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Police: Belgian mosque attacked, imam dies

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-16 22:05
BRUSSELS (AP) -- A mosque near Brussels was the target Monday evening of an arson attack in which the imam died, Belgian authorities said late Monday....

Argentine-Falklands conflict touches both to core

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-16 22:05
STANLEY, Falkland Islands (AP) -- Ever since seafaring explorers happened upon these uninhabited islands in the 16th century, people have been fighting over them....

Police: Belgian mosque attacked, imam dies

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-16 22:05
BRUSSELS (AP) -- A mosque near Brussels was attacked with Molotov cocktails and its imam died trying to extinguish the flames, Belgian newspapers reported late Monday....

NATO: Afghanistan rampage won't affect timeline

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-16 22:05
BERLIN (AP) -- The alleged slaying of 16 civilians by a U.S. soldier in southern Afghanistan will not affect plans to turn over security operations to local troops, NATO and member countries said as they called for a quick investigation into the deaths....

NATO: Afghanistan rampage won't affect timeline

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-16 22:05
BERLIN (AP) -- The alleged slaying of 16 civilians by a U.S. soldier in southern Afghanistan will not affect plans to turn over security operations to local troops, NATO and member countries said as they called for a quick investigation into the deaths....

Obama, Cameron to focus on foreign threats

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-16 22:05
LONDON (AP) -- Efforts to end the international mission in Afghanistan, curtail Iran's nuclear ambitions and halt the bloody repression of Syria's opposition will dominate talks opening Tuesday between U.S. President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron....

Obama, Cameron to focus on foreign threats

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-16 22:05
LONDON (AP) -- Efforts to end the international mission in Afghanistan, curtail Iran's nuclear ambitions and halt the bloody repression of Syria's opposition will dominate talks opening Tuesday between U.S. President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron....

Eurozone eases Spanish deficit target

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-16 22:05
BRUSSELS (AP) -- Eurozone finance ministers on Monday gave unemployment-ridden Spain some more wiggle room in cutting its big deficit, signaling that new, tighter rules against overspending in the currency union retain some flexibility for hard-hit countries....

Rightists win biggest congress bloc in El Savlador

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-16 22:05
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) -- The leftist party led by El Salvador's president lost four seats in midterm elections, leaving the conservatives as the biggest bloc in the legislature, according to preliminary vote counts made public Monday....

British court: Right-to-die case can proceed

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-16 22:05
LONDON (AP) -- In a case that challenges Britain's definition of murder, a severely disabled man who says his life has no "privacy or dignity" will be granted a hearing on his request that a doctor be allowed to give him a lethal injection....

Lost mural by Leonardo may have been discovered

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-16 22:05
FLORENCE, Italy (AP) -- Researchers may have discovered traces of a lost mural by Leonardo da Vinci by poking a probe through cracks in a 16th-century fresco painted on the wall of one of Florence's most famous buildings....

Turkey: 4 journalists released in coup plot trial

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-16 22:05
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- Four Turkish journalists were freed from jail Monday, a year after they were detained in a case that has raised fears for press freedom in the country. Two pledged to immediately tackle sensitive subjects again, including the killing of an ethnic Armenian journalist....

Israeli plans for Iran go back years

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-16 22:05
JERUSALEM (AP) -- For more than a decade, Israel has systematically built up its military specifically for a possible strike on Iranian nuclear facilities. It has sent its air force on long-distance training missions, procured American-made "bunker-busting" bombs and bolstered its missile defenses....

Israeli plans for Iran go back years

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-16 22:05
JERUSALEM (AP) -- For more than a decade, Israel has systematically built up its military specifically for a possible strike on Iranian nuclear facilities. It has sent its air force on long-distance training missions, procured American-made "bunker-busting" bombs and bolstered its missile defenses....

US and Russia clash over Syria at UN

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-16 22:05
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- The United States and Russia clashed over Syria at the U.N. on Monday after the U.N.'s Secretary-General urged the divided Security Council to speak with one voice and help the Mideast nation "pull back from the brink of a deeper catastrophe."...

Israeli plans for Iran go back years

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-16 22:05
JERUSALEM (AP) -- For more than a decade, Israel has systematically built up its military specifically for a possible strike on Iranian nuclear facilities. It has sent its air force on long-distance training missions, procured American-made "bunker-busting" bombs and bolstered its missile defenses....

Argentine-Falklands conflict touches both to core

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-16 22:05
STANLEY, Falkland Islands (AP) -- Ever since seafaring explorers happened upon these uninhabited islands in the 16th century, people have been fighting over them....

Argentine-Falklands conflict touches both to core

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-16 22:05
STANLEY, Falkland Islands (AP) -- Ever since seafaring explorers happened upon these uninhabited islands in the 16th century, people have been fighting over them....
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