Internet collapses in war-torn Yemen after recent attacks by Houthi rebels targeting Israel, US | AP News

Internet collapses in war-torn Yemen after recent attacks by Houthi rebels targeting Israel, US | AP News

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Internet access across the war-torn nation of Yemen collapsed early Friday without explanation, web monitors said. The outage began early Friday around 0000 GMT and saw all traffic halt at YemenNet, the country’s main provider to some 10 million users which is now controlled by Yemen’s Iranian-backed Houthi rebels.

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AP Week in Pictures: North America | AP News

AP Week in Pictures: North America | AP News

NOVEMBER 3 – 9, 2023Beams of light stream from a church set during a performance at the Country Music Association Awards in Nashville, Tennessee. Voters in Ohio celebrate the approval of a constitutional amendment that guarantees the right to abortion. And a man dances on the shores of English Bay in Vancouver, British Columbia, at

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Mexico City prosecutors accused of asking for phone records of prominent politicians | AP News

Mexico City prosecutors accused of asking for phone records of prominent politicians | AP News

MEXICO CITY (AP) — An opposition candidate for the mayorship of Mexico City accused the city prosecutor’s office of having filed a request for his phone records and those of other prominent politicians Thursday. The allegation is the latest suggestion that city prosecutors have abused their power for political ends. The prosecutors office “categorically denied”

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Media watchdog says it was just ‘raising questions’ with insinuations about photographers and Hamas | AP News

Media watchdog says it was just ‘raising questions’ with insinuations about photographers and Hamas | AP News

The executive director of an Israeli media watchdog organization says it was simply “raising questions” by publicly wondering whether Palestinian photojournalists who documented the Oct. 7 Hamas attack in Israel — and sent some of the first images of its aftermath to a watching world — had been tipped off in advance that it would

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Steve Bannon appeals conviction in Jan. 6 committee contempt case | AP News

Steve Bannon appeals conviction in Jan. 6 committee contempt case | AP News

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump’s longtime ally Steve Bannon on Thursday appealed his criminal conviction for defying a subpoena from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.Bannon’s attorney argued he didn’t ignore the subpoena, but was trying to avoid running afoul of executive privilege objections Trump had raised.

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