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By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Top diplomats from Japan and China have met for bilateral talks as they try to resolve disputes including China’s ban on Japanese seafood, which has hurt Japanese exporters. The pair met in South Korea’s southern port city of Busan. They join their South Korean host for three-way

By GIADA ZAMPANO Associated Press ROME (AP) — An Italian man suspected of killing his ex-girlfriend in a case that has shaken the country has been extradited from Germany. Twenty-one-year-old Filippo Turetta landed at the Venice airport around mid-morning. He will be immediately transferred to a prison in the northern city of Verona to face

BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian opposition activists say government forces’ shelling of a northwestern village has killed at least nine people, including six children. The Saturday morning shelling of the village of Qawqafeen is the latest violation of a truce reached in March 2020 between Russia and Turkey, who back rival sides in Syria’s 12-year conflict

By NAJIB JOBAIN, SAMY MAGDY and DAVID RISING Associated Press KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Egyptian officials said Hamas was preparing to release 14 Israeli hostages Saturday for 42 Palestinian prisoners held by Israel, as part of an exchange on the second day of a cease-fire that has allowed critical humanitarian aid into the

By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia on Saturday morning launched its most intense drone attack on Ukraine since the beginning of its full-scale invasion in 2022, targeting the capital city for over six hours, military officials said. “Kyiv was the main target,” Ukrainian Air Force Commander Mykola Oleshchuk wrote on his

KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police say a blaze has killed at least 10 people in a shopping mall. The multi-story RJ Mall is in a high-rise commercial building that also houses call centers and software firms. The mayor of the southwestern city of Karachi said Saturday morning’s fire injured at least 22 people. Rescue

ROME (AP) — The Vatican says Pope Francis has canceled his audiences scheduled for Saturday morning because he has a slight fever.  “The Holy Father’s audiences scheduled for this morning are canceled due to a mild flu,” the statement says. The pope is due to travel on Friday to Dubai for the COP28 conference on

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia launched Saturday morning its most intense drone attack on Ukraine since the beginning of its full-scale invasion in 2022, targeting the Ukrainian capital, military officials said. “Kyiv was the main target,” wrote Ukrainian Air Force Commander Mykola Oleshchuk, on his Telegram channel. In total, Russia launched 75 Iranian-made Shahed drones

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A container ship owned by an Israeli billionaire came under attack by a suspected Iranian drone in the Indian Ocean as Israel wages war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip, an American defense official said Saturday. The attack Friday on the CMA CGM Symi

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s state news agency says an avalanche killed five mountain climbers and injured four others from an all-Iranian climbing team in west Iran Rescue teams recovered the bodies of five climbers from San Boran peak, some 300 kilometers (about186 miles) southwest of the capital Tehran, IRNA news agency said, while the

NEW DELHI (AP) — Officials say they have stopped digging to rescue 41 construction workers who have been trapped for nearly two weeks in a collapsed tunnel in northern India after the drilling machine broke down. An international expert assisting the rescue team at the site in Uttarakhand state said Saturday that it was unclear

By NAJIB JOBAIN, SAMY MAGDY and DAVID RISING Associated Press KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hamas was expected to swap more of its hostages Saturday for prisoners held by Israel on the second day of a cease-fire that has allowed critical humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip and given civilians their first respite after