Afghan suspected of stabbing 7 held in custody in Sweden
<p>STOCKHOLM — A 22-year-old Afghan man who is suspected of having stabbed seven men in a town in southern Sweden, leaving three of them...
Mexico City launches Latin America’s latest cable car line
MEXICO CITY — Mexico City has launched the first of what it hopes will be several cable-car lines serving the poorer outskirts of the...
Mexico Senate passes energy bill favoring state, fossil fuel
<p>MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s Senate passed an electrical energy bill that favors government-owned generating plants that largely run on fossil fuels Tuesday, putting renewable...
Three have life-threatening wounds after Sweden ax attack
<p>STOCKHOLM — Hospital officials say three people wounded in an assault by a man using an ax in southern Sweden are in life-threatening condition...
Sudan official: Tribal clashes kill at least 10 in Darfur
CAIRO — Tribal clashes in Sudan’s western Darfur region killed at least 10 people Wednesday, a senior security official said, the latest bout of...
Elusive artist Banksy confirms he’s behind prison artwork
<p>LONDON — Banksy appears to have thrown his support behind a campaign to turn a former prison in the English town of Reading into...
Guatemala: 5 migrants survived January massacre of 19
GUATEMALA CITY — Guatemalan authorities said Tuesday that five migrants survived the Jan. 22 massacre of 19 people, including 16 Guatemalans, in northern Mexico....
US suspends tariffs on UK goods to resolve aircraft dispute
LONDON — The U.S. agreed Thursday to suspend millions of dollars' worth of tariffs on U.K. exports including Scotch whisky as part of an...
Algerian students restart weekly protests cut off by virus
<p>ALGIERS, Algeria — Hundreds of students restarted their weekly Tuesday protest marches that were called off last spring because of the coronavirus.</p>
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Syrian pound hits record low as economic crisis worsens
BEIRUT — The Syrian pound hit a record low Wednesday just days before the Arab country marks the 10th anniversary of a conflict that...