Year: 2024

BERLIN (AP) — Investigators say a doctor who was arrested in Berlin in August is now suspected of killing eight patients and in some cases trying to cover up the evidence by setting fires. The doctor, who was part of a nursing service’s palliative care team, was suspected at the time of his arrest of

Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The Israeli military says its warplanes have fired on southern Lebanon after detecting activity by the militant Hezbollah group at a rocket storage facility there. Thursday’s attack was first Israeli airstrike after a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah took hold. It came hours after the Israeli military said it fired

Black Friday has become something of an anachronism in the e-commerce era. The day after Thanksgiving marks the official start of the holiday shopping season, but retailers already have spent weeks flooding their websites and customers’ email inboxes with early Black Friday offers. If history is any guide and advertisers are to be believed, the

Syria’s opposition groups say armed forces launched a large-scale attack on areas controlled by government forces and seized territory in northwestern Syria. Activists said the government and its allies responded with airstrikes and shelling to ward off the insurgent advances. Syria’s armed forces said Thursday the offensive was led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, or HTS,

Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Six Cambodian activists charged with treason for comments criticizing the government on Facebook have been deported from Thailand to stand trial, a pro-democracy group said. The Khmer Movement for Democracy, a movement formed by opposition leaders in exile, criticized the deportations, saying Thursday the activists will face “inhuman

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — At least 15 people have died and 113 others are missing after landslides buried homes in six villages in eastern Uganda. Uganda police say that 15 injured people had been rescued and admitted to Buluganya Health Center. Local media reports say authorities expect the death toll could rise to 30. The

Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The president of Cyprus says the Mediterranean island nation could apply to become a member of NATO when its armed forces receive the necessary training and equipment with U.S. help to bring it up to the standards of the world’s premier military alliance. President Nikos Christodoulides says that European

Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek officials say that four migrants, including two children, died when a boat struck rocks near the Greek island of Samos. They said on  Thursday that 16 other people were rescued, but it remained unclear how many were aboard the boat. It was the second deadly shipwreck off Samos

Associated Press SIBOLANGIT, Indonesia (AP) — Rescuers have recovered two more bodies from a tourist bus hit by a landslide triggered by torrential rains on Indonesia’s Sumatra island, bringing the death toll to nine. At least 20 people have died in other landslides and floods in the region this week. Officials said Thursday that rescuers