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Despite Iran tensions, King Charles III will follow his mother's lead in celebrating US-UK bonds
LONDON (AP) — The challenge for King Charles III when he embarks on next week's state visit to the U.S. is, as always, to live up to his mother’s example.The late Queen Elizabeth II wowed Congress in 1991 with a speech that celebrated the shared democratic traditions of Britain and the United States, quoted Abraham Lincoln, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Ralph Waldo Emerson, and highlighted the deep bonds between the two nations.
Those themes will also be at the top of Charles’ agenda as he celebrates America's 250th birthday and seeks to calm tensions surrounding... Read More
Afghanistan calls on Afghans who helped US in war and are now stuck in Qatar to return home
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan’s foreign ministry says Afghans who helped America’s war effort and have been stuck in Qatar in the hope of reaching the United States, can safely return to Afghanistan.The statement Saturday by foreign ministry spokesman Abdul Qahar Balkhi comes after reports emerged that the Trump administration is in discussions to potentially send 1,100 Afghans who assisted the U.S. during its war in Afghanistan and relatives of U.S. service members to Congo.
An organization called #AfghanEvac that supports Afghan resettlement efforts... Read More
Trump to send envoys to Islamabad as Iran rules out direct talks
ISLAMABAD (AP) — U.S. envoys are expected to travel to Pakistan on Saturday in a new bid to salvage ceasefire talks with Tehran, even as Iran ruled out direct negotiations with U.S. representatives as its top diplomat arrived in Islamabad.The latest effort to broker a deal comes as an indefinite ceasefire has paused most fighting, but the economic fallout is still mounting with global energy shipments disrupted by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
On Saturday, Iran resumed commercial flights from Tehran’s international airport for the first time since the and... Read More
Local elections in the West Bank and part of Gaza could test public trust
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — For the first time in two decades, Palestinians in battle-scarred Gaza are voting in local elections Saturday. And in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, voters are casting ballots for the first time since the start of the Israel-Hamas war.Turnout may reflect the level of public trust in a broader system led by aging leaders in the West Bank and as Gaza prepares for an anticipated transition from Hamas rule.
The vote in the West Bank will determine the makeup of the local councils overseeing water, roads and electricity. The vote in a... Read More
Tunisia suspends one of Africaâs oldest rights group as crackdown widens
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Authorities in Tunisia have ordered a one-month suspension of the Tunisian League for Human Rights, one of the oldest rights groups in Africa and the Arab world and part of the National Dialogue Quartet awarded the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize, in the latest move raising concerns over a widening crackdown on civil society.The league confirmed the suspension in a statement late Friday, warning that the decision amounted to “a serious and arbitrary violation of freedom of association” and “a direct assault” on one of Tunisia’s key democratic gains.
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