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By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A Syrian refugee has been arrested in the Netherlands on suspicion of crimes against humanity, including sexual violence, while he was allegedly head of an interrogation team in a militia aligned to the government of President Bashar Assad. The arrest Friday of the 55-year-old man

By DANICA KIRKA and BRIAN MELLEY LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry lost a preliminary round  in his libel case against against the publisher of the Daily Mail tabloid over an article that said he tried to hide his efforts to retain publicly funded protection in the U.K. after walking away from his role as a working member

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — The CEO of chipmaker Nvidia views Malaysia as a potential hub for artificial intelligence “manufacturing.” Jensen Huang, Nvidia’s founder and CEO, told reporters in Kuala Lumpur on Friday that the Malaysian conglomerate YTL Corp. could play an important role in setting up AI data centers. Huang didn’t confirm reports that

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s defense minister has threatened massive retaliatory missile strikes on “the heart and head” of North Korea in the event of provocation, as the rivals escalate their rhetoric over their respective spy satellite launches in recent days. The South Korean warning on Friday came

BERLIN (AP) — Travelers in Germany are facing delays and disruptions as a union representing Germany’s train drivers conducts a 24-hour strike. The strike began at 10 p.m. local time Thursday at 10 p.m. for passenger services and at 6 p.m. for freight trains. National railway operator Deutsche Bahn said approximately 20% of its long-distance

By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian health officials say Israeli forces stormed into a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank to arrest Palestinian militants and unleashed fighting with local gunmen in which six Palestinians were killed. The Palestinian Health Ministry said the dead included a 14-year-old boy and a local commander

By ANGELA CHARLTON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — A French juvenile court on Friday convicted six teenagers for their roles in the 2020 beheading of a teacher by an Islamic extremist, an attack that shocked the country and shone a light on the real-world dangers of online hate speech. Samuel Paty, a history and geography

By THOMAS ADAMSON and SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron has visited the Notre Dame Cathedral to mark the one-year countdown to its reopening. The cathedral is undergoing extensive restoration after a blaze burned through the roof and spire on April 15, 2019. The spire’s restoration symbolizes an emotional revival

By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — President Joe Biden has used a visit to Las Vegas to say he’s “putting high-speed rail on the fast track.” He also has used the moment to blast former President Donald Trump — his likely 2024 challenger — as a do-nothing politician. Biden told unionized carpenters

By SIBI ARASU The Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — As United Nations climate talks enter their second week, negotiators who are largely focused on how to curb climate change have another thing on their plates: how to adapt to the warming that’s already here. Discussions for what’s known as the Global Goal

By WAFAA SHURAFA, JULIA FRANKEL and LEE KEATH Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel said Friday that the military was rounding up Palestinian men in northern Gaza for interrogation, searching for Hamas militants, while desperate Palestinians in the south crowded into an ever-shrinking area, and the U.N. warned that its aid operation

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — U.S. and Iraqi officials say a rocket attack at the sprawling U.S. Embassy in Baghdad has caused minor damage but no casualties. Iran-backed militias in Iraq have claimed responsibility for dozens of attacks that targeted bases housing U.S. troops in Iraq and Syria since the Israel-Hamas war

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — One of the biggest and brightest stars in the night sky will momentarily vanish as an asteroid passes in front of it to produce a one-of-a-kind eclipse. The rare and fleeting spectacle, late Monday into early Tuesday, should be visible to millions of people

By LUIS ANDRES HENAO Associated Press Buddhists around the world are celebrating Bodhi Day. Also called Buddha’s Enlightenment Day, it commemorates when Siddhartha Gautama attained awakening — or enlightenment — some 2,600 years ago, becoming the Buddha. When is Bodhi Day celebrated? Japan celebrates on Dec. 8, following the Western calendar. It varies elsewhere in

By RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Fire alarms blared in the background of recorded 911 calls that police released of terrified students and faculty this week at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. The callers hid inside locked offices and under desks while shots were fired outside. Three professors were killed and

By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — No matter who wins, Houston will elect the oldest big-city mayor in the U.S. this weekend, choosing between two candidates who each have been in public office longer than the median age of the residents they will govern. Voters in Saturday’s runoff between state Sen. John

By EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press BOGOR, Indonesia (AP) — At a lake in the West Javan city of Bogor, children and teenagers paddle toward piles of floating trash, pick it up and store it in their kayaks, before passing it to friends sorting it onshore. The group of around 20 youngsters started off as a

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street climbed back to its best level in 20 months on Friday following a stronger-than-expected report on the U.S. job market. The S&P 500 rose 0.4%, enough to clinch a sixth straight winning week for the index, which is its longest such streak in