An Afghan migrant man, who is wanted for maiming a mother and her two daughters in a corrosive substance attack in London, is a convicted sex offender who converted to Christianity to successfully claim asylum after two failed attempts, according to multiple reports. Abdul Shokoor Ezedi, 35, allegedly threw a corrosive…

An Iran-backed militant group in Iraq has promised to continue attacks on U.S. troops after three American soldiers were killed by a drone strike in Jordan on Sunday.In a statement released Friday, Harakat al-Nujaba, one of the strongest Iraqi militias, announced that it plans to continue military operations against U.S.…

A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers are urging Hungary to immediately ratify Sweden’s application to join NATO, saying patience with the Central European country is “wearing thin” as it continues to delay its approval for the Nordic nation.Hungary is the only country in the 31-nation military alliance that hasn’t yet…

Members of the House of Representatives on Thursday will launch the first bipartisan caucus on Burma to pressure U.S. administrations to act on the crisis in the Southeast Asian country since the military staged a coup three years ago, according to a statement.Republican Bill Huizenga of Michigan and Democrat Betty…

A Conservative lawmaker in Britain said Thursday he will step down when an election is called later this year because of abuse and death threats he says are linked to his support for Israel.Mike Freer said an arson attack on his office in December was the “final straw.”He told the…

LONDON (AP) — Climate activist Greta Thunberg spoke defiantly about her mission outside court Thursday on the first day of her trial for refusing to leave a protest that blocked the entrance to a major oil and gas industry conference in London last year.Thunberg, 21, was among more than two…

Austrian prosecutors are appealing a court’s recent decision to move Josef Fritzl, dubbed the “monster of Amstetten,” who held his daughter captive for 24 years and fathered seven of her children, to regular prison.The decision came down last week, when a court ruled that Fritzl, 88, could be transferred from…

Iran-backed Houthi militants in Yemen on Thursday launched three separate attacks in the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea. Around 5 a.m., U.S. Central Command forces shot down a drone over the Gulf of Aden. There were no injuries. Later Thursday, CENTCOM forces destroyed a Houthi explosive uncrewed surface vehicle (USV)…

Moroccan authorities arrested 30 people this week in the city of Fes on multiple charges as part of a wide-ranging case involving blackmail, threats and trafficking of newborn babies.SPANISH GOVERNMENT UNLAWFULLY SENT CHILD MIGRANTS BACK TO MOROCCO, TOP COURT RULES The North African country’s state-run news agency, MAP, reported on…

ISTANBUL (AP) — Two gunmen took seven hostages at a factory owned by U.S. company Procter & Gamble in northwest Turkey on Thursday, according to media reports, apparently in protest of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.Turkish media published an image of one of the purported suspects inside the factory, a…