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UAE boot to Western groups shows wider Gulf unease

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-05-15 04:45
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- It could seem a bit of overreaching by a local official: Dubai's police chief offering hard-line advice to Gulf rulers about how to deal with opposition such as street protests or anti-state comments on Twitter....

UAE boot to Western groups shows wider Gulf unease

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-05-15 04:45
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- It could seem a bit of overreaching by a local official: Dubai's police chief offering hard-line advice to Gulf rulers about how to deal with opposition such as street protests or anti-state comments on Twitter....

UAE boot to Western groups shows wider Gulf unease

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-05-15 04:45
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- It could seem a bit of overreaching by a local official: Dubai's police chief offering hard-line advice to Gulf rulers about how to deal with opposition such as street protests or anti-state comments on Twitter....

UK Internet group: Surveillance program in works

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-05-15 04:45
LONDON (AP) -- Every email to your child. Every status update for your friends. Every message to your mistress....

UK Internet group: Surveillance program in works

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-05-15 04:45
LONDON (AP) -- Every email to your child. Every status update for your friends. Every message to your mistress....

UK Internet group: Surveillance program in works

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-05-15 04:45
LONDON (AP) -- Every email to your child. Every status update for your friends. Every message to your mistress....

UK Internet group: Surveillance program in works

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-05-15 04:45
LONDON (AP) -- Every email to your child. Every status update for your friends. Every message to your mistress....

UK Internet group: Surveillance program in works

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-05-15 04:45
LONDON (AP) -- Every email to your child. Every status update for your friends. Every message to your mistress....

Timbuktu, ancient Islamic city, under attack

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-05-15 04:45
AGADEZ, Niger (AP) -- Booms from rocket launchers and automatic gunfire crackled Sunday around Mali's fabled town of Timbuktu, known as an ancient seat of Islamic learning, for its 700-year-old mud mosque and, more recently, as host of the musical Festival in the Desert that attracted Bono in January....

Timbuktu, ancient Islamic city, under attack

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-05-15 04:45
AGADEZ, Niger (AP) -- Booms from rocket launchers and automatic gunfire crackled Sunday around Mali's fabled town of Timbuktu, known as an ancient seat of Islamic learning, for its 700-year-old mud mosque and, more recently, as host of the musical Festival in the Desert that attracted Bono in January....

Timbuktu, ancient Islamic city, under attack

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-05-15 04:45
AGADEZ, Niger (AP) -- Booms from rocket launchers and automatic gunfire crackled Sunday around Mali's fabled town of Timbuktu, known as an ancient seat of Islamic learning, for its 700-year-old mud mosque and, more recently, as host of the musical Festival in the Desert that attracted Bono in January....

Timbuktu, ancient Islamic city, under attack

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-05-15 04:45
AGADEZ, Niger (AP) -- Booms from rocket launchers and automatic gunfire crackled Sunday around Mali's fabled town of Timbuktu, known as an ancient seat of Islamic learning, for its 700-year-old mud mosque and, more recently, as host of the musical Festival in the Desert that attracted Bono in January....

Timbuktu, ancient Islamic city, under attack

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-05-15 04:45
AGADEZ, Niger (AP) -- Booms from rocket launchers and automatic gunfire crackled Sunday around Mali's fabled town of Timbuktu, known as an ancient seat of Islamic learning, for its 700-year-old mud mosque and, more recently, as host of the musical Festival in the Desert that attracted Bono in January....

Qatar: Iraq's fugitive VP arrives for visit

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-05-15 04:45
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Fugitive Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi traveled to Qatar on Sunday on what the Gulf nation's state news agency called an "official visit." The trip could intensify tensions between Baghdad's Shiite-led government and the Sunni monarchies of the Gulf....

UN observers enter mountainous enclave in Syria

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-05-15 04:45
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) -- A team of United Nations observers entered the Syrian town of Haffa Thursday after government troops overran the area near the Mediterranean coast, seizing the territory back from rebels after battles that raged for eight days....

Pakistani president to visit India 'soon'

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-05-15 04:45
ISLAMABAD (AP) -- President Asif Ali Zardari will visit India's shrine of a famous Sufi Muslim saint soon, the first trip by a Pakistani head of state to the country's archenemy since 2005, a spokesman said Sunday....

Qatar: Iraq's fugitive VP arrives for visit

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-05-15 04:45
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Fugitive Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi traveled to Qatar on Sunday on what the Gulf nation's state news agency called an "official visit." The trip could intensify tensions between Baghdad's Shiite-led government and the Sunni monarchies of the Gulf....

Syria conference: Gulf countries to fund rebels

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-05-15 04:45
ISTANBUL (AP) -- An international coalition said Sunday that it will provide funding and communications equipment to Syrian rebels and opposition activists, reflecting a shift toward military options that might oust Syrian President Bashar Assad after a year of failed diplomacy aimed at stopping his crackdown on dissent....

Mali Coup leader stays put, despite sanctions

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-05-15 04:45
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) -- The day after an embargo was placed on Mali, the soldier who led a recent coup said Tuesday that he agrees with restoring constitutional order, but first Mali's ills need to be addressed by holding a national convention which will decide on the best way forward....

Fire-stricken cruise ship safe at Malaysian port

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-05-15 04:45
SANDAKAN, Malaysia (AP) -- A luxury cruise ship stranded at sea for 24 hours because of a fire has safely reached a Malaysian port....
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