Egypt has announced plans to widen and deepen the southern part of the Suez Canal where a hulking vessel ran aground and closed off the crucial waterway in March ByThe Associated Press May 11, 2021, 8:29 PM • 2 min read CAIRO — Egypt on Tuesday announced plans to widen and deepen the southern part of the Suez Canal where …

Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency says Revolutionary Guard forces killed seven militants and dismantled their cell in the country’s northwest near the border with Turkey ByThe Associated Press May 11, 2021, 7:39 PM • 1 min read TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guard forces on Tuesday killed seven militants and dismantled their cell in the country’s northwest near the …

Ukraine has charged indicted a top opposition figure who is a close ally of Russia’s president with treason and attempts to steal natural resources from Russia-annexed Crimea ByThe Associated Press May 11, 2021, 7:54 PM • 2 min read KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine has charged indicted a top opposition figure who is a close ally of Russia’s president with treason …

Top leaders in the Texas county where George Floyd grew up are supporting a resolution calling for him to be posthumously pardoned for a 2004 drug arrest by a former Houston police officer now facing murder charges in a separate case By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press May 11, 2021, 7:33 PM • 3 min read Share to FacebookShare to …

Booking photo provided by the Crisp County, Ga., Sheriff’s Office shows Robert Aaron Long, 22, accused of killing eight people, six of them women of Asian descent, in shootings at three Atlanta-area massage businesses after he was taken into custody in Cordele, Ga., March 16, 2021. Source link

Turkey’s top envoy has met with his counterpart in Saudi Arabia on his first official trip in years By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press May 11, 2021, 7:26 PM • 4 min read DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Turkey’s top diplomat met with his counterpart in Saudi Arabia Tuesday on his first official trip in years, as the country pushes to …

ATLANTA — A man accused of killing eight people, six of them women of Asian descent, in shootings at three Atlanta-area massage businesses was indicted Tuesday on murder charges, and a prosecutor filed notice that she’ll also seek hate crime charges and the death penalty. A Fulton County grand jury indicted Robert Aaron Long, 22, in the March 16 slayings …

Former University of Hawaii star quarterback Colt Brennan has died By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press May 11, 2021, 7:15 PM • 2 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article HONOLULU — Colt Brennan, a star quarterback at the University of Hawaii who finished third in the 2007 Heisman Trophy balloting, died early Tuesday, his father said. He …

Afghan officials say that the Taliban have gained control of a strategic district headquarters in a central province just south of the capital, Kabul ByThe Associated Press May 11, 2021, 7:09 PM • 2 min read KABUL, Afghanistan — The Taliban gained control Tuesday of a strategic district headquarters in a province in central Afghanistan, just south of the capital, …

The main suspect in the Vatican’s corruption investigation into a London real estate venture has been taken into custody in London, his lawyers say ByThe Associated Press May 11, 2021, 6:54 PM • 1 min read ROME — The main suspect in the Vatican’s corruption investigation into a London real estate venture was taken into custody Tuesday in London after …