AP National News

By DAVID KEYTON, JILL LAWLESS and CARA ANNA Associated Press STOCKHOLM (AP) — Tanzanian writer Abdulrazak Gurnah has been awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. The Swedish Academy said the award was in recognition of his “uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism.” Born in Zanzibar in 1948 and based in England, Gurnah

By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Iran’s foreign minister says he discussed with officials in Beirut the “positive” effects of ongoing talks between Iran and Saudi Arabia. He also blamed foreign troops based in the Middle East for regional instability. Hossein Amir-Abdollahian is on his first visit to Lebanon since taking his post

By BABA AHMED Associated Press BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Mali’s army has said that gunmen ambushed army troops in the West African country’s central region, killing at least nine soldiers and wounding 11 others. The statement said that three army vehicles were destroyed after hitting explosive devices in the Mopti region between Koro and Bandiagara

By ELENA BECATOROS and DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s lawmakers were poised Thursday to ratify a landmark defense deal with France that includes a mutual assistance clause in case of an armed attack against either, a pact that has irked fellow NATO member Turkey. The five-year agreement was announced in Paris

By KATHY GANNON and ABDUL SATTAR Associated Press QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A powerful earthquake has collapsed at least one coal mine and as many as 100 mud houses in a remote, mountainous part of southwest Pakistan. The quake early Thursday killed at least 23 people as the death toll crept higher. At least another

BERLIN (AP) — A 100-year-old man has gone on trial in Germany, accused of being an accessory to murder for serving as a Nazi SS guard at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp near Berlin during World War II. The trial of the defendant, who is charged with 3,518 counts of accessory to murder, is being held

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s daily coronavirus infections have soared to their highest level so far this year as authorities have struggled to control a surge in new cases amid a slow pace in vaccinations and few restrictions in place. The daily coronavirus death toll topped 900 for a second straight

MADRID (AP) — The airport on the Spanish island of La Palma has shut down again due to ashfall from a volcano that has been erupting for almost three weeks. Scientists say the scenario is “still tense.” The eruption has settled down in recent days, though the volcano in the Canary Islands continues to spew

By JAY REEVES The Associated Press PELHAM, Ala. (AP) — Parts of Alabama remain under a flash flood watch after a day of high water across the state, with as much as 6 inches of rain covering roads and trapping people. One death has been blamed on the slow-moving low-pressure system: The Marshall County coroner’s

By KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — In a relationship as fraught as America’s and China’s, just an agreement that talks were productive was a sign of progress. Nine months into Joe Biden’s presidency, the two sides finally appear to be trying to ease tensions that date from the Trump administration — though U.S.

DUBAI. United Arab Emirates (AP) — The death toll from Cyclone Shaheen that crashed through Oman has risen to 14 after the sultanate found the body of someone missing since the storm. Omani state television made the announcement Thursday, raising the total number of dead in the country to 12. In Iran, authorities have found

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The World Health Organization has started shipping COVID-19 medical supplies into North Korea, a possible sign that the North is easing one of the world’s strictest pandemic border closures to receive outside help. WHO says it has started the shipment of essential COVID-19 medical supplies

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Two leaders of a Kosovo veterans association have pleaded innocent to charges including obstructing justice and intimidation of witnesses as their trial opened at a court in The Hague. Hysni Gucati was Chairman of the Kosovo Liberation Army War Veterans Association. He was arrested last

By JIM GOMEZ and AARON FAVILA Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine vice president and opposition leader Leni Robredo has registered her presidential candidacy for next year’s elections in a move that would bring the pro-democracy advocate to a new faceoff with the son of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos. Robredo joined a growing

MADRID (AP) — Moroccan police have thwarted an attempt by several hundred migrants to force their way into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta on the northern African coast. The large group of men gathered on the Moroccan side of the border after nightfall Wednesday and threw stones at police who moved to intercept them. Moroccan

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Global shares and U.S. futures are higher, tracking a rally on Wall Street after signs of progress on resolving the standoff in Congress over the federal debt ceiling. Benchmarks rose Thursday in Paris, London, Tokyo and Hong Kong. Shanghai trading was closed for a Chinese national

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s lawmakers are debating and voting on a broad five-year defense pact signed last week with France which includes a clause of mutual assistance in case of attack by a third party. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis signed the deal with French President Emmanuel Macron during a Sept. 28 visit to Paris.

By BEN FINLEY Associated Press WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) — The brick foundation of one the oldest Black churches in the United States has been unearthed by archeologists at Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia. The living history museum announced its confirmation of the church’s remnants on Thursday as it continues to reckon with its past storytelling about

By ZEKE MILLER and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press ELK GROVE VILLAGE, Il. (AP) — President Joe Biden is wielding his weapon of last resort in the nation’s fight against COVID-19. Biden is promoting vaccination requirements across the country in an effort to force the roughly 67 million unvaccinated American adults to roll up their sleeves.

BERLIN (AP) — Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz is denying wrongdoing and vowing to remain the country’s leader despite being under investigation in a probe of suspected bribery. However, his coalition partner said Thursday that the allegations left a “disastrous” impression and raised questions over the chancellor’s “ability to act.” Anti-corruption prosecutors said Wednesday they are