By HARUNA UMAR Associated Press MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s army says it has rescued hundreds of hostages, mostly women and children, who had been held captive for months or years by Boko Haram extremists in the country’s northeast. It said late Monday that the hostages were rescued from a hideout in Sambisa Forest and
Continue ReadingBy SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden, intent on selling his legislative accomplishments this election year, will travel to New Hampshire on Tuesday to detail the impact of a law that helps veterans get key benefits as a result of burn pit or other toxic exposure during their service. In
Continue ReadingBy PIETRO DE CRISTOFARO and GEIR MOULSON Associated Press FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The alleged leaders of a suspected far-right plot to topple the German government are among nine suspects have gone on trial, opening the most prominent proceedings in a case that shocked the country in late 2022. The defendants faced judges Tuesday at
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Global shares retreated Tuesday, even as most U.S. stock indexes finished higher, especially technology issues like Nvidia. France’s CAC 40 lost 0.7% in early trading to 8,137.16, while Germany’s DAX declined 0.3% to 18,704.35. Britain’s FTSE 100 fell nearly 0.4% to 8,393.84. The future for the
Continue ReadingBy NICOLAS VAUX-MONTAGNY, BARBARA SURK and JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — A Paris court is seeking to determine this week whether top Syrian intelligence officials were responsible for the disappearance and deaths of a French-Syrian father and his son. Hearings in the landmark trial started Tuesday and are expected to air chilling allegations
Continue ReadingBy JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer CANNES, France (AP) — Donald Trump’s reelection campaign called “The Apprentice,” a film about the former U.S. president in the 1980s, “pure fiction” and vowed legal action following its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival. Steven Cheung, Trump campaign spokesperson, said in a statement that the Trump team will
Continue ReadingBy SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen claim they have shot down an American drone over the country on the Arabian Peninsula. The U.S. military acknowledges reports but does not comment. If confirmed, it would be the second MQ-9 Reaper drone downed by the Houthis over the past
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Mourners in black began gathering Tuesday for days of funerals and processions for Iran’s late president, foreign minister and others killed in a helicopter crash, a government-led series of ceremonies aimed at both honoring the dead and projecting strength in an unsettled Middle East.
Continue ReadingBEIRUT (AP) — The office of President Bashar Assad has announced that Syrian first lady Asma Assad has been diagnosed with leukemia. The president’s wife was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia “after presenting with several symptoms and following a comprehensive series of medical tests and examinations,” the statement says. Asma Assad had previously been treated
Continue ReadingBy Jo Munnik, for CNN (CNN) — It’s early morning in Sera Community Conservancy in Northern Kenya and sunlight beats down across this expansive semi-arid landscape. Birds calling and boots crunching are the only sounds for miles as a team led by Kenyan wildlife veterinarian Dr. Mukami Ruoro-Oundo carefully tracks white rhinos — the first
Continue ReadingBy KEIRAN SMITH Associated Press NEWCASTLE, Australia (AP) — Australia and New Zealand sent airplanes to New Caledonia on Tuesday to begin bringing home stranded citizens from the violence-wracked French South Pacific territory. Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong said Australia had received clearance from French authorities for two flights to evacuate citizens from the archipelago,
Continue ReadingBy MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Authorities in Pakistan urged people to stay indoors as the country is hit by an extreme heat wave that threatens to bring dangerously high temperatures and yet another round of glacial-driven floods. Officials announced on Tuesday that schools will be shut for a week in Pakistan’s most
Continue ReadingBy SAMYA KULLAB and ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Germany’s foreign minister arrived in Kyiv on Tuesday in the latest public display of support for Ukraine by its Western partners, although deliveries of promised weapons and ammunition from NATO countries like Germany have been slow and have left Ukraine vulnerable to a
Continue ReadingBy MAJDI MOHAMMED Associated Press JENIN REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank (AP) — Israeli forces raided a militant stronghold in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, killing at least seven Palestinians, including a doctor, according to local authorities, in some of the deadliest violence in the territory since the war in the Gaza Strip erupted seven
Continue ReadingBy DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press KALAMATA, Greece (AP) — Nine Egyptian men have gone on trial in southern Greece, accused of causing a shipwreck that killed hundreds of migrants and sent shockwaves through the European Union’s border protection and asylum operations. The defendants, most in their 20s, face up to life in prison if convicted
Continue ReadingBy KEIRAN SMITH Associated Press NEWCASTLE, Australia (AP) — Australia’s deputy prime minister is visiting the Solomon Islands, as Canberra intensifies its efforts to counter China’s growing influence in the South Pacific. Richard Marles’ visit Tuesday to the archipelago’s capital of Honiara was the first by an Australian government minister since Jeremiah Manele was elected
Continue ReadingBy Xiaofei Xu and Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — A knife-wielding man who attacked people on a train car in the central Taiwanese city of Taichung early Tuesday was subdued by passengers, according to authorities. The attack came on the tenth anniversary of a deadly knife rampage on Taipei’s metro that shocked an island with
Continue ReadingBy NICOLAS VAUX-MONTAGNY, BARBARA SURK and JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — A Paris court will seek to determine this week whether top Syrian intelligence officials were responsible for the disappearance and deaths of a French-Syrian father and his son. The hearings in the landmark trial start on Tuesday and are expected to air
Continue ReadingBy DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press KALAMATA, Greece (AP) — Nine Egyptian men will go on trial in southern Greece, accused of causing a shipwreck that killed hundreds of migrants and sent shockwaves through the European Union’s border protection and asylum operations. The defendants, most in their 20s, face up to life in prison if convicted
Continue ReadingBy Rhea Mogul, CNN (CNN) — Celebrities, industrialists and politicians cast their vote in the world’s biggest democracy as polls opened in India’s financial capital during a weekslong nationwide election, in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi is seeking another five-year term. Voting took place in six constituencies across Mumbai in the western state of Maharashtra,
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