Month: October 2021

By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Kuwait has followed Saudi Arabia and Bahrain by ordering the Lebanese charge d’affaires to leave the emirate within two days over comments made by a Lebanese minister regarding the war in Yemen. The United Arab Emirates said it would withdraw its diplomats from Lebanon in solidarity with

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel says she is satisfied with the timing of her departure after 16 years at the helm of the country and is now looking forward to dedicating time to things she had to neglect during her chancellorship. Weekly Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reported on Saturday

By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press Former President Donald Trump is trying to block documents including call logs, drafts of remarks and speeches and handwritten notes from his chief of staff relating to the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection. That’s according to a filing made early Saturday by the National Archives. Trump has sued to prevent the

By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russia on Saturday reported a record number of new coronavirus infections as authorities hope to stem the rising contagion by keeping most people off work for the next week. The government’s coronavirus task force reported 40,251 new infections in 24 hours, exceeding the previous record 40,096 reported

By NICOLE WINFIELD, DAVID McHUGH and SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press ROME (AP) — A summit of leaders from the world’s powerhouse economies has been challenged to pick up the pace in getting vaccines to poor countries. Italian Premier Mario Draghi, hosting the Group of 20’s two-day gathering, blasted the gaping global COVID-19 vaccine gap “morally

BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian state media says the country’s air defenses have responded to missiles that were fired from Israel toward suburbs of the capital Damascus. State TV gave no further details about Saturday’s missile attack. Israeli attacks on Syria have mostly happened during nighttime. Saturday’s strikes came days after Syria accused Israel of carrying

By ANGELA CHARLTON and PAN PYLAS Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Britain and France are facing calls to sort out their latest post-Brexit spat over fishing rights in the English Channel, which threatens to escalate within days into a damaging French blockade of British boats and trucks. French President Emmanuel Macron warned Saturday that the

SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Quinton de Kock has returned to South Africa’s team for the T20 World Cup game against Sri Lanka in Sharjah. He also took a knee for the Black Lives Matter movement ahead of the start. De Kock refused to play in Tuesday’s game against West Indies after an order

By NICOLE WINFIELD and AIJAZ HUSSAIN Associated Press ROME (AP) — India’s prime minister has invited Pope Francis to visit the country. Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended an official invitation Saturday during a lengthy audience at the Vatican after plans for a 2017 papal visit fell apart. Modi is in Rome for the Group of

NEW DELHI (AP) — Bollywood megastar Shah Rukh Khan’s son has walked out of jail and was greeted with dancing and firecrackers, over three weeks after his arrest during a drug raid on a cruise ship party in Mumbai. The Bombay High Court granted bail to 23-year-old Aryan Khan on Thursday but he spent two

ISTANBUL (AP) — The Turkish Interior Ministry says more than 8,500 foreign fighters have been deported from Turkey since the start of the Syrian civil war 10 years ago. Terror suspects from 102 countries were expelled, including 44 from the U.S. and 1,075 from EU states, according to a statement Saturday. In the first 10