Government And Politics

Iran to allow new memory cards in UN's nuclear site cameras
Sep 12, 2021

Iran to allow new memory cards in UN's nuclear site cameras

The head of Iran’s civilian nuclear program says Tehran will allow U.N. inspectors to install new memory cards into surveillance cameras at its sensitive atomic sites and to continue filming there


Israel arrests 4 Palestinian fugitives who escaped prison
Sep 11, 2021

Israel arrests 4 Palestinian fugitives who escaped prison

Israeli police say they have arrested four of the six Palestinians who broke out of a maximum-security prison this week — including a famed militant leader whose exploits over the years have made him a well-known figure in Israel


Iran says UN atomic agency head arriving in Tehran for talks
Sep 11, 2021

Iran says UN atomic agency head arriving in Tehran for talks

Iran says that the head of the International Atomic Energy Organization is arriving in the country for talks with Iranian officials


Saudi Arabia, 20 years after 9/11: 'A country in the making'
Sep 11, 2021

Saudi Arabia, 20 years after 9/11: 'A country in the making'

All but four of the 19 hijackers on 9/11 were Saudi citizens and the Saudi kingdom was the birthplace of Osama bin Laden, the head of al-Qaida and mastermind of the attack


US pulls missile defenses in Saudi Arabia amid Yemen attacks
Sep 11, 2021

US pulls missile defenses in Saudi Arabia amid Yemen attacks

Satellite photos analyzed by The Associated Press show the U.S. has removed its most advanced missile defense system and Patriot batteries from Saudi Arabia in recent weeks


US Navy SEALs, Cyprus special forces hold anti-terror drill
Sep 10, 2021

US Navy SEALs, Cyprus special forces hold anti-terror drill

Operators from the U.S. navy’s elite special forces unit SEAL joined Cypriot underwater demolition soldiers in a joint drill to hone skills in countering terrorist hijackings at sea


'Homecoming' to a ghost town sparks Greek Cypriot anguish
Sep 10, 2021

'Homecoming' to a ghost town sparks Greek Cypriot anguish

There's a groundswell of anger among thousands of Greek Cypriot refugees who fear their property in the Turkish-occupied ghost town of Varosha could be forever lost


Sep 9, 2021

Correction: Yemen story

In a story published September 8, 2021, about a United Nations report on violations of international law in Yemen's conflict, The Associated Press erroneously reported in the headline of the story that according to the UN 18,000 Yemeni civilians had been killed by airstrikes since 2015


Sep 8, 2021

Sudan summons Ethiopia envoy over bodies found in river

Sudan has summoned Ethiopia’s envoy to the country over an incident where bodies were found floating down the river separating the two nations, as civil war wages in Ethiopia’s Tigray region


Sep 7, 2021

UN envoy to Iraq says effort underway to prevent voter fraud

The U.N. envoy to Iraq says measures are being taken to prevent voter fraud in national elections next month


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