SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands (AP) — It was a peculiar setting to the final act in a legal drama that has now spanned the globe: a rural Western Pacific island, where visitors are usually tourists — attracted by laid-back resorts, snorkeling, diving and golf — and the furthermost reach of the United States. When Julian
PARIS (AP) — The Paris appeals court is expected to decide on Wednesday whether to uphold an arrest warrant for Syrian President Bashar Assad that France issued last year for alleged complicity in war crimes during Syria’s civil war. French judicial authorities issued international arrest warrants last November for Assad; his brother Maher Assad, the
GENEVA (AP) — Clean-up crews and business owners were inspecting the damage Wednesday after sudden storms lashed southwestern Switzerland the previous night, sending torrents of water through roads and temporarily halting air traffic at Geneva’s airport. In the lakeside town of Morges, a creek overflowed, inundating downtown streets with tan-colored floodwater. The town said no
BERLIN (AP) — A former Austrian intelligence officer at the center of the country’s biggest espionage scandal in decades was released from custody Wednesday after a court approved his bid to be freed. The Vienna state court ruled that Egisto Ott should be released because it doesn’t see a danger of him offending at present
Politika | Izvor: Beta | 26.06.2024 | access_time 09:55 Foto: Narodna skupstina Republike Srbije/Pedja Vuckovic Predsednica Skupštine Srbije Ana Brnabić izjavila je danas da je fudbalska reprezentacija Srbije otputovala u Nemačku na Evropsko prvenstvo hrvatskim avionom, naglasivši da je predsednik Srbije Aleksandar Vučić (koji je ušao u avion da isprati fudbalere) bio očajan zbog toga.
Politika | 26.06.2024 | access_time 08:40 Foto: European Council/Frederic Sierakowski Predsednik Srbije Aleksandar Vučić i premijer Kosova Aljbin Kurti sastaće se u sredu u Briselu u novoj rundi dijaloga na viskom nivou, čiji je domaćin visoki predstavnik EU za spoljnu politiku i bezbednost Žozep Borel. “Kurti i Vučić potvrdili su učešće. Visoki predstavnik Žozep Borel
BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO appointed Mark Rutte as its next secretary-general on Wednesday, putting the outgoing Dutch prime minister in charge of the world’s biggest security organization at a critical time for European security as war rages in Ukraine . Rutte’s appointment was sealed by NATO ambassadors during a meeting at the 32-nation alliance’s headquarters
Facts about Yekaterinburg, the industrial city in Russia’s Ural Mountains where U.S. reporter Evan Gershkovich went on trial Wednesday on espionage charges that his employer denounced as a sham: Location and population Yekaterinburg is 880 miles (1,416 kilometers) east of Moscow, roughly the distance from London to Rome, or from New York to Missouri. The
LA PINE, Oregon (AP) — Gusty winds fueled a rapidly growing wildfire just outside the central Oregon community of La Pine and prompted evacuations Tuesday. The fire was estimated to be 2.7 square miles (6.9 square kilometers) in size Tuesday night, Central Oregon Fire Information posted on the social media site X. The fire was
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Security forces in Pakistan have arrested two key commanders of the Pakistani Taliban in the country’s volatile southwest, an official said Wednesday. The interior minister of Baluchistan province, Ziaullah Langau, congratulated the security forces for “saving the country from possible high-profile attacks” by arresting the militants, whom he identified as Commander
