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EU court: UK can extradite 5 terror suspects to US

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 01:11
PARIS (AP) -- Europe's human rights court ruled Thursday that Britain can send a radical Muslim cleric and four other suspects to the United States to face terrorism charges in a case that has been closely watched as an indicator of whether tough U.S. prisons could influence extradition policy....

China ousts top politician, accuses wife of murder

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 01:11
BEIJING (AP) -- China's ruling Communist Party suspended a high-profile politician from his remaining leadership positions Tuesday and named his wife as a suspect in the murder of a British businessman....

Photo project aims to capture the world in a day

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 01:11
LONDON (AP) -- Robyn is turning photographer, for a day....

NKorea space official: Rocket ready for launch

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 01:11
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) -- North Korean space officials said Tuesday that the rocket built to carry a satellite into space was ready for liftoff this week as the nation's leadership makes a series of appointments before a major political gathering....

No launch from N. Korea; no backing down, either

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 01:11
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) -- North Korea's first chance at a rocket launch came and went Thursday with no word of a liftoff, but also with no sign that Pyongyang intends to call off what the U.S. and its allies consider an attempt to test long-range missile technology....

Chief Syrian opposition body elects new leader

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 01:11
BEIRUT (AP) -- Syria's main opposition group on Sunday picked a secular Kurd as its new leader after criticism that the former head was too autocratic and the group was becoming dominated by Islamists....

Assailants attack UN convoy in Libya, no one hurt

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 01:11
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) -- Assailants threw a homemade bomb at a U.N. convoy in which the world body's top diplomat in the country was traveling in Libya's main eastern city on Tuesday, according to a security official....

China ousts top politician, accuses wife of murder

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 01:11
BEIJING (AP) -- China's ruling Communist Party suspended a high-profile politician from his remaining leadership positions Tuesday and named his wife as a suspect in the murder of a British businessman....

Bombers kill 16 police, civilians in Afghanistan

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 01:11
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Taliban suicide bombers killed at least 16 people on Tuesday as they stepped up their fight against Afghan forces slowly taking the lead from U.S. and international troops....

Southampton commemorates Titanic anniversary

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 01:11
LONDON (AP) -- Exactly 100 years from the day when the ill-fated Titanic sailed from Southampton, the English port city is paying tribute with a series of events to mark the tragic anniversary....

Spain hamlet votes on pot-growing to pay off debt

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 01:11
RASQUERA, Spain (AP) -- What about growing marijuana to pay off municipal debt? One Spanish village is putting the idea to a vote....

Spain hamlet votes on pot-growing to pay off debt

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 01:11
RASQUERA, Spain (AP) -- What about growing marijuana to pay off municipal debt? One Spanish village is putting the idea to a vote....

Ukraine blocks film on soccer match against Nazis

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 01:11
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) -- It's a game that every Ukrainian knows about: The "Death Match" of 1942, when top Kiev soccer players trounced a team of Nazi occupiers and reportedly paid for it with their lives....

EU court: UK can extradite 5 terror suspects to US

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 01:11
PARIS (AP) -- Britain can extradite a radical Muslim cleric and four other suspects to the United States to face terrorism charges, Europe's human rights court ruled Tuesday....

Syrian troops shell central city of Homs

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 01:11
BEIRUT (AP) -- Activists say Syrian troops have intensified their shelling of rebel-held neighborhoods in the central city of Homs as living conditions there deteriorate further....

Spanish royal grandson shoots himself in foot

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 01:11
MADRID (AP) -- The 13-year-old grandson of Spain's King Juan Carlos was recovering in a hospital on Tuesday after shooting himself in the foot accidentally with a shotgun, the royal palace said....

Thousands defy Norwegian mass killer with song

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 01:11
OSLO, Norway (AP) -- They gathered by the tens of thousands in the drenching rain to face down terrorism with song....

Thousands defy Norwegian mass killer with song

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 01:11
OSLO, Norway (AP) -- They gathered by the tens of thousands in the drenching rain to face down terrorism with song....

EU court: UK can extradite 5 terror suspects to US

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 01:11
PARIS (AP) -- Britain can extradite a radical Muslim cleric and four other suspects to the United States to face terrorism charges, Europe's human rights court ruled Tuesday....

NKorea space official: All prep done for launch

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 01:11
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) -- North Korean space officials said Tuesday all assembly and preparations for this week's planned satellite launch have been completed and denied it is a cover for a missile test....
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