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Gunfire and blasts across Mali as simultaneous attacks target capital and other cities

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Gunmen attacked several locations in Mali's capital and other cities on Saturday in a possible coordinated assault, residents and authorities said.

Mali’s army said in a statement that “unidentified armed terrorist groups targeted certain locations and barracks” in Bamako and that soldiers were “engaged in eliminating the attackers.” It said in another statement later the situation was under control.

An Associated Press journalist in Bamako heard sustained heavy weapons and automatic rifle gunfire coming from Modibo Keïta International... Read More

Iran's foreign minister leaves Islamabad without meeting US envoys, Pakistan officials say

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, who traveled to Pakistan for what he described as indirect talks with U.S. envoys, left Pakistan on Saturday evening, two Pakistani officials told The Associated Press.

The Pakistani officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.

It is unclear when President Donald Trump’s envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, expected to lead a U.S. negotiation team, were due to arrive in Islamabad or if they have even left Washington, D.C. The White House declined to... Read More

Russia and Ukraine exchange attacks, killing and wounding dozens, as Zelenskyy calls for more talks

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian drone and missile strikes on the Ukrainian city of Dnipro killed at least five people and wounded 46, authorities said Saturday.

The bodies of four people were found in the ruins of a house destroyed in overnight attacks, Dnipropetrovsk regional head Oleksandr Hanzha said.

“The Russians have been hitting Dnipro and other cities and communities practically all night,” Hanzha wrote on Telegram of the attacks, which caused fires to break out across Dnipro and partially destroyed several apartment buildings, businesses and a private... Read More

Roommate charged with two counts of murder in death, disappearance of two USF students

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A former University of South Florida student has been charged with killing his roommate and the roommate's girlfriend — two doctoral students from Bangladesh who disappeared earlier this month, authorities said Saturday.

Hisham Abugharbieh, 26, is facing two counts of premeditated murder in the first degree with a weapon in the deaths of Zamil Limon and Nahida Bristy, students at USF, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office.

Limon’s remains were found on the Howard Frankland bridge Friday morning, but Bristy is still missing,... Read More

A bank robber's cellphone gave him away. Now the Supreme Court is hearing his case

WASHINGTON (AP) — Okello Chatrie's cellphone gave him away.

Chatrie made off with $195,000 from the bank he robbed in suburban Richmond, Virginia, and eluded the police until they turned to a powerful technological tool that erected a virtual fence and allowed them collect the location history of cellphone users near the crime scene.

The geofence warrant police served on Google found that Chatrie's cellphone was among a handful of devices in the vicinity of the bank around the time it was robbed.

Now the Supreme Court will decide whether geofence warrants... Read More

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Gunfire and blasts across Mali as simultaneous attacks target capital and other cities

Iran's foreign minister leaves Islamabad without meeting US envoys, Pakistan officials say

Russia and Ukraine exchange attacks, killing and wounding dozens, as Zelenskyy calls for more talks

Roommate charged with two counts of murder in death, disappearance of two USF students

A bank robber's cellphone gave him away. Now the Supreme Court is hearing his case

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