A Myanmar military airstrike on a village sheltering displaced people killed 21, rebels say

BANGKOK (AP):- A military airstrike this week on a village in Myanmar sheltering displaced people from the northern township of Bhamo, where a final round of the country’s three-phase..

Denmark and Greenland say sovereignty is not negotiable after Trump’s about-turn on tariffs

By GEIR MOULSON, EMMA BURROWS and JAMES BROOKS, COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP):- Denmark’s prime minister insisted that her country can’t negotiate on its sovereignty and Greenland’s leader said..

Man who assassinated former Japanese prime minister gets life in prison

By MARI YAMAGUCHI, TOKYO (AP):- A Japanese court sentenced a man who admitted assassinating former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to life imprisonment on Wednesday. The case has revealed..

Trump’s Greenland threats spark outrage and defiance from EU, testing longtime NATO alliances

By JAMEY KEATEN, EMMA BURROWS and WILL WEISSERT, DAVOS, Switzerland (AP):- President Donald Trump ’s pledges to provoke a sweeping tariff fight with Europe to get his way in taking control of..

North Korea’s Kim dismisses vice premier over factory project

By HYUNG-JIN KIM, SEOUL, South Korea (AP):- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un dismissed a vice premier in charge of the country’s machine-building industry, state media reported Tuesday, in an..

Karachi mall fire death toll rises to 23 as rescuers search for dozens missing

By MUHAMMAD FAROOQ and ADIL JAWAD, KARACHI, Pakistan (AP):- The death toll from a massive fire at a shopping plaza in Karachi rose to 23 on Monday as rescuers recovered more bodies from the..

No sign of new protests in Iran as a hard-line cleric calls for executions and threatens Trump

By JON GAMBRELL and FARNOUSH AMIRI, DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP):- As Iran returned to uneasy calm after a wave of protests that drew a bloody crackdown, a senior hard-line cleric called Friday..

Iran’s nationwide protests appear increasingly smothered after crackdown and internet outage

By JON GAMBRELL, DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP):- The nationwide protests challenging Iran’s theocracy appeared increasingly smothered Thursday, a week after authorities shut the country off..

Iran signals plans for fast trials and executions for detained protesters despite US warnings

By JON GAMBRELL, DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP):- Iran’s judiciary head signaled Wednesday there would be fast trials and executions ahead for suspects detained in nationwide..

Death toll from Iranian protests surpasses 2,000, activists say, as chaos recalls 1979 revolution

By JON GAMBRELL, DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP):- The death toll from nationwide protests in Iran surpassed 2,000 people on Tuesday, activists said, as Iranians made phone calls abroad for the..

Trump says Iran wants to negotiate as the death toll in protests rises to at least 599

By JON GAMBRELL and JULIA NIKHINSON, DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP):- U.S. President Donald Trump said Iran wants to negotiate with Washington after his threat to strike the Islamic Republic..

Protests in Iran near the 2-week mark as authorities intensify crackdown on demonstrators

By JON GAMBRELL, DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP):- Protests sweeping across Iran neared the two-week mark Saturday, with the country’s government acknowledging the ongoing demonstrations..

Iran supreme leader signals upcoming crackdown on protesters ‘ruining their own streets’ for Trump

By JON GAMBRELL, DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP):- Iran signaled Friday that security forces would crack down on protesters, directly challenging U.S. President Donald Trump’s pledge to..

Protests erupt in Iran’s capital after exiled prince’s call; internet cuts out soon after

By JON GAMBRELL, DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP):- People in Iran’s capital shouted from their homes and rallied in the street Thursday night after a call by the country’s exiled crown prince..

Iran army chief threatens preemptive attack over ‘rhetoric’ targeting country after Trump’s comments

By JON GAMBRELL, DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP):- Iran’s army chief threatened preemptive military action Wednesday over the “rhetoric” targeting the Islamic Republic, likely referring to..

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