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AHMED AL-HAJ Associated Press SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Security officials say at least 11 civilians were killed when a ballistic missile launched by Houthis hit their house in Yemen’s central province of Marib. Officials added on Friday that all casualties belonged to the family of a key tribal leader and lived in the same house

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Protesters are gathering in the heart of London’s historic financial district to lobby against the use of fossil fuels ahead of the start of the U.N. climate summit in the Scottish city of Glasgow. The protests Friday are part of a worldwide day of action before leaders

By HUZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The U.S. wants to deepen its relationship with Taiwan, the self-ruled island claimed by China, which has become a major point of conflict in the strained U.S.-China relationship. Sandra Oudkirk, the new director of the American Institute in Taiwan, the de facto embassy, reiterated the U.S.

By JOSH BOAK, ZEKE MILLER and NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — President Joe Biden and Pope Francis have wrapped up their meeting at the Vatican. The world’s two most notable Roman Catholics discussed the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change and poverty during their session Friday. Biden’s one-on-one meeting with the pope lasted about 75

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s government has proposed record spending for 2022 to bolster post-pandemic economic recovery, with various industrial incentives and cash handouts for the poor and windfall taxes for high-income companies. Finance Minister Zarful Aziz put forward in Parliament the budget proposal of 332.1 billion ringgit, or $80.2 billion, up from $77.4

By CARLEY PETESCH Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The United States representative to the United Nations stressed the importance of Mali’s return to civilian rule through democratic elections in February after she visited the West African nation as part of a U.N. Security Council mission. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield spoke to reporters online Friday from

BEIRUT (AP) — A Lebanese legislator who was targeted by U.S. sanctions has denied accusations that he smuggled tens of millions of dollars out of his crisis-hit country. Jamil el-Sayyed, a former security chief and a current member of parliament, challenged his accusers to reveal the name of a government official whom they said helped

By WASBIR HUSSAIN and SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press GAUHATI, India (AP) — Tensions are high in parts of India’s northeastern Tripura state after a string of attacks against minority Muslims seen as retaliation for the violence against Hindus in neighboring Bangladesh earlier this month. On Friday, state authorities deployed police and paramilitary troops and banned

By CLAUDIA LAUER Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Members of Philadelphia’s largest transit workers union have reached a tentative contract agreement. The agreement averts a possible strike that threatened to bring elevated trains, buses and trolleys to a halt. That would have left thousands of children and educators without a way to get to school

By NICOLE WINFIELD and TONG-HYUNG KIM Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — South Korean President Moon Jae-in has given Pope Francis a statue of a cross made with barbed wire from the demilitarized zone separating the Koreas. The South Korean leader, who is Catholic, told the pontiff Friday that a papal visit to the North

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A Dutch data protection watchdog has issued a damning report on the country’s tax office, saying it breached the country’s privacy law for years by keeping a list of potential fraudsters. It was another blow for the scandal-plagued Dutch tax office that is embroiled in

BERLIN (AP) — German broadcaster Deutsche Welle says its online service and several other news portals have been blocked by Belarus. DW said Friday that Belarus authorities stated on the website of the country’s Ministry of Information that access to several news portals had been restriction because they allegedly linked to websites spreading extremist material.