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UN nuclear agency’s board votes to censure Iran for failing to fully cooperate
By Stephanie Liechtenstein, The Associated Press on June 5th, 2024
VIENNA (AP) – The U.N. nuclear watchdog’s board on Wednesday censured Iran for failing to cooperate fully with the agency, diplomats said, calling on Tehran to provide answers in a long-running investigation and reverse its decision to bar several experienced U.N. inspectors. The vote by the 35-member board at the International Atomic Energy Agency’s headquarters ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico posts speech online in first appearance since his shooting
By The Associated Press on June 5th, 2024
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) – Slovakia’s populist Prime Minister Robert Fico has posted a speech online in his first appearance since an assassination attempt three weeks ago. In a pre-recording speech posted on his Facebook ahead of the European Parliament election on Thursday, Fico said the attack caused serious damage to his health and “it will ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!FBI agent on the stand in Hunter Biden’s gun trial, as first lady again attends
By Claudia Lauer, Randall Chase, Colleen Long And Michael Kunzelman, The Associated Press on June 5th, 2024
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) – Federal prosecutors in Hunter Biden’s gun trial pressed Wednesday to show jurors the depths of his drug problem and to reveal through his own words the addiction they say was still going on when he filed out a form to buy a firearm. First lady Jill Biden went to court for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Israeli nationalists march through Palestinian area of Jerusalem, some chanting ‘Death to Arabs’
By Julia Frankel, The Associated Press on June 5th, 2024
JERUSALEM (AP) – Thousands of mostly ultranationalist Israelis took part in an annual march through a dense Palestinian neighborhood in Jerusalem’s Old City on Wednesday, with some stoking wartime tensions and chanting “Death to Arabs.” Jerusalem, the epicenter of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, has been mostly calm throughout the Israel-Hamas war, but the march could ignite ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Israeli nationalists march through Palestinian area of Jerusalem, chant ‘Death to Arabs’
By Julia Frankel, The Associated Press on June 5th, 2024
JERUSALEM (AP) – Israeli participants in a nationalist march through a Palestinian area of Jerusalem chanted “death to Arabs” on Wednesday, stoking already surging tensions as the war in Gaza rages. Thousands of Israelis, including many ultranationalists, were participating in the “Jerusalem Day” march. The annual event marks Israel’s capture of east Jerusalem, including the ... Read More »
1 responseCross-examination of FBI agent continues in Hunter Biden’s gun trial, as first lady again attends
By Claudia Lauer, Randall Chase, Colleen Long And Michael Kunzelman, The Associated Press on June 5th, 2024
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) – Federal prosecutors in Hunter Biden’s gun trial have spent hours showing jurors evidence of his drug problem, seeking to reveal through his own words and writing the depth of his addiction to show it was still going on when, they say, he lied on a form to buy a firearm. First ... Read More »
1 responseHunter Biden’s ex-wife is expected to take the stand in his gun trial, as first lady again attends
By Claudia Lauer, Randall Chase, Colleen Long And Michael Kunzelman, The Associated Press on June 5th, 2024
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) – Federal prosecutors in Hunter Biden’s gun trial have spent hours showing jurors evidence of his drug problem, seeking to reveal through his own words and writing the depth of his addiction to show it was still going on when, they say, he lied on a form to buy a firearm. First ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Amanda Knox re-convicted of slander in Italy for accusing innocent man in roommate’s 2007 murder
By Colleen Barry, The Associated Press on June 5th, 2024
FLORENCE, Italy (AP) – An Italian court re-convicted Amanda Knox of slander on Wednesday, even after she was exonerated in the brutal 2007 murder of her British roommate while the two were exchange students in Italy. The court found that Knox had wrongly accused an innocent man, the Congolese owner of the bar where she ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Gunman captured after shootout outside US Embassy in Lebanon
By Kareem Chehayeb, The Associated Press on June 5th, 2024
BEIRUT (AP) – A gunman was shot and captured by Lebanese soldiers after a shootout outside the U.S. Embassy outside Beirut on Wednesday morning, the military said. The attack took place as tensions continued to simmer in the tiny Mediterranean country, where months of fighting between Hezbollah militants and Israeli troops has displaced thousands along ... Read More »
1 responseUS flies B-1B bomber for 1st precision bombing drill in 7 years as tensions simmer with North Korea
By The Associated Press on June 5th, 2024
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – The United States flew a long-range B-1B bomber over the Korean Peninsula on Wednesday for its first precision-guided bombing drill with South Korea in seven years, the South said Wednesday. The U.S. B-1B bomber conducted joint aerial drills with other U.S. and South Korean fighter jets, South Korea’s Defense Ministry ... Read More »
1 responseUS flies bomber for first JDAM bombing drill in 7 years as tensions simmer with North Korea
By The Associated Press on June 5th, 2024
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – The United States has flown a long-range B-1B bomber over the Korean Peninsula for its first precision-guided weapon bombing drill in seven years, South Korea said Wednesday. South Korea’s Defense Ministry says the U.S. B-1B bomber conducted joint aerial drills with other U.S. and South Korean fighter jets. It says ... Read More »
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