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Dozens of Europe-bound migrants missing off Tunisia's coast

Thursday, 26 May 2022, 05:54 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

Rescue teams searched Wednesday for dozens of people reported missing after a boat carrying migrants from Libya to Europe capsized off Tunisia's coast. The International Organization for...

UK 'partygate' report blames culture of Johnson's office

Wednesday, 25 May 2022, 13:29 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and other senior officials bear responsibility for a culture of rule-breaking that resulted in several parties that breached the U.K.’s COVID-19 lockdown...

Gunman kills 19 children in Texas school rampage

Wednesday, 25 May 2022, 07:28 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

An 18-year-old gunman opened fire Tuesday at a Texas elementary school, killing at least 19 children as he went from classroom to classroom, officials said, in the deadliest school shooting in nearly...

Ukraine: 200 bodies found in basement in Mariupol's ruins

Wednesday, 25 May 2022, 06:16 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

Workers digging through the rubble of an apartment building in Mariupol found 200 bodies in the basement, Ukrainian authorities said Tuesday, as more horrors come to light in the ruined city that has...

Live updates: EU says Russians have future in their hands

Tuesday, 24 May 2022, 06:17 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

UNITED NATIONS — The United States and Britain are accusing Russia of spreading disinformation online and manipulating public opinion about the war in Ukraine and vehemently rejecting Russian...

Live updates: Russian forces shell the Dnipropetrovsk region

Monday, 23 May 2022, 14:20 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, whose country has objected to Sweden and Finland joining NATO, called on Stockholm on Monday to take “concrete steps” that...

Russian soldier sentenced to life at Kyiv war crimes trial

Monday, 23 May 2022, 12:16 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

A Ukrainian court sentenced a 21-year-old Russian soldier to life in prison on Monday for killing a Ukrainian civilian, in the first war crimes trial held since Russia’s invasion. Sgt....

Russian offensive turns to key Donbas city, heavy shelling

Monday, 23 May 2022, 06:18 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

Buoyed by a visit from a neighbor and ally, Ukrainians were digging in to defend the eastern city of Sievierodonetsk, which came under heavy bombardment from Russian forces trying to take the...

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