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Russian attacks on Ukraine kill 1 and wound dozens; Ukraine targets Russian industrial areas
Russian attacks on Ukraine kill 1 and wound dozens; Ukraine targets Russian industrial areas

A civilian was killed and dozens more wounded in overnight Russian attacks across Ukraine, local officials said Saturday. One person was killed in a strike on Mykolaivka in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk...

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Eyewitnesses recount three deadly Israeli strikes on medics in southern Lebanon

NABATIYEH, Lebanon (AP) — It was late morning when two ambulances slowed to a stop outside of the village of Mayfadoun in southern Lebanon. Having heard minutes earlier on Wednesday that Israel had...

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Pope wraps up Cameroon visit with Mass as he looks ahead to Angola

YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — Pope Leo XIV wrapped up his visit to Cameroon on Saturday with a Mass and looked ahead to Angola for the third leg of his four-nation African odyssey. Leo celebrated Mass...

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Iranian gunboats fire on tanker in Strait of Hormuz as Iran reimposes restrictions

CAIRO (AP) — The dueling blockades in the Strait of Hormuz lurched into uncharted waters on Saturday. The United States pressed ahead with its campaign to choke off Iranian ports and Iran reversed an...

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Russia has looted thousands of Ukrainian cultural objects in the war. Finding them is a challenge

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — When Alina Dotsenko returned to her museum after Ukrainian forces retook the southern city of Kherson from Russian forces in late 2022, she found thousands of artworks had vanished. “I...

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Families in Iran struggle with school closures even as the airstrikes have stopped

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Mahnaz Ataei, a finance manager in Tehran, brings her 7-year-old to the office and oversees his online classes while trying to do her job. Schools have been closed across Iran...

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Weapons-grade chemical carfentanil surges as dangerous substitute for fentanyl

Nearly two decades after drug addiction sent him to rehab as a teenager, 36-year-old Michael Nalewaja had settled into a quiet life in Alaska where he worked as an electrician. That all came crashing...

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Tiger Woods’ lawyer vows to fight subpoena for prescription records in DUI case

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Tiger Woods ' attorney intends to fight an attempt by prosecutors to subpoena the golfer's prescription drug records following his arrest last month in Florida on suspicion of driving...

April 16, 2026 12:13 pm EST EST

Justin Fairfax killed his estranged wife and himself 2 weeks before a court deadline to move out

ANNANDALE, Va. (AP) — Former Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax, a rising star in the Democratic Party until sexual assault allegations ruined his political fortunes, killed his estranged wife and then...

April 16, 2026 6:28 pm EST EST

What to know about Pakistan's army chief and his role as mediator between Iran and the U.S.

A 15-second video put Pakistan’s powerful army chief back in the global spotlight. Posted by Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, the video shows Field Marshal Asim Munir descending from a plane...

April 16, 2026 11:47 am EST EST