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Riot police separate opponents, loyalists of Serbia's president as tensions soar amid protests
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Hundreds of riot police Sunday separated opponents and loyalists of Serbia's autocratic President Aleksandar Vucic in central Belgrade as political tensions boiled after a year of persistent anti-government protests. Several thousand people faced off on both sides of the police cordons with officers in full gear standing in several rows between the shouting crowds who threw bottles, flares and stun grenades. Tensions in Belgrade soared a day after tens of thousands of peo
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Israel says receives bodies of three more Gaza hostages
JERUSALEM (AFP) -- Israel said on Sunday it had received the remains of three additional captives from Hamas as part of the ongoing hostage-prisoner exchange under a US-brokered ceasefire agreement for Gaza. Despite occasional flare-ups, a fragile truce has held in Gaza since Oct. 10 under a deal focused on the return of all Israeli hostages, both living and dead. "Israel has received, through the Red Cross, the coffins of three fallen hostages that were handed over to IDF and Shin Bet forces in
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Ready for it? Swifties swarm German museum to see Ophelia painting
WIESBADEN, Germany (AFP) -- Taylor Swift fans sang and danced Sunday to her new hit "The Fate of Ophelia" at a German museum exhibiting a painting thought to have inspired the video for the chart-topper. Some came as Ophelia, in white dresses with flowers in their hair, while others donned sparkly outfits like those often worn by Swift, as they descended on the western town of Wiesbaden. They were attending a special event to see the painting by artist Friedrich Heyser, which shows Ophelia, a ch
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UK train stabbing wounds 10, two suspects arrested
UK police arrested two suspects after a mass stabbing on a London-bound train late Saturday that left 10 people in hospital, nine likely with "life-threatening injuries." Armed police, backed by police cars and a fleet of ambulances, swarmed a railway station in the eastern rural town of Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, after the alarm was raised about the attack and the train brought to a halt there. "Ten people have been taken to hospital following a multiple stabbing on a train in Cambridgeshire.
Nov. 2, 2025 -
Israel says the latest remains returned from Gaza by Hamas are not of hostages
JERUSALEM (AP) — The remains of three people Hamas handed over to the Red Cross in Gaza do not belong to any hostages, Israel said Saturday, in the latest setback to the US-brokered ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war. The handover followed Israel’s return on Friday of the bodies of 30 Palestinians to Gaza, which completed an exchange after militants turned over remains of two hostages earlier in the week. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office confirmed that the remains of the three p
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Ukraine sends special forces to embattled eastern city
KYIV, Ukraine (AFP) -- Ukraine has deployed special forces to the eastern city of Pokrovsk, where it is under pressure from an intense Russian assault involving thousands of troops, Kyiv's top commander said Saturday. Pokrovsk, in Ukraine's Donetsk region, lies on a major supply route for the Ukrainian army and has been in Moscow's sights for over a year. Hundreds of Russian soldiers have infiltrated the logistics hub, Kyiv said earlier last week. Others are closing in on its outskirts in a pinc
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Trump to host al-Sharaa in first-ever visit by a Syrian president to White House, official says
PALM BEACH, Florida (AP) — US President Donald Trump will host Ahmad al-Sharaa for talks, a first-ever visit by a Syrian president to the White House, an administration official said Saturday. The official, who was not authorized to comment publicly about the yet to be formally announced engagement, said that the meeting is expected to take place Nov. 10. Trump met with al-Sharaa in Saudi Arabia in May in what was the first encounter between the two nations’ leaders in 25 years. Syria continues
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Trump threatens Nigeria with potential military action, escalates claim of Christian persecution
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — US President Donald Trump on Saturday said he's ordered the Pentagon to begin planning for potential military action in Nigeria as he stepped up his allegations that the government is failing to rein in the persecution of Christians in the West African country. The president also warned that he “will immediately stop all aid and assistance to Nigeria.” “If the Nigerian Government continues to allow the killing of Christians, the U.S.A. will immediately stop all aid and assi
Nov. 2, 2025 -
Obama rallies Virginia and New Jersey in weekend campaign push before Election Day
Former US President Barack Obama is encouraging voters to elect Democrats as governor in Virginia and New Jersey in races this Tuesday that could signal the national mood 10 months into Donald Trump’s second presidency and a year ahead of midterm elections that could reshape it. Obama's appearances on Saturday for Abigail Spanberger and Mikie Sherrill contrast with Trump spending the weekend at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, leaving Republicans Winsome Earle-Sears in Virginia and Jack Ciattar
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More than $2m in weapons seized in deadly Rio anti-drug raid: government
RIO DE JANEIRO (AFP) -- Authorities confiscated more than $2 million worth of weapons during a recent anti-drug raid in Rio de Janeiro, the deadliest in Brazil's history, the state government said Saturday. On Tuesday, the massive police operation in two favela complexes left at least 117 suspected criminals and four police officers dead, according to the latest official tally. The Rio de Janeiro state government announced "one of the largest seizures" of military weapons in a single day from th
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Aid efforts struggle to bring relief to parts of hurricane-stricken Jamaica
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Rescuers and aid workers fanned out across Jamaica on Saturday to distribute food and water and reach communities still isolated four days after Hurricane Melissa hit the island. Essential relief supplies are now rolling into hurricane-stricken St. Elizabeth and Westmoreland, most of which had been cut off by fallen concrete posts and trees strewn across roads. But in some parts, people were forced to dip buckets into rivers, collecting the muddy water for everyday use,
Nov. 2, 2025 -
Andrew's royal exit is the latest crisis for Britain's monarchy
LONDON (AP) -- Holding prestige but not power, Britain's monarchy is finely tuned to public sentiment. That's been evident with the disgrace of Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, who was stripped of his princely title and his spacious home by his brother King Charles on Thursday, a banishment that has left the disgraced royal increasingly exposed to scrutiny both in the UK and the US over his friendship with the deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Following years of scandals related to Andrew, Charl
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Trump sets 7,500 annual limit for refugees entering US
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is restricting the number of refugees admitted annually to the United States to 7,500 and they will mostly be white South Africans, a dramatic drop announced Thursday that effectively suspends America's traditional role as a haven for those fleeing war and persecution. The move cements a major shift in policy toward refugees that aligns with the Republican administration’s broader goals of keeping out foreigners whom it deems a risk to the nation’s secu
Oct. 31, 2025 -
King Charles III strips Prince Andrew of titles and evicts him from royal residence
LAWLESS LONDON (AP) — King Charles III on Thursday stripped his disgraced brother Prince Andrew of his remaining titles and evicted him from his royal residence after weeks of pressure to act over his relationship with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, Buckingham Palace said. After the king’s rare move, which follows years of shameful scandals, he will be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor and not as a prince, and he will have to vacate his Royal Lodge mansion near Windsor Castle. Demand had been g
Oct. 31, 2025 -
Russia blasts Ukraine's power grid again, causing outages across the country
The latest in a sustained Russian campaign of massive drone and missile attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure brought power outages and restrictions in all the country’s regions Thursday, officials said, with the Ukrainian prime minister describing Moscow’s tactic as “systematic energy terror.” The strikes, which were the latest in Russia’s almost daily attacks on the Ukrainian power grid as bitter winter temperatures approach, killed at least two people and injured 17, including children b
Oct. 30, 2025