BAGHDAD – In this torrid Baghdad summer, Karim Kadim, his wife and five children have been sleeping in their living room, where the air conditioning works best and often muffles noise from the street. But nothing could drown out the thunderclap that roused the family about 5:45 a.m. Thursday. Even …
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BUJUMBURA, Burundi – A Burundi official says a former army chief has been killed, the second military official to be assassinated this month in violence linked to the country’s political unrest over President Pierre Nkurunziza’s re-election to a third term. Presidential spokesman Willy Nyamitwe said Saturday that Col. Jean Bikomagu …
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MEXICO CITY – A Mexican federal court has denied home detention to former teachers’ union head Elba Esther Gordillo, once a feared political operator who has been in jail since 2013 on charges of embezzlement and organized crime. The 6th Court of Federal Criminal Proceedings says it made the ruling …
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LONDON – British police say a 33-year-old woman and her four children aged 4 to 12 may be trying to reach an Islamic State group-controlled area of Syria. The Metropolitan Police says Zahera Tariq and her children left their London home on Tuesday and flew to Amsterdam. A relative reported …
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CHISINAU, Moldova – The leader of a pro-Russian separatist republic has announced that his foreign minister is resigning to take up another position: she’ll become his wife. Leader of Trans-Dniester, Yevgeny Shevchuk, said in a news conference Monday that Nina Shtanski was quitting her post. “She will leave for another …
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DAKAR, Senegal – An alliance to save great apes says authorities have arrested Guinea’s former wildlife director for allegedly playing a key role in trafficking chimpanzees and other endangered wildlife. The Great Apes Survival Partnership said Tuesday that Ansoumane Doumbouya, who was also Guinea’s representative to the Convention on International …
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UNITED NATIONS – The selection of the U.N. secretary-general has been largely secretive for 70 years. A vote in the General Assembly next week could begin to change that. A draft resolution, obtained by The Associated Press and finalized late Wednesday, outlines how the U.N. should begin making the process …
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MOSCOW – A giant sinkhole that appeared in the Russian city of Solikamsk nine months ago is growing in size. Local media reported earlier this week that the sinkhole which was caused by an accident at a potash mine in November has since quadrupled in size to 120 meters (395 …
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HONG KONG – Chinese exports and imports have contracted in August in the latest sign of weakness for the world’s second-biggest economy. Customs data posted online Tuesday showed that shipments of goods last month shrank 6.1 percent in yuan terms compared with a year earlier. Imports tumbled by 14.3 percent …
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Denmark on Saturday reported more mysterious drone sightings — this time over military installations, including its largest military base — after incursions at airports grounded flights this week. The NATO country is still mulling how to respond. Denmark’s Armed Forces reported that more drones were observed overnight, according to Reuters. …
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