Uganda’s president says airstrikes killed ‘a lot’ of rebels with ties to Islamic State in Congo | AP News

Uganda’s president says airstrikes killed ‘a lot’ of rebels with ties to Islamic State in Congo | AP News

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni said Saturday that recent airstrikes against rebels with ties to the Islamic State group in eastern Congo have killed “a lot” of the militants, possibly including a notorious bomb maker.The statement issued by the president’s office didn’t provide details on the Sept.16 airstrikes targeting the Allied Democratic

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Ukraine targets key Crimean city a day after striking the Russian navy headquarters | AP News

Ukraine targets key Crimean city a day after striking the Russian navy headquarters | AP News

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine on Saturday morning launched another missile attack on Sevastopol in occupied Crimea, a Russian-installed official said, a day after an attack on the headquarters of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet left a serviceman missing and the main building smoldering.Sevastopol was put on air raid alert for about an hour after debris

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Pakistan’s prime minister says manipulation of coming elections by military is ‘absolutely absurd’ | AP News

Pakistan’s prime minister says manipulation of coming elections by military is ‘absolutely absurd’ | AP News

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Pakistan’s interim prime minister said he expects parliamentary elections to take place in the new year, dismissing the possibility that the country’s powerful military would manipulate the results to ensure that jailed former premier Imran Khan’s party doesn’t win.In an interview with The Associated Press Friday, Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar said it’s the

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Niger’s junta accuses United Nations chief of blocking its participation at General Assembly | AP News

Niger’s junta accuses United Nations chief of blocking its participation at General Assembly | AP News

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The military government that seized power in Niger has accused United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres of “obstructing” the West African nation’s full participation at the U.N.’s annual meeting of world leaders in order to appease France, Niger’s former colonizer, and its allies.The decision to not allow the junta’s envoy to speak

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Britain uses UN speech to show that it wants to be a leader on how the world handles AI | AP News

Britain uses UN speech to show that it wants to be a leader on how the world handles AI | AP News

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Britain pitched itself to the world Friday as a ready leader in shaping an international response to the rise of artificial intelligence, with Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden telling the U.N. General Assembly his country was “determined to be in the vanguard.”Touting the United Kingdom’s tech companies, its universities and even

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AP PHOTOS: King Charles and Camilla share moments both regal and ordinary on landmark trip to France | AP News

AP PHOTOS: King Charles and Camilla share moments both regal and ordinary on landmark trip to France | AP News

PARIS (AP) — Playing ping-pong, strolling through a Bordeaux vineyard, dodging raindrops at a Paris flower market — Britain’s King Charles III and Queen Camilla paid a special state visit to France that at times looked richly royal, and at times strikingly ordinary.There was plenty of pomp for Charles’ first journey to France as monarch

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India-Canada tensions shine light on complexities of Sikh activism in the diaspora | AP News

India-Canada tensions shine light on complexities of Sikh activism in the diaspora | AP News

The shocking accusation this week by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that India may have been behind the assassination of a Sikh separatist leader in British Columbia has raised several complex questions about the nature of Sikh activism in the North American diaspora.Canada is home to the largest Sikh population outside India. There are about

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