Year: 2021

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s supreme court has sentenced a man to death by hanging for the killing of two prominent Iraqi journalists, known for their coverage of anti-government protests last year in the southern city of Basra. The two, a local TV reporter and his cameraman were found shot and killed in a car parked

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A proposal to grant early release from prison to one of the world’s most prolific serial killers has raised outrage in Colombia and a denunciation from President Iván Duque. Luis Alfredo Garavito has confessed to killing about 190 children, most aged 8 to 16. He received more than 50 long prison

By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY and THOMAS PEIPERT Associated Press State and local election officials are hoping for a smooth election on Tuesday to demonstrate that voting is secure and tallies are accurate. The off-year elections come after a year of falsehoods surrounding the 2020 presidential election, Republican-led ballot reviews and new voting rules passed by

NAPLES, Italy (AP) — U.S. first lady Jill Biden, a descendant of Italians, donned an apron and rubber gloves to help culinary students at a U.S. Navy school in Italy make ravioli and noodles. She told them she knows Italian cooking because she used to make homemade pasta all the time for dinner. Biden toured

By EVENS SANON Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Hundreds of revelers clad in white and clutching candles are crowding into the main cemetery at Haiti’s capital to pay their respects to the dead during an annual Vodou festival. Many in the crowd on Monday surrounded the tomb of the first person buried in the

CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian authorities say they have arrested the suspect in a gruesome killing in a Suez Canal city, soon after shocking footage of the slaying drew an uproar on social media. The Interior Ministry, which oversees the police force, said in a brief statement that the suspect attacked a man in a busy

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration says it welcomed a private mission to Myanmar by former U.S. ambassador to the U.N. Bill Richardson as a possible way to help speed humanitarian access to the country. The State Department says Richardson was making the trip on his own. But it said it hoped he

BERLIN (AP) — German police say they have registered more than 5,000 unauthorized border crossings last month by people who had arrived from Belarus. This represents a significant pickup in the number of people arriving through a new and politically sensitive migration route. Federal police said on Monday that October saw 5,285 unauthorized entries “with