Indonesia’s former agriculture minister arrested for alleged corruption, including bribery | AP News

Indonesia’s former agriculture minister arrested for alleged corruption, including bribery | AP News

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s anti-graft commission late Thursday arrested a former agriculture minister accused of abuse of power, bribery and fraudulent projects involving private vendors.The Corruption Eradication Commission, known as the KPK, confirmed Wednesday that former Minister of Agriculture Syahrul Yasin Limpo was named a corruption suspect following his resignation from the Cabinet last

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Algeria’s top court rejects journalist’s appeal of his seven-year sentence | AP News

Algeria’s top court rejects journalist’s appeal of his seven-year sentence | AP News

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — A journalist in Algeria targeted as part of a broader crackdown against pro-democracy protests will remain imprisoned after the country’s Supreme Court rejected his appeals on Thursday.Defense attorneys for Ihsane El Kadi, the owner of a media company that oversaw Algeria’s now-shuttered news site Maghreb Emergent and radio station Radio M

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United Nations agencies urge calm in northwest Syria after biggest escalation in attacks since 2019 | AP News

United Nations agencies urge calm in northwest Syria after biggest escalation in attacks since 2019 | AP News

DANA, Syria (AP) — United Nations humanitarian officials sounded an alarm Thursday over a humanitarian crisis in rebel-held northwestern Syria, warning that intense shelling by government forces displaced almost 70,000 people in recent weeks.The Syrian government, backed by Russia, pounded the country’s northwest this month, especially after a drone attack targeted a military college graduation

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Mexico’s president calls 1994 assassination of presidential candidate a ‘state crime’ | AP News

Mexico’s president calls 1994 assassination of presidential candidate a ‘state crime’ | AP News

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president unleashed a broad spate of conspiracy theories Thursday, arguing that the 1994 assassination of a Mexico presidential candidate was a government-sponsored killing.President Andrés Manuel López Obrador did not provide any specific evidence for the accusation of state involvement in the killing of ruling party candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio, but

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UK police on the scene after Kenyan plane diverted to land at Stansted Airport with fighter escort | AP News

UK police on the scene after Kenyan plane diverted to land at Stansted Airport with fighter escort | AP News

LONDON (AP) — Police said they were attending an “incident” Thursday after a plane from Nairobi bound for London’s Heathrow Airport was escorted by air force fighter jets and diverted to land at Stansted airport instead.The Ministry of Defense said Royal Air Force Typhoon fighters were launched “as a precaution this afternoon to investigate a

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IMF sees economic growth in the Mideast improving next year. But the Israel-Hamas war poses risks | AP News

IMF sees economic growth in the Mideast improving next year. But the Israel-Hamas war poses risks | AP News

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Middle East economies are gradually recovering as external shocks from the war in Ukraine and global inflation fade, the International Monetary Fund said Thursday, but the escalating war between Israel and the Hamas militant group could dampen the outlook.IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said the organization was closely monitoring

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Polish government warns of disinformation after fake messages are sent out before election | AP News

Polish government warns of disinformation after fake messages are sent out before election | AP News

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s government warned citizens Thursday to beware of a disinformation campaign after some people got fake messages saying that the ruling party was offering free funerals for pensioners.The country is facing a crucial national election on Sunday, and the fake messages and the warnings come as cyber experts have warned of

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An Israeli jewelry designer described as ‘the softest soul’ has been abducted, her family says | AP News

An Israeli jewelry designer described as ‘the softest soul’ has been abducted, her family says | AP News

Delicate pearls peek out from silver and stainless steel chains — bits of brightness and optimism among Moran Stela Yanai’s jewelry designs that reflected cultures around the world.Creating art to wear has been Yanai’s joy, but not the only one, her brother-in-law Dan Mor said Thursday in a telephone interview. Yanai, a 40-year-old Israeli who

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