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RAHIM FAIEZ ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for killing the governor of Afghanistan’s northern Balkh province in a suicide bombing at his office. The governor and two others died in the attack Thursday in the city of Mazar-e-Sharif. The Islamic State group later in the day claimed responsibility for the
Continue Reading BRUSSELS (AP) — A nationwide strike by Belgium’s public sector is slowing rush-hour traffic and affecting everything from garbage collection to childcare. Trade unions are protesting investment and employment cuts and demand that pension reforms be cut back. Train service was paralyzed in large parts of the nations and buses and subways were running on
Continue Reading By PIETRO DE CRISTOFARO and GEIR MOULSON Associated Press HAMBURG, Germany (AP) — A shooting at a Jehovah’s Witnesses hall in the German city of Hamburg left eight people dead, including apparently the perpetrator, police said Friday. An unspecified number of other people were wounded, some of them seriously. There was no word on a
Continue ReadingBy Alaa Elassar, Aya Elamroussi, Joe Sutton and Cheri Mossburg, CNN At least two people have died as the result of the ongoing storms inundating California, and nearly 10,000 residents are under evacuation orders, officials said, as intense flooding threatens several coastal counties. The powerful storms have delivered heavy rainfall across the central and northern
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TOKYO (AP) — Martin Muzik hit a three-run homer in the top of the ninth inning and the Czech Republic beat China 8-5 on Friday in the World Baseball Classic. The Czech Republic overcame a 5-4 deficit in the ninth, with Filip Smola adding an RBI single in the team’s first game in Group A.
Continue Reading LAS VEGAS (AP) — Desmond Cambridge Jr. hit six of Arizona State’s 14 3-pointers and scored 27 points as the sixth-seeded Sun Devils upset USC, the No. 3 seed, 77-72 in a Pac-12 Conference tournament quarterfinal on Thursday night. The Sun Devils (22-11) will face Arizona in the second of Friday’s semifinal. Arizona State stunned
Continue Reading LAS VEGAS (AP) — Desmond Cambridge Jr. hit six of Arizona State’s 14 3-pointers and scored 27 points as the sixth-seeded Sun Devils upset USC, the No. 3 seed, 77-72 in a Pac-12 Conference tournament quarterfinal on Thursday night. The Sun Devils (22-11) will face Arizona in the second of Friday’s semifinal. Arizona State stunned
Continue Reading By JUSTIN KABUMBA Associated Press GOMA, Congo (AP) — Congo’s military said Thursday at least 36 people were killed by extremists in the country’s conflict-riddled east. The Allied Democratic Forces, a group with links to the Islamic State group, killed civilians in Mukondi village in North Kivu province. Conflict has been simmering in eastern Congo
Continue Reading By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors are employing an unusual strategy to prove leaders of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group orchestrated a violent plot to keep President Joe Biden out of the White House, even though some of the defendants didn’t carry out the violence themselves. As they wrap up
Continue ReadingBy Gawon Bae and Lilit Marcus, CNN South Korea’s capital is adding another feature to its skyline in 2027 — the “Seoul Ring,” a 180-meter (591-foot) spokeless Ferris wheel. The Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) announced the attraction would be located in Haneul Park in the city’s northeast. Spokeless Ferris wheels are a relatively new development.
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By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and ABBY SEWELL Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Only a few months into its term, Iraq’s government is suddenly enforcing a long-dormant law banning alcohol imports and arresting people over social media content deemed morally offensive. The crackdown has raised alarm among religious minorities and rights activists. Some see the measures as
Continue Reading By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and ABBY SEWELL Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Only a few months into its term, Iraq’s government is suddenly enforcing a long-dormant law banning alcohol imports and arresting people over social media content deemed morally offensive. The crackdown has raised alarm among religious minorities and rights activists. Some see the measures as
Continue Reading By WANJOHI KABUKURU Associated Press MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) — Surrounded by miles of dried land and what remains of his famished livestock, Daniel Lepaine is a worried man. Dozens of his goats in Ngong, a town in southern Kenya, have died after three years of harrowing drought in the east and Horn of Africa. The
Continue ReadingCNN By Kara Scannell, Kristen Holmes and Jack Forrest, CNN Manhattan prosecutors have invited former President Donald Trump to appear before the grand jury investigating his alleged role in a hush money payment scheme and cover-up, a person familiar with the matter said, indicating a decision on charging Trump may come soon. Potential defendants in
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping was awarded a third five-year term as the nation’s president Friday, putting him on track to stay in power for life at a time of severe economic challenges and rising tensions with the U.S. and others. The endorsement of Xi’s appointment by the ceremonial National People’s Congress was
Continue Reading By The Associated Press HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Zyon Pullin had 19 points in UC Riverside’s 68-52 win against UC Davis on Thursday in the Big West Conference tournament quarterfinals. UC Riverside, the tournament’s No. 3 seed, will face second-seeded UC Santa Barbara in the tourney semifinals. Pullin was 9 of 17 shooting (1 for
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CNN By Josh Campbell, Karol Suarez and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Mexican authorities arrested five more people in connection to the kidnappings of four Americans in Matamoros, Mexico, Tamaulipas Attorney General Irving Barrios Mojica said on Twitter Friday. Six people have been arrested in total, including one on Tuesday, Barrios Mojica said. “The Tamaulipas Attorney General’s
Continue Reading By Josh Campbell, Karol Suarez, Rosa Flores, Caroll Alvarado and Paul P. Murphy, CNN Mexican authorities arrested five more people Friday in connection to the kidnappings of four Americans in Matamoros, Mexico, as the bodies of the two Americans killed were returned to US diplomats and questions continued to swirl around last week’s violent abduction.
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — The man convicted of killing Kristin Smart, who vanished from a California college campus more than 25 years ago, was scheduled to be sentenced Friday for her murder. Paul Flores could face 25 years to life in state prison. However, the judge was first expected to consider defense motions to toss
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — The man convicted of killing Kristin Smart, who vanished from a California college campus more than 25 years ago, was scheduled to be sentenced Friday for her murder. Paul Flores could face 25 years to life in state prison. However, the judge was first expected to consider defense motions to toss
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