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Spain eyes HQ of EU piracy mission amid Brexit planning
Lorne Cook, Associated Press | Posted Apr 24th - 10:26am
Spain looks set to take charge of the European Union's anti-piracy operation off Somalia despite a challenge from Italy, as EU countries compete for the spoils from Britain's departure from the bloc next year.
Toronto driver charged with 10 counts of 1st degree murder
Charmaine Noronha and David R. Martin, Associated Press | Posted Apr 24th - 10:24am
The 25-year-old suspect who plowed a van into a crowded Toronto sidewalk was ordered held Tuesday on 10 counts of murder and 13 of attempted murder as Canadian authorities and the public sought to make sense of one of the deadliest mass killings in the country's modern history.
Egypt sends former anti-graft chief to prison for 5 years
Samy Magdy, Associated Press | Posted Apr 24th - 10:20am
An Egyptian military court on Tuesday convicted the country's former anti-graft chief of insulting the armed forces and sentenced him to five years in prison, according to two defense lawyers.
Suicide bombers kill 6 police, wound 8 troops in Pakistan
Abdul Sattar, Associated Press | Posted Apr 24th - 10:14am
Suicide bombers struck a police vehicle and a security checkpoint in separate attacks Tuesday in the Pakistani city of Quetta, killing six police and wounding eight paramilitary troops, officials said.
Seeking aid abroad, Lebanon uproots Syrian refugees
Philip Issa, Associated Press | Posted Apr 24th - 10:12am
Three years ago, Ahmad Mohsin was forced to relocate his campsite in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley after soldiers raided the community of Syrian refugees where he lived and smashed their belongings. The message was clear, he said: they were not wanted.
Verdict looms into macabre death of Swedish journalist
Jan M. Olsen, Associated Press | Posted Apr 24th - 9:50am
One of the most talked-about and macabre court cases in recent Danish history is set to conclude Wednesday when the verdict is handed down on whether Peter Madsen tortured and murdered a Swedish journalist during a private submarine trip.
UK judge to hold new hearing over sick toddler Alfie Evans
Danica Kirka, Associated Press | Posted Apr 24th - 9:48am
A British judge is set to hear a new appeal Tuesday from the parents of a terminally ill British toddler who want to take him to Italy for treatment — something British courts have ruled is not in the child's interest.
Timeline in case of journalist Kim Wall's death on submarine
The Associated Press | Posted Apr 24th - 9:48am
Danish inventor Peter Madsen is on trial for the killing of journalist Kim Wall in his submarine. Madsen denies killing Wall and says she died while he was on deck. However, he has admitted dismembering the 30-year-old woman's body before he "buried her at sea."
Italy's high court refuses to release migrant rescue ship
The Associated Press | Posted Apr 24th - 9:46am
Italy's highest court has rejected a request by a German group to release its migrant rescue boat seized eight months ago by prosecutors investigating allegations that non-governmental organizations colluded with migrant smugglers.
2 Indian troops, 4 rebels killed in Kashmir fighting
The Associated Press | Posted Apr 24th - 9:28am
A soldier, a counterinsurgency police official and four rebels were killed in a gunfight Tuesday in the Indian-controlled portion of Kashmir, police said, triggering anti-India protests and clashes.
The Latest: Praise for officer who arrested Canada suspect
The Associated Press | Posted Apr 24th - 9:14am
The Latest on the incident in which a van plowed down a Toronto sidewalk, killing and injuring several people (all times local):
Police say 37 Maoist rebels killed in western India
The Associated Press | Posted Apr 24th - 9:09am
At least 37 Maoist rebels were killed in two gunbattles between troops and insurgents in western India over the last three days, police said Tuesday.
UN says farming should be at heart of Syria reconstruction
Raf Casert, Associated Press | Posted Apr 24th - 9:08am
International efforts to rebuild Syria once the civil war is over should center on agriculture to kick start the economy and quickly improve the livelihoods of the people, a high-level United Nations official said Tuesday.
EU official favors Western Balkans integration into the bloc
Llazar Semini, Associated Press | Posted Apr 24th - 8:27am
A senior European Union official said Tuesday that the road to membership in the bloc for Albania and Macedonia would be tough but "worth the effort."
Judge in Toronto orders 25-year-old suspected van driver held on 10 counts of 1st degree murder, 13 of attempted murder
The Associated Press | Posted Apr 24th - 8:23am
Judge in Toronto orders 25-year-old suspected van driver held on 10 counts of 1st degree murder, 13 of attempted murder.
Partner arrested in killing of Salvadoran journalist
The Associated Press | Posted Apr 24th - 8:13am
Police in El Salvador have arrested the domestic partner of a journalist killed over the weekend.
Suffragist first woman to get statue outside UK Parliament
The Associated Press | Posted Apr 24th - 7:30am
A bronze statue of women's rights campaigner Millicent Fawcett was unveiled Tuesday outside Britain's Parliament — the first woman to be commemorated there alongside statues of 11 men including Nelson Mandela, Abraham Lincoln and Winston Churchill.
UN prosecutor seeks life term for Karadzic at appeal hearing
Mike Corder, Associated Press | Posted Apr 24th - 7:22am
A U.N. prosecution lawyer urged appeals judges Tuesday to convict former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic on a second genocide count and increase his 40-year sentence for overseeing Serb atrocities during the Bosnian war to a life term.
