Month: November 2022

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s government says it is ready to appoint a new army chief for the country as political turmoil and feuding continues to grip its political elite. Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif’s office said Wednesday it had received a list of six senior army generals as nominees for the

By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — As millions of people travel the interstates this Thanksgiving, many will encounter patches of traffic at a standstill for no apparent reason — no construction or accident. Researchers say the problem is you. Human drivers just don’t do a good job of navigating dense traffic conditions,

By SUMETH PANPETCH Associated Press HAT YAI, Thailand (AP) — Police are trying to identify the suspect in a bombing of police housing that killed one officer and wounded 45 other people in southern Thailand. Police said the suspect drove a black pickup truck into the compound then walked out after parking the vehicle. He

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s disaster management agency says an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.9 has hit a town in northwestern Turkey, causing panic and damage to some buildings. The earthquake early Wednesday was centered in the town of Golkaya, in Duzce province, some 125 miles east of Istanbul. It was felt in Istanbul

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Supreme Court is due to rule Wednesday on whether Scotland can hold a vote on independence without the consent of the U.K. government, a case with huge implications for the future of the United Kingdom. The semi-autonomous Scottish government has asked the top court to decide

By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard says an explosion in Syria has killed one of its officers. The Guards on Wednesday identified the officer killed as Col. Davoud Jafari, blaming Israel for the blast. The Iranian paramilitary group said Jafari was working for its airspace division. Iran has been

By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press CHIBAYISH, Iraq (AP) — Abbas Hashem fixed his worried gaze on the horizon — the day was almost gone and still, there was no sign of the last of his water buffaloes. He knows that when his animals don’t come back from roaming the marshes of this part of Iraq,

By ALON BERNSTEIN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Two blasts went off near bus stops in Jerusalem on Wednesday, injuring at least 14 people, in what police said were suspected attacks by Palestinians. The first explosion went off near a bus stop on the edge of the city, where commuters usually crowd waiting for buses.