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A fire at a nightclub in Spain’s southeastern city of Murcia kills 13
By The Associated Press on October 1st, 2023
MADRID, Spain (AP) – A fire broke out in a nightclub in the southeastern Spanish city of Murcia on Sunday, killing 13 people and injuring several others, authorities said. The fire started around 6 a.m. in the popular Teatre nightclub and quickly tore through the venue, according to Spain’s state news agency EFE. It was ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Suicide bomber detonates a device in the Turkish capital. A second assailant is killed in a shootout
By The Associated Press on October 1st, 2023
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) – A suicide bomber detonated an explosive device in the heart of the Turkish capital, Ankara, on Sunday, hours before parliament was scheduled to reopen after a summer recess. A second assailant was killed in a shootout with police. Two police officers were slightly injured during the attack near the Ministry of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A suicide bomber detonates a device in the Turkish capital, a second assailant killed in a shootout
By The Associated Press on October 1st, 2023
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) – Turkey’s interior affairs minister says a suicide bomber detonated an explosive device near his ministry on Sunday while a second assailant was killed in a shootout with police. Ali Yerlikaya said two police officers were slightly injured during the attack in the Turkish capital, Ankara. The attack occurred hours before Parliament ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Turkish media report an explosion has been heard in Ankara on the day the Parliament reconvenes
By The Associated Press on October 1st, 2023
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) – Turkish media reports say a loud explosion was heard in the heart of the Turkish capital, Ankara, on Sunday. The cause of the explosion in an area near the Parliament and Ministry of Interior Affairs was no immediately known. Parliament is scheduled to reopen on Sunday following a summer recess... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bahrain says attack by Yemen rebels kills a Bahraini officer and a soldier on the Saudi border
By The Associated Press on September 25th, 2023
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – A drone attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels killed a Bahraini officer and soldier who were patrolling Saudi Arabia’s southern border early Monday, Bahrain’s military command said. The statement, carried by the official Bahrain News Agency, says “a number” of Bahraini soldiers were also wounded in the attack, without elaborating. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bahrain says attack by Yemen rebels kills one Bahraini officer and one soldier on the Saudi border
By The Associated Press on September 25th, 2023
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – Bahrain’s military command says one of its officers and a soldier were killed in a drone attack by Yemeni rebels while patrolling the Yemeni-Saudi border. The statement says “a number” of soldiers were wounded in the attack early Monday. Bahrain is a close ally of Saudi Arabia, which has ... Read More »
1 responseLahaina residents begin returning to sites of homes destroyed by deadly wildfire
By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, The Associated Press on September 25th, 2023
HONOLULU (AP) – Some Lahaina residents returned to their devastated properties Monday for the first time since the Hawaii town was destroyed by wildfire nearly seven weeks ago. Authorities allowed residents into the first area to be cleared for reentry – a zone of about two dozen parcels in the northern part of Lahaina – ... Read More »
1 responseTexas Walmart shooter agrees to pay more than $5M to families over 2019 racist attack
By Paul J. Weber, The Associated Press on September 25th, 2023
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – A white Texas gunman who killed 23 people in a racist attack on Hispanic shoppers at a Walmart in 2019 agreed Monday to pay more than $5 million to families of the victims. Patrick Crusius was sentenced to 90 consecutive life sentences in July after pleading guilty to federal hate crime ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Democratic Sen. Menendez says cash found in home was from his personal savings, not bribe proceeds
By Deepti Hajela And Mike Catalini, The Associated Press on September 25th, 2023
UNION CITY, N.J. (AP) – Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey defiantly pushed back against federal corruption charges and the erosion of Democratic support in his home state Monday, saying cash authorities found in his home was from his savings account and on hand for emergencies. He said that he believed he’d be ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!President Macron says France will end its military presence in Niger, pull its ambassador after coup
By Angela Charlton, The Associated Press on September 24th, 2023
PARIS (AP) – President Emmanuel Macron announced Sunday that France will end its military presence in Niger and pull its ambassador out of the country after its democratically elected president was deposed in a coup. The announcement is a significant, if predicted, blow to France’s policy in Africa, after French troops pulled out of neighboring ... Read More »
1 responsePresident Macron says France will end its military presence in Niger and pull ambassador after coup
By The Associated Press on September 24th, 2023
PARIS (AP) – French President Emmanuel Macron said Sunday that France will end its military presence in Niger and pull its ambassador out of the country after its democratically elected president was deposed in a coup... Read More »
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