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Pakistani airstrikes in Afghanistan kill 10 civilians, Kabul and UN say

By ABDUL QAHAR AFGHAN and ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Pakistani airstrikes on two Afghan provinces overnight killed at least 10 civilians, Afghanistan and the United Nations said Thursday, with the cross-border conflict between the two countries showing no ...

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A Tokyo court has awarded legal protection to the human voice in a landmark case in which a popular Japanese anime voice actor demanded that TikTok close an account over its unauthorized use of an artificial intelligence clone of his ...

Trump hails the US military's exit from Iraq after its 12-year mission

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — The U.S. military announced Wednesday that it completed the withdrawal of all American troops from Iraq, ending a 12-year mission to fight the Islamic State group and prompting President Donald Trump to hail the ...

13 sentenced in Paris over 2021 English Channel boat sinking that killed 31

By ALEX TURNBULL and NICOLAS VAUX-MONTAGNY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Thirteen people were sentenced to prison terms of up to 10 years on Wednesday in connection with the sinking of a boat in the English Channel nearly five years ago, in one of the biggest tragedies of migrants making ...

Russia warns NATO of a possible nuclear response if Kaliningrad is cut off

By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Russia has warned NATO that it would not hesitate to use nuclear weapons to defend Kaliningrad should any members of the military bloc try to cut off its western exclave from the rest of the country. The warning sent to NATO echoed ...