IDLIB, Syria (AP) — A drone strike in northwestern Syria on Friday killed a Saudi militant from an al-Qaida-linked group as he was riding on a motorcycle, a war monitor and local residents said. The strike in the Jabal al-Zawiya area of the opposition-held Idlib province was believed to have been carried out by a
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor on Friday called on judges to “urgently” rule on his request for arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and others linked to the Israel-Hamas war , saying the court has jurisdiction. “It is settled law that the Court has jurisdiction in this
DEDHAM, Mass. (AP) — A judge ruled that Karen Read can be retried for murder and leaving the crime scene in the death of her Boston police officer boyfriend, dismissing arguments that jurors told lawyers after the mistrial that they had unanimously agreed she wasn’t guilty on the two charges. Read, 44, is accused of
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Fires broke out Friday on a Greek-flagged oil tanker previously attacked by Yemen’s Houthi rebels this week, with the vessel now appearing to be adrift in the Red Sea, authorities said. It wasn’t immediately clear what had happened to the oil tanker Sounion, which had been abandoned by its
CRESTVIEW, Fla. (AP) — A Florida Panhandle sheriff’s deputy was charged with manslaughter with a firearm in connection with the fatal shooting an airman who opened his apartment door while holding a gun, prosecutors said Friday. Former Okaloosa County deputy Eddie Duran was charged in the May 3 shooting death of Senior Airman Roger Fortson
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain’s leader met with the regional president of the Canary Islands on Friday to discuss irregular migration as the archipelago struggles to care for thousands of unaccompanied minors who made it there. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, a socialist, has been on vacation with his family in Lanzarote, one of the islands
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan on Friday sent an aircraft to Tehran to repatriate the bodies of 28 Shiite pilgrims who died in a bus crash in Iran while traveling to Iraq this week, officials said. The plane will also bring home 23 pilgrims who were injured in the accident Tuesday night that happened in the
Sixteen Republican-led states are suing to end a federal program that could potentially give nearly half a million immigrants without legal status who are married to U.S. citizens a path to citizenship. The coalition filed suit Friday to halt the program launched by President Joe Biden in June, saying in court filings that the Biden
OULU, Finland (AP) — They’re the most fervent musicians no one has ever heard. Performers at this year’s Air Guitar World Championships in Finland tuned up Friday at the Olympics of air guitar for the 27th time, featuring dedicated competitors like “Shred Lasso” and “Guitarantula.” This year’s challenge began Wednesday with Airientation in Oulu, a
LONDON (AP) — The congregation wore pastels and floral prints for “Elsie’s Special Day.’’ Her fellow cheerleaders formed an honor guard. The family dog stood by the door. The funeral for 7-year-old Elsie Dot Stancombe was the last to be held for the three young girls who died in a stabbing attack that rocked Britain
