PENTICTON, British Columbia (AP) — A wildfire that forced more than 20,000 people from their homes in western Canada moved so quickly that crews had to abandon firefighting to help residents escape, a pace British Columbia's premier said Wednesday may represent a "new normal." The Bald Range ...
By KAREEM CHEHAYEB and FADI TAWIL Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon's parliament Wednesday passed a controversial general amnesty law, a day after a majority of legislators voted to formally abolish the death penalty. Lawmakers who backed the bill call it a beginning to correcting ...
BANGKOK (AP) — The Thai government pledged Wednesday to tighten gun controls and crack down on illegal firearms after two deadly shootings near Bangkok in less than a week. The country has one of the highest rates of gun ownership in Asia despite its fairly restrictive gun laws. The two ...
By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany's government plans to give its intelligence services broader powers for actions such as disabling sabotage and hacking attempts in response to a rising threat from powers such as Russia and extremists. The Cabinet on Wednesday ...
By JACOB ZIMBA Associated Press LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) — Zambia holds an election Thursday to decide if President Hakainde Hichilema will get a second five-year term as reward for his economic recovery plan in the southern African nation that's one of the world's top copper producers but was ...
SYDNEY (AP) — The case against a man accused of murdering 15 people at a Sydney Hanukkah celebration involved more than 800 witness statements and more evidence had yet to be examined, a prosecutor told a court Wednesday. Naveed Akram, 25, appeared briefly in Sydney's Downing Centre Local ...
BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar's military has increasingly used low-cost aircraft such as motorized paragliders and gyrocopters in escalating aerial attacks that kill civilians in its conflict with armed, anti-government groups, a U.N. investigation said in a report Tuesday. Separately, a major ...
By SAMY MAGDY and ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Hamas confirmed Friday that it will disarm in a potential breakthrough for ending the war in Gaza, but major obstacles remain. There were no U.S. strikes on Iran overnight, but the Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard said ...
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A Sri Lankan court on Friday sentenced former Police Chief Pujith Jayasundara to death after finding him guilty of criminal negligence that allowed Islamic State-inspired bomb attacks on Easter Sunday in 2019, killing more than 260 people. A death penalty in Sri ...
By SAMY MAGDY, SAM MEDNICK, JONATHAN J. COOPER and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Hamas said Friday that it will begin disarming as part of a deal announced by U.S. President Donald Trump that also requires Israel to end its strikes and withdraw from Gaza. It marks a potential ...