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Anti-Israel protests turn the Spanish Vuelta cycling race into a diplomatic battleground 09/13/2025 03:10pm • BARCELONA, Spain (AP) ��� As an alderperson in northwestern Spain, Rosana Prieto tends to the running of her tiny village and is far removed from major cities, often rocked by protests over geopolitical issues. But with one of the world's biggest cycling races coursing through the bucolic hills near Vingegaard closes in on Vuelta title by winning penultimate stage after another anti-Israel protest 09/13/2025 02:50pm • BOLA DEL MUNDO, Spain (AP) ��� Jonas Vingegaard is poised to win the Spanish Vuelta cycling race after increasing his lead on Saturday's decisive stage, a mountain trek that was briefly disrupted by another anti-Israel protest. The Vuelta will be Vingegaard's third Grand Tour title, adding to Dane's Second pool hall shooting in less than a month kills 7 people Ecuador 09/13/2025 02:47pm • QUITO, Ecuador (AP) ��� A shooting by a criminal gang at a pool hall in northern Ecuador killed at least seven people and four others wounded, police said on Saturday. It was the second such attack in less than a month in the same city during a wave of violence in the Andean country. The shooting oc Curfew is lifted and calm returns to Nepal in wake of mass protests that killed at least 51 people 09/13/2025 08:12am • KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) ��� Nepalese authorities lifted the curfew in the country's capital and surrounding areas on Saturday as calm returned following the appointment of the Himalayan nation's first woman prime minister in the wake of protests this week that killed at least 51 people and collapsed t A Lebanese dancer defies extremist threats and social norms with his sold-out performances 09/13/2025 06:19am • BEIRUT (AP) ��� Alexandre Paulikevitch put on his white dress and wig and danced his way to center stage, knowing that the extremist groups who had threatened him before his controversial recital might be waiting for him outside the theater. The Lebanese dancer���s sold-out performance to a cheerin Former US Capitol Police chief talks about political violence and assessing threats 09/13/2025 05:43am • In the aftermath of the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, safety experts and public figures are taking a closer look at balancing safety and accessibility. WTOP spoke with former U.S. Capitol Police Chief Thomas Manger about the issue. Manger said he'd advise politicians ��� wheth Growing protests pose the most serious challenge yet to Serbia's populist president 09/13/2025 02:07am • BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) ��� Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic is escalating his crackdown on protests that have shaken his populist rule in recent months. What began as a small, student-led campaign against corruption has snowballed into one of the most turbulent protest waves in the Balkan country i Waves of fake threats to colleges are putting students on edge and testing dispatchers 09/13/2025 12:11am • MISSION, Kan. (AP) ��� Around 50 college campuses across the country have been deluged in recent weeks with hoax calls about armed gunmen and other violence, laying bare the challenges of detecting fake threats quickly to prevent mass panic. Students at some schools spent hours hiding under desks, Philippine defense and military chiefs reject call to defect from Marcos over flood control uproar 09/12/2025 11:51pm • MANILA, Philippines (AP) ��� The Philippine defense and military chiefs rejected a call for the country���s armed forces to withdraw support from President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in response to public outrage over allegations of massive corruption in flood control projects that have implicated several What to know about the killing of Charlie Kirk, the co-founder of Turning Point USA 09/12/2025 11:38pm • A 22-year-old Utah man was arrested in the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk during an event on a college campus, authorities said Friday. ���We got him,��� Gov. Spencer Cox told reporters at a news conference announcing the arrest of Tyler Robinson in Wednesday's killing of Kirk at Utah Man arrested in Charlie Kirk's killing had no known criminal history, had become 'more political' 09/12/2025 11:16pm • ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) ��� The family of the young Utah man accused of shooting Charlie Kirk told authorities he had recently become ���more political��� and recounted a dinner table conversation where they discussed whether the conservative activist was spreading hate. Tyler James Robinson, 22, of W Suspect in Charlie Kirk killing became more political, opposed activist's views, authorities say 09/12/2025 11:00pm • OREM, Utah (AP) ��� A 22-year-old Utah man who was arrested and booked on murder charges in the assassination of Charlie Kirk held deep disdain for the conservative activist���s provocative viewpoints and indicated to a family member that he was responsible for the shooting, authorities said Friday. Nepal has first woman prime minister as president dissolves parliament and sets March elections 09/12/2025 10:24pm • KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) ��� The president of Nepal on Friday appointed former Supreme Court Chief Justice Sushila Karki as interim prime minister and the first woman to head the Himalayan nation's government following fiery protests that caused the collapse of the previous administration. President Ra Relic of the Catholic Church's first millennial saint stolen from Venezuelan parish 09/12/2025 09:16pm • CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) ��� A relic of Carlo Acutis, who was declared the Catholic Church���s first millennial saint last week, was stolen from a parish in western Venezuela, the coordinator of a youth group devoted to the man known as ���God���s Influencer��� confirmed Friday. The disappearance of ICE officer fatally shoots suspect after being dragged by car near Chicago, officials say 09/12/2025 07:29pm • CHICAGO (AP) ��� A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer fatally shot a suspect who tried to evade arrest Friday in a Chicago suburb by driving his car at officers and dragging one of them, officials said. The shooting outside the city follows days of threats by the Trump administration t