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AP Exclusive: Drawing focuses on Iran's nuke work

Fri, 2024-11-29 18:47
VIENNA (AP) -- A drawing based on information from inside an Iranian military site shows an explosives containment chamber of the type needed for nuclear arms-related tests that U.N. inspectors suspect Tehran has conducted there. Iran denies such testing and has neither confirmed nor denied the existence of such a chamber....

Pilgrims gather in Jerusalem for fire ritual

Fri, 2024-11-29 18:47
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Thousands of Christians lit candles and torches from a flame that emerged from the tomb of Jesus in a Jerusalem church Saturday as they conducted an ancient fire ritual that celebrates the Messiah's resurrection....

Pilgrims gather in Jerusalem for fire ritual

Fri, 2024-11-29 18:47
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Thousands of Christians lit candles and torches from a flame that emerged from the tomb of Jesus in a Jerusalem church Saturday as they conducted an ancient fire ritual that celebrates the Messiah's resurrection....

Afghan peace council gets new chairman

Fri, 2024-11-29 18:47
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- The son of a former Afghan peace council chairman killed by a suicide bomber was elected Saturday to succeed his father as head of the group tasked with reaching out to the Taliban to find a political resolution to the decade-long war....

Bombs hit disputed Sudanese town, official says

Fri, 2024-11-29 18:47
RUBKONA, South Sudan (AP) -- Sudanese planes bombarded a disputed oil town near South Sudan's border on Saturday, a southern military official said, and a doctor said bombs aimed at strategic sites in South Sudan's Unity State killed five people....

Misconduct alleged against Secret Service agents

Fri, 2024-11-29 18:47
CARTAGENA, Colombia (AP) -- Alleged misconduct by a dozen Secret Service agents sent to provide security for President Barack Obama in Colombia threatened to overshadow his diplomatic mission to Latin America....

Yemen: 12 killed in militant attack in south

Fri, 2024-11-29 18:47
SANAA, Yemen (AP) -- Al-Qaida fighters attacked a security checkpoint in a southern Yemeni city on Saturday and killed four troops while losing eight of their own, a security official said....

Obama promoting US-Latin America trade ties

Fri, 2024-11-29 18:47
CARTAGENA, Colombia (AP) -- President Barack Obama's challenge during a weekend summit in Colombia with business executives and political leaders from the Americas is convincing U.S. business that he's serious about expanding trade in Latin America and persuading the region to look northward once again....

Pilgrims gather in Jerusalem for fire ritual

Fri, 2024-11-29 18:47
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Thousands of Christians lit candles and torches from a flame that emerged from the tomb of Jesus in a Jerusalem church Saturday as they conducted an ancient fire ritual that celebrates the Messiah's resurrection....

Guard describes 'war zone' after Oslo blast

Fri, 2024-11-29 18:47
OSLO, Norway (AP) -- A security guard who was in the Norwegian government high-rise struck by a car bomb that killed eight people on July 22 says he had barely focused a security camera on the license plate when the vehicle exploded....

Spain's King undergoes hip replacement surgery

Fri, 2024-11-29 18:47
MADRID (AP) -- Spain's King Juan Carlos has successfully undergone hip replacement surgery to repair minor damage related to arthritis worsened by a fall, his fourth operation in less than two years, royal palace officials said Saturday....

US air traveler treated in Iran after heart attack

Fri, 2024-11-29 18:47
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran's civil aviation spokesman says an American is receiving medical treatment in Tehran after his plane was diverted to the Iranian capital when he suffered a heart attack on a flight from Dubai to Seattle....

Events around the world mark Titanic centenary

Fri, 2024-11-29 18:47
LONDON (AP) -- From Titanic's birthplace in a Belfast shipyard to its resting place in the North Atlantic, thousands were gathering Saturday to remember the cruise ship that embarked on its maiden voyage as an icon of Edwardian luxury but became, in a few dark hours 100 years ago, an enduring emblem of tragedy....

New NKorean leader emphasizes 'military first'

Fri, 2024-11-29 18:47
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) -- Hours after a failed rocket launch criticized abroad as a covert test of missile technology, North Korea's new leader underlined the country's "military first" policy with a budget that allocates a sizable chunk of funding to defense spending....

Iran rejects West's proposal on nuclear curbs

Fri, 2024-11-29 18:47
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iranian negotiators on Thursday rejected proposals by six world powers to curb Tehran's nuclear program, and demanded answers to their own counteroffer meant to alleviate concerns about Iran's ability to build atomic weapons....

US, Canada alone at summit in Cuba stance

Fri, 2024-11-29 18:47
CARTAGENA, Colombia (AP) -- A summit of 33 Western Hemisphere leaders opens Saturday with the United States and Canada standing firm, but alone, against everyone else's insistence that Cuba join future summits....

US, Canada alone at summit in Cuba stance

Fri, 2024-11-29 18:47
CARTAGENA, Colombia (AP) -- A summit of 33 Western Hemisphere leaders opens Saturday with the United States and Canada standing firm, but alone, against everyone else's insistence that Cuba join future summits....

Taliban, criminals escape from jail in Afghanistan

Fri, 2024-11-29 18:47
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Afghan officials say more than a dozen prisoners, including criminals and members of the Taliban, have escaped from a jail in northern Afghanistan....

Misconduct alleged against Secret Service agents

Fri, 2024-11-29 18:47
CARTAGENA, Colombia (AP) -- President Barack Obama's diplomatic mission to Latin America this weekend threatened to be overshadowed by alleged misconduct by a dozen Secret Service agents sent to provide security for him in Colombia....

Pilgrims gather in Jerusalem for fire ritual

Fri, 2024-11-29 18:47
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Thousands of Christian pilgrims are gathering in Jerusalem for an ancient fire ritual that celebrates Jesus' resurrection....