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By RIAZ KHAN Associated Press PESHAWAR (AP) — Thousands of people are protesting in the northwestern Pakistani city of Mingora after a gunman opened fire on a school van, killing the driver and critically injuring a child. Monday’s shooting took place in the Gully Bagh neighborhood, sparking fears of a resurgence in militant activity in

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan and Canada have agreed to formally start talks toward signing a military intelligence information sharing accord. The pact is part of an action plan agreed to by their foreign ministers meeting in Tokyo on Tuesday as a way to strengthen cooperation on defense, economic security and

BERLIN (AP) — A German court has convicted the owner of a Turkish restaurant  of ordering an arson attack that he blamed on far-right extremists in the eastern city of Chemnitz four years ago. The arson attack in October 2018 happened a few weeks after Chemnitz was shaken by anti-migrant protests following the killing of

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has hailed a recent decision by OPEC, Russia and other oil producing nations to limit production as key to stabilizing the global energy market, as he met the leader of the United Arab Emirates for talks on fostering economic ties. Speaking at the start of Tuesday’s

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A 29-year-old Syrian man has been sentenced by a Danish court to three years in prison for money laundering after smuggling 74 million kroner (nearly $10 million) to neighboring Sweden. The Swedish resident’s identity was not disclosed. He crossed a tunnel and bridge that connects Copenhagen to Malmo, Sweden’s third largest

By JANET McCONNAUGHEY Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Gopher tortoises — burrowers whose extensive homes shelter many other animals — are generally doing well and need federal protection only in the small area where they were declared threatened 35 years ago, the government said Tuesday. Thanks to extensive conservation work and recently discovered populations,

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The German government has pledged to provide more support to cities and towns struggling to house the more than 1.1 million refugees and migrants who have arrived in the country this year mostly from war-torn Ukraine but also from other countries. After meeting with state and local

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese automaker Nissan Motor Co. says it plans to sell its Russian operations to its local partner and end manufacturing there. The company said Tuesday that its executive committee approved the sale to Russia’s Central Research and Development Automobile and Engine Institute, or NAMI. The company said the sale includes Nissan’s factory

By ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s prime minister says the country has reached a “historic agreement” with neighboring Lebanon over their shared maritime border after months of U.S.-brokered negotiations. The agreement would mark a major breakthrough in relations with the two countries, which formally have been at war since Israel’s establishment

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Taliban official says a 5.1 magnitude earthquake has jolted the Afghan city of Faizabad, the capital of northeastern Badakhshan province. The center of Tuesday’s quake was Shaghnan district and was felt in other parts of the province, according to the director of the Taliban’s news agency. He had no information on

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By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran intensified its crackdown Tuesday on Kurdish areas in the country’s west amid protests sparked by the death of a 22-year-old woman detained by the morality police as oil workers demonstrated at a key refinery, activists said. Riot police fired into at least one

By DAVID R. MARTIN and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A shooting outside New York U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin’s Long Island home is giving the Republican a fresh and personal perspective on a rash of violent crime that’s been a focus of his campaign for governor. Two 17-year-old boys were wounded

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The head of Britain’s cyber-intelligence agency is accusing China of using its economic and technological clout to clamp down at home and exert control abroad. GCHQ director Jeremy Fleming says Beijing’s aggressive stance is driven by fear and poses “a huge threat to us all.” In a

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Sweden says it will not give information regarding gas leaks in the Baltic Sea to Russia because of Swedish investigative confidentiality. Last month, undersea explosions ruptured two pipelines and discharged huge amounts of methane into the air. Russia has formally asked to be part of the Swedish investigation. Swedish Prime Minister

By ADAM SCHRECK Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A new round of missile attacks struck the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia Tuesday, as the death toll from the previous day’s widespread Russian missile barrage across Ukraine rose to 19. Missiles struck a school, a medical facility and residential buildings in Zaporizhzhia, city council secretary

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian and European shares were mostly lower Tuesday as losses in the technology sector weighed on global benchmarks. France’s CAC 40 dipped 0.6% to 5,807.12. Germany’s DAX lost 0.7% to 12,183.60. Britain’s FTSE 100 dropped 1.2% to 6,878.65. The future for the Dow industrials was down

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s prime minister said Tuesday that the country has reached a “historic agreement” with neighboring Lebanon over their shared maritime border after months of U.S.-brokered negotiations. It’s a rare agreement between two countries that are bitter enemies. But the deal still faces some obstacles, including some expected legal challenges in Israel. There

By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Two of New Zealand’s largest ski areas have been placed into a type of bankruptcy proceeding following a disastrous winter season with barely any snow. The Tūroa and Whakapapa ski areas entered what is called voluntary administration. The proceeding is open to failing New Zealand