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Kenya's president says he won't sign finance bill that led protesters to storm parliament

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Kenyan President William Ruto says he won't sign into law a finance bill proposing new taxes a day after protesters stormed parliament and several people were shot dead. The gove...

Jun 26, 2024

Paris court upholds validity of France's arrest warrant for Syrian President Bashar Assad

PARIS (AP) - The Paris appeals court ruled on Wednesday that an international arrest warrant for Syrian President Bashar Assad issued by France for alleged complicity in war crimes during Syria's civi...

Jun 26, 2024

ICC convicts al-Qaida-linked leader of atrocities in Mali

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - The International Criminal Court has convicted an al-Qaida-linked Islamic extremist leader of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Mali's Timbuktu. Al Hassan Ag Abdo...

Jun 26, 2024

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returns to Australia after US legal battle ends

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returned to his homeland Australia aboard a charter jet on Wednesday, hours after pleading guilty to obtaining and publishing U.S. military ...

Jun 26, 2024

NATO appoints outgoing Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte as its next secretary-general

BRUSSELS (AP) - NATO appointed Mark Rutte as its next secretary-general on Wednesday, putting the outgoing Dutch prime minister in charge of the world's biggest security organization at a critical tim...

Jun 26, 2024

US journalist's closed trial for espionage set to begin in Russia, with a conviction all but certain

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, arrested in Russia on espionage charges, appeared in a court in Yekaterinburg on Wednesday for the opening hearing of his trial. Gershkovich was detained...

Jun 25, 2024

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox beats challenger in Republican primary election

PROVO, Utah (AP) - Utah Gov. Spencer Cox is likely to win a second term after he beat his primary challenger on Tuesday. Cox, a moderate Republican who took office in 2021, prevailed in the primary af...

Jun 25, 2024

George Latimer, a pro-Israel centrist, defeats Rep. Jamaal Bowman in New York Democratic primary

George Latimer, a pro-Israel centrist, defeated U.S. Rep. Jamaal Bowman, of New York, on Tuesday in a Democratic primary that highlighted the party's deep divisions over the war in Gaza. With the vict...

Jun 25, 2024

US Rep. Lauren Boebert wins Republican House primary after switching districts in Colorado

DENVER (AP) - U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert won the Republican primary in a U.S. House race that she jumped into last year, surviving a scandal over a video of her at a Denver theater and accusations of ca...

Jun 25, 2024

Sheri Biggs wins Republican nod for US House in South Carolina over Trump-backed candidate

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Sheri Biggs, a nurse practitioner and Air National Guard officer, won the Republican nomination for the U.S. House in South Carolina's 3rd District on Tuesday. Biggs was backed b...

Jun 25, 2024