Sunday April 20th, 2025 1:11AM

The Associated Press

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The Associated Press
Iraqi forces kill Islamic State group commander and 8 other officials
Iraq's prime minister says that the Islamic State militant group’s leader in Iraq was killed in a military operation along with eight of the group’s other senior leaders
8:21AM ( 5 months ago )
About 140 Rohingya Muslims on wooden boat off Indonesia's coast as residents refuse to let them land
Indonesian officials say about 140 weak and hungry Rohingya Muslims, mostly women and children, are on a wooden boat anchored about 1 mile off the coast of Indonesia’s northernmost province of Aceh, and local residents refused to allow them onto land
8:02AM ( 5 months ago )
Son of Singapore's founder says he has been granted political asylum in the UK
Lee Hsien Yang, the estranged brother of former Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, says he is now a “political refugee” after the British government granted him asylum from what he described as persecution at home
7:57AM ( 5 months ago )
Lee Kuan Yew's youngest son says the UK has granted him asylum from persecution in Singapore
Lee Hsien Yang, the estranged brother of former Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, says he is now a “political refugee” after the British government granted him asylum from what he described as persecution at home
7:57AM ( 5 months ago )
Austria's chancellor asked to form new government after parties refuse to work with far-right leader
Austria’s president has tasked the incumbent chancellor with forming a new government after all other parties refused to work with the leader of the far-right Freedom Party
7:55AM ( 5 months ago )
Germany's disease control center reports 1st case of new mpox variant
Germany’s disease control center says that a new, more infectious variant of the mpox virus has been detected in Germany for the first time
7:52AM ( 5 months ago )
Ukraine's Zelenskyy says only a US green light on a NATO invitation will sway a reluctant Germany
Ukraine’s president is hoping allies will take a more positive stance on his so-called “victory plan” after the U.S. election, but concedes that its key demand — an invitation to join NATO — is not welcome by some Western partners, in particular Germany
7:36AM ( 5 months ago )
Yellen says isolationism 'made America and the world worse off' in speech to global finance leaders
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says the U.S. economy has grown stronger because the Biden administration rejected isolationism, offering a barely veiled criticism of former President Donald Trump’s policies two weeks before the U.S. election
7:05AM ( 5 months ago )