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Frontex chief offers to resign over pushback claims

Frontex chief offers to resign over pushback claims

BRUSSELS (AP) — The head of the European Union's border agency has offered to resign following allegations that the agency was involved in illegal pushbacks of migrants, officials from the European Commission and Germany's Interior Ministry said Frid
Lawmaker: Sri Lanka president agrees to remove brother as PM

Lawmaker: Sri Lanka president agrees to remove brother as PM

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s president has agreed to replace his older brother as prime minister in a proposed interim government to solve a political impasse caused by the country’s worst economic crisis in decades, a prominent lawmaker sai
British Virgin Islands officials charged in drug conspiracy

British Virgin Islands officials charged in drug conspiracy

MIAMI (AP) — The premier of the British Virgin Islands and the director of the Caribbean territory’s ports were arrested Thursday on drug smuggling charges in South Florida, federal officials said.
Man charged with killing 18 in Texas convicted of 1 murder

Man charged with killing 18 in Texas convicted of 1 murder

A man charged with killing 18 older women in the Dallas area over a two-year span was found guilty of murder Thursday and sentenced to life in prison in one of the cases against him after an earlier mistrial.
House passes military lend-lease bill to speed Ukraine aid

House passes military lend-lease bill to speed Ukraine aid

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S.
Explosions in northern Afghanistan kill at least 9, wound 13

Explosions in northern Afghanistan kill at least 9, wound 13

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Two explosions, within minutes of each other, killed at least nine people and wounded 13 in northern Afghanistan on Thursday, a spokesman for a Taliban-appointed police chief said.
Oklahoma House sends Texas-style abortion ban to governor

Oklahoma House sends Texas-style abortion ban to governor

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma House gave final approval on Thursday to a Texas-style abortion ban that prohibits the procedure after about six weeks of pregnancy, before many women know they are pregnant.
Live updates | Briton killed in Ukraine, another missing

Live updates | Briton killed in Ukraine, another missing

LONDON — The British government says a U.K. national has been killed in Ukraine, and another is missing. The Foreign Office confirmed Thursday that it is supporting the family of a British national killed in Ukraine.
Pakistan court asks intel agency to stop harassing TV anchor

Pakistan court asks intel agency to stop harassing TV anchor

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A court in Islamabad on Thursday asked Pakistan’s intelligence agency and the police to stop harassing a prominent TV anchor after his lawyer petitioned the court, saying his client’s fundamental rights were being violated by securit
Israeli PM's family receives death threat and bullet in mail

Israeli PM's family receives death threat and bullet in mail

JERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's teenage son has received a death threat and bullet in the mail, Israeli officials said Thursday, he second such warning against the Israeli leader's family this week.