A diplomat from Iran was convicted in a Belgian court and sentenced to 20 years in prison Thursday on charges of attempting to orchestrate a terrorist attack against a major rally held by an Iranian dissident group near Paris in 2018. Assadolah Assadi, who was accused of operating on orders from Iranian intelligence, was found …
ALBUQUERQUE, NM. — A U.S. Air Force court-martial panel has convicted a Kirtland Air Force Base airman on charges stemming from a 2019 crash that killed an Albuquerque woman. Airman Calvin Cooper, 22, faced sentencing Wednesday after being convicted Tuesday of involuntary manslaughter and negligent homicide in the death of Angelica Baca, 39. James Dallas …
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ADDOUSSIEH, Lebanon (AP) – A prominent Lebanese publisher and vocal critic of the Shiite militant Hezbollah group was found dead in his car Thursday morning, shot multiple times at close range, security and forensic officials said. Lokman Slim, a 58-year-old longtime Shiite political activist and researcher, was found in his car on a rural road …
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) – Sri Lanka’s president said Thursday that he has received the final report of an inquiry commission investigating the 2019 Easter Sunday bomb attacks and vowed he will not allow anyone responsible for the deaths of more than 260 people escape justice. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa did not disclose what’s in the …
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PHOENIX (AP) – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has terminated an unusual agreement that Arizona’s top prosecutor signed with the agency in the waning days of the Trump administration to try to restrict President Joe Biden‘s ability to overhaul his predecessor’s immigration policies. The agency’s action was revealed Wednesday as Arizona Attorney General Mark …
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