and some
