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Month: August 2023

Sweden calls for vigilance abroad after Quran desecrations and protests

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A senior Swedish official says Swedes abroad and businesses linked to Sweden “should observe increased vigilance and caution,” following recent Quran burnings in the country and protests in the Muslim world. Sweden’s National Security Adviser said Monday that the security situation has worsened. He said extremists who previously considered Sweden a “legitimate

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Poland’s government wants to ask voters loaded questions on border security as part of election

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s government says it wants to ask voters in a referendum whether they support or want dismantled a recently-built border wall to prevent massive unauthorized migration from Belarus. The loaded question is one of four the right-wing ruling party wants to ask in a ballot question alongside the Oct. 15 parliamentary

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Typhoon approaches western Japan, threatening to bring heavy rain and high winds during holiday week

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A powerful typhoon is approaching Japan’s main archipelago of Honshu, threatening to hit large areas of western and central Japan with heavy rain and high winds. It is affecting many people traveling for a Buddhist holiday week. The Japan Meteorological Agency said that Typhoon Lan was packing

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Indonesian protesters begin hunger strike as bill to protect domestic workers stalls in parliament

By NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian domestic workers and activists have begun a hunger strike to protest against the parliament’s delay in passing a bill to protect domestic workers. Lita Anggraini of the National Advocacy Network for Domestic Workers said sunrise-to-sunset fasting protests on Monday were happening simultaneously in the capital,

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UK government rejects claims it was slow to evacuate asylum seekers after bacteria detected on barge

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s government has rejected claims that it was slow to evacuate asylum-seekers from a barge moored off the south coast of England once traces of the bacteria that causes Legionnaire’s disease were found in the ship’s water system. In the latest critique of the government’s ballyhooed efforts

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2 Nigerian men accused of running a global ‘sextortion’ ring linked to a teen’s suicide have been extradited to US, officials say

By Josh Campbell, CNN (CNN) — Alleged members of a global sextortion operation that targeted more than 100 victims and led to the death of a 17-year-old boy were extradited to the United States on Sunday to face federal criminal charges, authorities said. Samuel Ogoshi, 22, and Samson Ogoshi, 20, both of Lagos, Nigeria, were

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Blast in eastern Afghanistan kills 3, wounds 7 at hotel frequented by Pakistani refugees

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Police say an explosion has ripped through a hotel in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Khost, killing at least three people and wounding seven others. They say the blast occurred Monday at a city hotel frequented by Afghan people and refugees from Pakistan’s former militant stronghold of North Waziristan. Police are investigating to

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Hawaii mourns the dead in ferocious wildfires while officials warn the full toll is not yet known

By CLAIRE RUSH, AUDREY MCAVOY and CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — As Hawaii residents mourned those killed in ferocious wildfires, officials warned that the full human and environmental toll was not yet known and the recovery only just beginning from the destruction wrought by flames that galloped a mile every minute. Twenty

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Sudan’s top army general accuses paramilitary of war crimes in televised speech

By JACK JEFFERY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The head of Sudan’s military has accused the rival paramilitary force of committing war crimes as all-out civil war threatens to engulf the northeast African country.  The head of the military accused the paramilitary of committing violations under the falsehood of promising to restore democracy.  Open conflict

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Passenger arrested after flight from Australia to Malaysia returns to Sydney in ’emergency incident’

SYDNEY (AP) — An airline flight from Australia to Malaysia has returned to Sydney where a passenger was arrested hours later in what police described as an emergency incident. The emergency on Monday caused dozens of flight cancellations and delays at Australia’s busiest airport. Malaysia Airlines said flight MH122 left Sydney Airport with 199 passengers

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