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ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing this week at a prosecutor’s office in Kabul that killed at least six people and injured 13. The group said in a statement Tuesday on its news outlet Amaq that the assailant detonated his explosive-laden vest as investigators and other employees

Cathay Pacific has canceled nearly 70 flights since Monday after an engine issue forced a flight heading to Zurich to turn back around to Hong Kong, according to the BBC. The media report said that the Hong Kong-based airline has inspected all 48 of its Airbus A350s and found 15 aircraft with faulty parts that

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A senior official has confirmed a report that Turkey wants to join the BRICS bloc of developing economies but fell short of confirming that the NATO country had formally applied for membership. The Bloomberg news agency reported Monday that Turkey had officially applied to join BRICS several month ago. In response,

NEW YORK (AP) — One of the five people who were shot at New York City’s West Indian American Day Parade has died. Police say a 25-year-old man who was among the victims when shots rang out Monday afternoon during the raucous annual event was later pronounced dead. The shooter opened fire along the parade

WHITEWATER, Wis. (AP) — A suspect has been arrested in the fatal shooting of a national gymnastics champion in an apartment near the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater campus. Whitewater police say Kara Welsh, a 21-year-old student at the school, was killed Friday and the 23-year-old suspect was arrested at the scene that night. Police say Welsh

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algeria’s president seeks a second term in the gas-rich North African country’s election this weekend. But prospective voters say they are more concerned about inflation’s effects on the spiking prices of school supplies, potatoes and coffee. The malaise is a far cry from the hopes of 2019, when pro-democracy activists called

Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A former top official at South Africa’s state-owned passenger railway company has received a 15-year concurrent prison sentence for faking his engineering qualifications and other cases of fraud. The 49-year-old Daniel Mtimkulu resigned as the head of engineering at the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa shortly

NEW SALEM, N.D. (AP) — A man who allegedly shot at police officers in North Dakota was killed when officers returned fire. The North Dakota Highway Patrol says in a news release that the man who died was 43. The patrol says the man fled when a trooper tried to pull him over around 12:45

Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A young Palestinian journalist whose coverage of the widespread destruction and humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip went viral now watches the war from afar in Lebanon. Twenty-two-year-old Plestia Alaqad was just over a year out of university with a journalism degree when she found herself in the middle of

ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis police say a 4-year-old girl died from a gunshot wound suffered after the mother went to the store and left four kids alone. Officers were called to the home by a child late Monday night and found the wounded child unconscious and barely breathing. The child was rushed in

Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — A boat carrying migrants capsized off the Libyan coast Tuesday, leaving one person dead and 22 missing, Libyan authorities said, the latest sea tragedy involving migrants seeking a better life in Europe. The coast guard in the eastern Libyan town of Tobruk said the boat was carrying 32 migrants and