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‘I was fighting for my life’: Indian pilot hailed as hero recalls FlyDubai cockpit attack
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the attacker, an Omani national, was arrested in Saudi Arabia and w…
Veterinarians donate vital supplies to coronavirus fight
RALEIGH, NC (AP) — Veterinary hospitals are donating breathing machines, masks, gowns and other vital equipment and supplies purchased with Fido in mind, but n…
Britain's Prince Charles tests positive for new coronavirus
LONDON (AP) — Prince Charles, the heir to the British throne, has tested positive for the new coronavirus, royal officials confirmed Wednesday — touching off c…
Game Zero: Spread of virus linked to Champions League match
ROME (AP) — It was the biggest soccer game in Atalanta’s history and a third of Bergamo’s population made the short trip to Milan’s famed San Siro Stadium.
Spain's coronavirus deaths leap; Prince Charles now infected
MADRID (AP) — The death toll in Spain from the coronavirus shot up by more than 700 on Wednesday, surpassing China and is now second only to Italy as the pande…
Turkish prosecutors file indictment over Khashoggi killing
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish prosecutors have filed an indictment against 20 Saudi nationals over the 2018 killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashogg…
AP PHOTOS: Virus accentuates isolation of Spain's homeless
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — While Spanish authorities tell the public that staying home is the best way to beat the coronavirus pandemic, some people are staying o…
Virus causes surge in WW II references, but is it merited?
LONDON (AP) — In the first week of June 2019, World War II was on many people's minds.
Survivors of world conflicts offer perspective amid pandemic
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — As Western countries reeling from the coronavirus pandemic awaken to a new reality of economic collapse, overwhelmed hospitals, gr…
AP Photos: India's vast railway system closes to passengers
NEW DELHI (AP) — India's colossal passenger railway system has come to a halt as officials take emergency measures to keep the coronavirus pandemic from spread…
Gunmen attack Sikh religious gathering in Kabul; 4 dead
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Gunmen stormed a religious gathering of Afghanistan's minority Sikhs in their place of worship in the heart of the Afghan capital's old city on Wednesday, killing at least four people, a m…
Grim find: Bodies of virus victims in Spanish nursing homes
MADRID (AP) — Spanish army troops disinfecting nursing homes have found, to their horror, some residents living in squalor among the infectious bodies of peopl…
Russia ramps up measures against coronavirus as cases grow
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian authorities acknowledged Tuesday that a low number of coronavirus cases in the country could be a result of insufficient screening and wa…
Olympic torch relay postponed by Olympic postponement
TOKYO (AP) — The Olympic torch relay was postponed Tuesday because the Tokyo Games themselves were pushed back to 2021.
For athletes, Olympic delay brings relief but new challenges
DÜSSELDORF, Germany (AP) — It's time for Olympic athletes to stand down, relax those diet rules and dial down the training.
On hold: Tokyo Olympics postponed to 2021
TOKYO (AP) — The IOC announced a first-of-its-kind postponement of the Summer Olympics on Tuesday, bowing to the realities of a coronavirus pandemic that is sh…