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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Saudi Arabia’s top diplomat has arrived in the Iranian capital, Tehran, the latest step in the restoration of diplomatic ties between the two Mideast rivals, Iranian state media reported. The state-run IRNA on Saturday said that Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan is going to meet his Iranian counterpart, Hossein

By THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press PELLA, Iowa (AP) — Kathleen Evenhouse took a break from her work in the corner of a small-town Iowa coffee shop to slam the federal criminal indictment of Donald Trump as patently political, the work of a U.S. Justice Department she says is awash in hypocrisy. “I think we’re playing

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Police in Germany have arrested a truck driver accused in the crash last year that killed professional cyclist Davide Rebellin. Prosecutors in Italy say Wolfgang Rieke is accused of road homicide and leaving the scene of a crash. They say he was arrested Thursday in Muenster on

LONDON (AP) — A 31-year-old man has appeared in a court accused of murdering three people in a knife and van attack earlier this week in the English city of Nottingham. Valdo Calocane was flanked by three security officers as he appeared at Nottingham Magistrates’ Court. He is charged with the murder of Nottingham University

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Ugandan authorities recovered the bodies of 41 people, including 38 students, who were burned, shot or hacked to death after suspected rebels attacked a secondary school near the border with Congo, the local mayor said Saturday. At least six people were abducted by the rebels, who

By RENATA BRITO Associated Press This much is clear: On June 9, an old steel fishing trawler left eastern Libya for Italy, carrying far too many people. As many as 750 men, women and children from Syria, Egypt, Palestine and Pakistan were on board, fleeing hopelessness in their home countries and trying to reach relatives

By BISWAJEET BANERJEE Associated Press LUCKNOW, India (AP) — At least 34 people have died in the past two days as a large swath of the north Indian state Uttar Pradesh swelters under severe heat, officials said Saturday, prompting doctors to advise residents over 60 to stay indoors during the daytime. The dead were all

By SAMYA KULLAB, EVGENIY MALOLETKA and SAM MCNEIL Associated Press KHERSON, Ukraine (AP) — At last, help came for Vitalii Shpalin. From a distance, he spotted the small Ukrainian rescue boat traversing floodwaters that had submerged the 60-year-old’s entire neighborhood after a catastrophic dam collapse in the country’s embattled south. He and others boarded with

BALTIMORE (AP) — Police say a shooting in Baltimore on Friday night wounded six people, though all are expected to survive. Baltimore Police Department spokesperson Lindsey Eldridge says officers who had pulled over a car in the city’s north heard gunshots just before 9 p.m. and went to investigate. Eldridge says officers found three men

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Washington on Friday announced it is imposing visa restrictions for Ugandans it accuses of “undermining the democratic process” in Uganda after the enactment of an anti-gay law in the East African country. A statement from the State Department did not name any targeted individuals. It said the U.S. will consider other

By THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press PELLA, Iowa (AP) — Kathleen Evenhouse took a break from her work in the corner of a small-town Iowa coffee shop to slam the federal criminal indictment of Donald Trump as patently political, the work of a U.S. Justice Department she says is awash in hypocrisy. “I think we’re playing

By SEUNG MIN KIM and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will tout his pro-labor bona fides on Saturday at his first major political rally since he formalized his reelection campaign, appearing alongside union members to make his case that his economic agenda is boosting the middle class. His campaign says