PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani security forces killed five militants in a remote northwestern area on Monday when they tried to sneak in from neighboring Afghanistan, the military said. Three soldiers were also killed in the exchange of fire in Bajur district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Pakistan has long urged Afghanistan to ensure effective border
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Employees at Mexico’s federal courts went on strike Monday over reforms that would make all judges stand for election. Unionized court employees put chains and locks on the gates at several courthouses, saying the reforms proposed by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador would threaten their working conditions, benefits and salaries .
BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) — The Malawian government has received an insurance payout of $11.2 million for a crippling El Nino-linked drought that led the southern African nation to declare a state of disaster earlier this year. The payout was given to Malawi this month, the African Development Bank said Monday. Malawi had a drought insurance
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — People in Pakistan reported a much slower internet over the past several days with some experts on Monday estimating its speed falling to almost half its usual capacity, affecting millions of users, disrupting businesses and drawing nationwide criticism despite authorities denying being behind it. Since February, netzines have been either unable
Hundreds of doctors protested near India’s Health Ministry to demand stringent laws to protect health care workers from violence and to seek justice for their colleague who was raped and killed in Kolkata. (AP video shot by Rishi Lekhi and Rafiq Maqbool) Hundreds of doctors protested near India’s Health Ministry to demand stringent laws to
Chinese and Philippine coast guard ships collided in the South China Sea on Monday, damaging at least two boats, prompting mutual blame over a new flashpoint in their increasingly alarming confrontations in the disputed territory. An official from The Philippines said they were “disappointed”, while a Chinese Foreign Ministry official said the incident had “seriously
OXFORD, Conn. (AP) — Parts of southwestern Connecticut were hit hit by severe flooding from as much as 10 inches (25.4 centimeters) of rain, and at least one person was confirmed dead, authorities said. Scott Pellitier, fire chief in the community of Oxford, told the New Haven Register on Monday that crews recovered the body
Phil Donahue, whose pioneering daytime talk show launched an indelible television genre that brought success to Oprah Winfrey, Montel Williams, Ellen DeGeneres and many others, has died. He was 88. NBC’s “Today” show, citing family members, said Donahue died Sunday after a long illness. Dubbed “the king of daytime talk,” Donahue was the first to
MEXICO CITY (AP) — One migrant was killed and eight were wounded when unidentified assailants in northern Mexico opened fire on the vehicle they were traveling in, officials said Monday. The dead migrant was a boy from southern Mexico, and the wounded included Mexicans and people from Ecuador and Africa, officials said. Prosecutors in the
NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Ukraine this week and meet with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the two countries announced Monday, weeks after he met President Vladimir Putin in Moscow. Modi will visit Ukraine on Zelenskyy’s invitation on Friday, Tanmaya Lal, a senior official at the Ministry of External Affairs, said
