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‘Home is like jail’: Afghan soldier who helped the US weathers injuries, uncertainty in asylum bid

‘Home is like jail’: Afghan soldier who helped the US weathers injuries, uncertainty in asylum bid

HOUSTON (AP) — The April visit to a Houston clinic was just one of a never-ending assembly line of medical appointments Abdul Wasi Safi has had since his January release from an immigration detention center.

More than 1,400 migrants are rescued from overcrowded boats off southern Italy by coast guard

ROME (AP) — More than 1,400 migrants have been rescued from overcrowded vessels, including a sailboat, in four separate operations in the Mediterranean Sea off southern Italy, the Italian coast guard said Wednesday.

US Balkan envoy urges Kosovo and Serbia to deescalate tensions or jeopardize progress toward EU

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — A U.S.
Christie goes after Trump in presidential campaign launch, calling him a 'self-serving mirror hog'

Christie goes after Trump in presidential campaign launch, calling him a 'self-serving mirror hog'

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Former New Jersey Gov.

Israeli Cabinet minister chides US Vice President Harris for judicial overhaul criticism

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's foreign minister chided U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday for speaking out against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's planned overhaul of the country's judiciary.
Supporters of slain mining activist take case against Canada to international body

Supporters of slain mining activist take case against Canada to international body

OTTAWA — Family and supporters of a Mexican activist who was killed after opposing a Canadian company's mining project are taking their case to an international human rights body.

ER staff say recruit more doctors, nurses or risk worse conditions

Resuscitating trauma patients on the floor of emergency roomsandexamining sick people on stretchers instead of beds has become an increasingly tough reality for staff, says the head of a group that represents ER physicians across the country. Dr.
In Jerusalem's contested Old City, shrinking Armenian community fears displacement after land deal

In Jerusalem's contested Old City, shrinking Armenian community fears displacement after land deal

JERUSALEM (AP) — A real estate deal in Jerusalem's Old City, at the epicenter of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, has sent the historic Armenian community there into a panic as residents search for answers about the feared loss of their homes to a m
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived Tuesday in Saudi Arabia and later met Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman amid strained relations between Riyadh and Washington.
Leaders gather in Paris to accelerate wringing more out of every ounce of fuel

Leaders gather in Paris to accelerate wringing more out of every ounce of fuel

As 30 energy environment and trade ministers plus 50 CEOs assemble in Paris for the 8th international conference on energy efficiency, the International Energy Agency is urgently calling for greater investment in energy efficiency for factories, cars