French police quiz child apologists of teacher's beheading
Police in France questioned four 10-year-olds who voiced support for the beheading of a schoolteacher and who said they would kill their own teacher if he lampooned Islam’s prophet, the government reported as the prime minister warned Saturday that Isl…
Lebanon's leader challenges US sanctions against son-in-law
Lebanon’s leader on Saturday asked the United States to offer evidence to back up new sanctions against the former Lebanese foreign minister, who is an important political ally of the Iran-backed Hezbollah group. President Michel Aoun asked the Lebane…
Ivory Coast election: Pascal Affi Nguessan arrested for sedition
Jailed Iranian rights lawyer released, amid health problems
A leading Iranian human rights lawyer has been released from prison, Iran’s state-run news agency reported Saturday, after she was earlier hospitalized amid a hunger-strike conducted from her cell. Nasrin Sotoudeh was taken to hospital in mid-Septembe…
Ethiopia parliament dissolves Tigray leadership
Parliament votes to dissolve the leadership of a region whose forces are fighting the national army.
AP FACT CHECK: Trump presses vote falsehoods on wide front
The most direct attempt to undermine the integrity of the U.S. election with bad information came not from overseas sources or online liars but from a president standing behind the presidential seal at the White House and facing defeat. President Dona…
UAE announces relaxing of Islamic laws for personal freedoms
The United Arab Emirates announced on Saturday a major overhaul of the country’s Islamic personal laws, allowing unmarried couples to cohabitate, loosening alcohol restrictions and criminalizing so-called “honor killings.” The broadening of personal f…
Ethiopia to replace Tigray region leadership as forces clash
Ethiopia moved Saturday to replace the leadership of the country’s defiant northern Tigray region, where deadly clashes between regional and federal government forces are fueling fears the major African power is sliding into civil war. Tigray’s leade…
Egyptians vote in 2nd stage of parliamentary election
Egyptians began voting Saturday in the second and final stage of the country’s parliamentary elections, after a relatively low turnout in the first round that embarrassed the government of President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi. “We may observe some real com…
Not waiting: Biden transition team at work amid limbo
Joe Biden’s transition team isn’t waiting for a verdict in the presidential race before getting to work. As officials continue to count ballots in several undecided states, longtime Biden aide Ted Kaufman is leading efforts to ensure the former vice p…
Trump faces tough road in getting Supreme Court to intervene
President Donald Trump has repeatedly said there’s one place he wants to determine the outcome of the presidential election: the U.S. Supreme Court. Over the last two days, Trump has leaned in to the idea that the high court should get involved in the…
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