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By OMAR FARUK Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Witnesses say al-Qaida-linked extremists have stormed a regional government office in Somalia’s capital. The founder of an ambulance service told The Associated Press his team has collected at least 16 wounded people from the scene of Sunday’s attack. He says they haven’t yet collected any bodies

By CHRIS MEGERIAN and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Sunday marks the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court ruling that ensured a nationwide right to abortion, but it’s also been seven months since the justices overturned its landmark Roe. v. Wade decision. And the White House is trying to show it’s determined

ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan (AP) — Turkmenistan’s president has appointed his father to lead the country’s newly formed supreme representative body. Serdar Berdymukhamedov named his father, former President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, as chairman of Halk Maslahaty, or People’s Council, late Saturday. The elder Berdymukhamedov initiated the creation of the People’s Council as the upper house of parliament in

BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian state media says a building has collapsed in a neighborhood in the northern city of Aleppo, killing at least 16 people, including one child, and injuring four others. The five-story building housing about 30 people was in a neighborhood under the control of the U.S.-backed Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces. The report

By ANDREW DALTON Associated Press MONTEREY PARK, Calif. (AP) — A gunman killed 10 people and wounded 10 others at a Los Angeles-area ballroom dance club following a Lunar New Year celebration, setting off a manhunt for the suspect in the latest mass shooting tragedy in an American community. Capt. Andrew Meyer of the Los

By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired a key Cabinet ally on Sunday, heeding a Supreme Court ruling commanding him to do so and deepening a rift over the power of the courts. Netanyahu announced he was firing Aryeh Deri, who serves as Interior and Health

By ANDREW DALTON Associated Press MONTEREY PARK, Calif. (AP) — Nine people were killed in a mass shooting late Saturday in a city east of Los Angeles following a Lunar New Year celebration that attracted thousands, police said. Sgt. Bob Boese of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said the shooting was reported at 10:22

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations is the second Cabinet member heading to Africa as part of President Joe Biden’s big push to engage with the world’s second-largest continent. The U.S. Mission to the U.N. said Sunday that Linda Thomas-Greenfield will travel to Ghana,

By EMILY WANG FUJIYAMA and KANIS LEUNG Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — People across China rang in the Lunar New Year on Sunday with large family gatherings and crowds visiting temples after the government lifted its strict “zero-COVID” policy, marking the biggest festive celebration since the pandemic began three years ago. The Lunar New Year

By ANDREW DALTON Associated Press MONTEREY PARK, Calif. (AP) — Dozens of police officers responded to reports of a shooting that occurred after a large Lunar New Year celebration in a community east of Los Angeles late Saturday. Officials provided no information about the shooting in Monterey Park, a city of about 60,000 people with

By ANDREW DALTON Associated Press MONTEREY PARK, Calif. (AP) — Dozens of police officers responded to reports of a shooting that occurred after a large Lunar New Year celebration had ended in a community east of Los Angeles late Saturday. Officials provided no information about the shooting in Monterey Park, a city of about 60,000

BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian state media says a building has collapsed in a neighborhood in the northern city of Aleppo, killing at least 12 people, including one child. The five-story building housing about 30 people is in the Sheikh Maksoud neighborhood, which is under the control of the U.S.-backed Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces. The report

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — A nationwide referendum in Slovakia on amending the constitution to make possible an early election has failed to produce a legally binding result because the turnout was too low. The ballot was held after three opposition parties gathered over 380,000 signatures supporting the move. The constitution currently doesn’t offer such an

BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian state media says a building has collapsed in a neighborhood in the northern city of Aleppo, killing at least 10 people, including one child. The five-story building housing about 30 people is in the Sheikh Maksoud neighborhood, which is under the control of the U.S.-backed Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces. The report

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni is looking to boost already strong energy ties with Algeria to further wean Italy off Russian energy. That will be a focus of her two-day visit to the North African nation starting Sunday. Russia’s war in Ukraine has upset global strategic and economic dynamics. The invasion has

By SAMYA KULLAB and HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press BROVARY, Ukraine (AP) — A small broom and dustpan in hand, Olga Prenzilevich cleans up the debris along the road in a sleepy Kyiv suburb next to a cordoned-off mound of charred vehicles and misshapen wreckage. But she can’t sweep away the terrible memory of seeing the

By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Two years after Azerbaijan and Armenia ended a war that killed about 6,800 soldiers and displaced around 90,000 civilians, tensions between the countries are again high in a dispute over a six-kilometer (nearly four-mile) road known as the Lachin Corridor. The winding road, which is the only

By SYLVIE CORBET and EMILY SCHULTHEIS Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France and Germany have commemorated the 60th anniversary of their post-World War II friendship treaty by committing to “unwavering support” for Ukraine and to strengthening the European Union. The German government’s entire Cabinet was in Paris for joint meetings with their French counterparts on

By FIRDIA LISNAWATI Associated Press DENPASAR, Indonesia (AP) — A direct flight from China landed in Indonesia’s resort island of Bali for the first time in nearly three years on Sunday after the route was suspended due to the pandemic. At least 210 people were on board the chartered plane operated by Indonesia’s Lion Air