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Hospitalized man tells Japanese police he is a highly wanted fugitive, dies four days later 02/02/2024 05:55am • TOKYO (AP) — A man who died at a Japanese hospital this week told police before he passed away that he was one of the country's most wanted fugitives and had been on the run for nearly 50 years for being part of a radical group that carried out bombings in the 1970s, police said Friday. Police had French farmers lift road blockades around Paris after the prime minister offers a support plan 02/02/2024 05:53am • PARIS (AP) — French farmers were gradually lifting their roadblocks around Paris and elsewhere in the country on Friday, a day after the French government offered over 400 million euros ($436 million) in various measures meant to answer their grievances over low earnings, heavy regulation and unfa Junya Ito removed from Japan's squad at Asian Cup amid sexual assault claims he denies 02/02/2024 04:31am • TOKYO (AP) — Junya Ito has been removed from Japan’s squad at the Asian Cup by the Japanese Football Association in the midst of sexual assault allegations that he has denied, Japan's Kyodo news agency reported Friday. Japan is the favorite to win the Asian Cup being played in Qatar and will fac Seven detained in Turkey for allegedly selling information to Israel's Mossad spy agency 02/02/2024 03:01am • ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish police arrested seven people on Friday on suspicion of selling information to the Israeli intelligence service Mossad, the state-run Anadolu news agency said. The suspects, who allegedly passed details to Mossad via private detectives, were detained in a joint operation wit More than 100 Rohingya flee a Malaysian detention center 02/02/2024 02:18am • KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — More than 100 Rohingya immigrants have escaped from a detention center in Malaysia after a protest, with one confirmed killed in a road accident, officials said Friday. This was the second time in two years that such a breakout occurred. In 2022, 528 Rohingya refugees Turkish police rescue hostages held at gunpoint for hours in Procter & Gamble plant in Gaza protest 02/02/2024 12:35am • ISTANBUL (AP) — Police have rescued seven hostages held at gunpoint for hours at a factory owned by U.S. company Procter & Gamble in northwest Turkey, local officials said early Friday. A gunman had sparked the standoff at the P&G facility in Gebze, Kocaeli province, in protest of the Isra New Zealand police are investigating abuse and death threats against Rugby World Cup officials 02/02/2024 12:25am • WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand police are investigating alleged death threats made against referees involved the Rugby World Cup in France last year. The acting director of the National Criminal Investigations Group, Detective Inspector Stuart Mills, confirmed Friday that three complai Toddler gets stuck after climbing into a claw machine looking for a toy in Australian shopping mall 02/02/2024 12:24am • BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Australian police came to the aid of a 3-year-old boy after he became trapped inside a claw machine at a suburban shopping mall. Video of the unusual rescue Saturday was shared on social media by Queensland Police on Thursday. It showed the toddler sitting inside the gla Friends imprisoned for decades cleared of 1987 New Year's killing in Times Square 02/02/2024 12:06am • NEW YORK (AP) — In the early hours of New Year’s Day in 1987, a French tourist was mugged while walking with his wife through Times Square. The man, 71-year-old Jean Casse, struck his head on the pavement. He was pronounced dead soon after. Within days, police hauled in a pair of young Brooklyn AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean 02/02/2024 12:02am • Jan. 26 – Feb. 1, 2024 Argentine lawmakers continued the debate on the reform package that President Javier Milei considers key to the success of his economic program, as protesters and police clashed outside the Congress building. El Salvador’s president has everyone’s attention as he seeks r Gas leak prompts Bethesda building evacuation, officials say 02/01/2024 11:25pm • A 15-story office building in Bethesda, Maryland, was evacuated Thursday evening as a precaution following a gas leak on the street in front of the structure, according to Montgomery County Fire and EMS. The leak was in front of a building located at 7501 Wisconsin Avenue near East West Highway, Man suspected of breaking into apartment fatally shot by Prince George's Co. officer, police chief says 02/01/2024 09:50pm • A man accused of breaking and entering into a Maryland apartment was fatally shot when confronted by a Prince George's County police officer on Thursday evening, according to police. The shooting happened when police were responding to a 911 call about a reported break in just before 5:30 p.m. in What’s being done to get more crossing guards hired in Prince George’s Co. 02/01/2024 09:30pm • For years, Prince George’s County, Maryland, has been short dozens of crossing guards to help kids walk to school safely. Even now, county leaders said only about half their routes are filled, and they need to hire almost 30 more just to feel comfortable about where things stand. While hiring h Tearful relatives of Maine mass shooting victims plead for change to prevent future tragedies 02/01/2024 09:25pm • AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Tearfully relaying scenes of blood, chaos and panic, family members of the victims of Maine's deadliest shooting described their unfathomable losses on Thursday as they implored an independent commission to make sure others never have to experience the same thing. One by one, AP PHOTOS: Farmers' protests grip Europe from Brussels and Berlin to Greece and Romania 02/01/2024 09:15pm • Snow-dusted tractors lined up outside the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, and nighttime protests in Romania marked by vivid national flags have become markers of a farmer protest movement across Europe. The biggest demonstrations have been seen in France, where farmers blocked highways around Paris wit