The terrorist threat from al-Qaida, the Islamic State group and their affiliates remains high in conflict zones in Africa and in Afghanistan – and threat levels have risen in some regions including Europe, U.N. experts said in a new report. The panel of experts said in the 23-page report that the relationship between Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers and al-Qaida remains close, …

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Not all heroes wear capes. Some don’t wear anything at all. With only towels around their waists, patrons aboard a floating sauna in a Norwegian fjord rescued two people whose car had plunged into the water. The car appeared to have driven off the quay on Thursday at the Akershusstranda, an area where ships dock at …

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. Quinnipiac Bobcats (16-4, 8-1 MAAC) at Manhattan Jaspers (5-13, 2-7 MAAC) Riverdale, New York; Friday, 7 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Bobcats -6.5; over/under is 151.5 BOTTOM LINE: …

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — It wasn’t long ago, during North Carolina’s best start in Atlantic Coast Conference play in more than two decades, that veteran big man …

BELGRADO, Serbia (AP) — Serbia pedirá una reunión urgente del Consejo de Seguridad de la ONU para analizar la escalada en las tensiones con Kosovo, su antigua provincia, después que el gobierno kosovar decidió prohibir el uso del dinar serbio e introducir el euro en zonas donde viven miembros de la minoría serbia, informó el viernes el presidente serbio. El …

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A man charged with killing Young Dolph cannot get a fair trial in Memphis due to the intense media attention and “public visceral outrage” over the slaying of the beloved rapper in his hometown, a defense lawyer said Friday. Justin Johnson’s attorney asked a judge to bring in a jury from outside of Shelby County for …

Georgia senators passed a bill to allow sports gambling Thursday, but not before deciding that the measure also requires a state constitutional amendment, throwing ultimate passage into doubt. The Senate voted 35-15 to pass Senate Bill 386, sending it to the House for more debate. But 34 senators went against the sponsor’s wishes by attaching the requirement for the amendment …

MIAMI (AP) — Un informe secreto obtenido por The Associated Press detalla una operación encubierta de varios años de la Administración de Control de Drogas de Estados Unidos (DEA, por sus siglas en inglés), que infiltró a operativos en Venezuela para grabar a escondidas y armar causas por narcotráfico contra el gobierno del país, un plan que Washington reconoció desde …

PARÍS (AP) — Los dos principales sindicatos de agricultores de Francia anunciaron el jueves su decisión de suspender las protestas y levantar los bloqueos de carreteras en todo el país, un acontecimiento dramático poco después de que el primer ministro reveló un nuevo conjunto de medidas que ellos consideran un “progreso tangible”. Los agricultores llevaban días protestando en todo el …

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