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UK's Johnson faces lockdown-breach claims over garden party

LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson faced a wave of public and political outrage on Tuesday over allegations that he and his staff flouted coronavirus lockdown rules by holding a garden party in 2020 while Britons were barred by law from mingling outside the home. Opposition...

Iraq says arrests 62 Syrian ‘infiltrators’

Iraq said Tuesday it had arrested dozens of Syrians after crossing into the country from its next-door neighbor. In a statement, the Defense Ministry said 62 Syrians were arrested in a joint operation by the Iraqi border guards and the Kurdish Peshmerga forces. The statement, however,...

US announces $308 million in aid for Afghans as crisis grows

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House has announced $308 million in additional humanitarian assistance for Afghanistan, offering new aid to the country as it edges toward a humanitarian crisis since the Taliban takeover nearly five months ago. White House spokesperson Emily Horne said in a...

Some Palestinians get legal status after years in Gaza limbo

 Khader al-Najjar has been unable to leave the Gaza Strip since he returned to the Palestinian territory 25 years ago, not even to seek medical treatment for a spinal ailment or to bid farewell to his mother, who died in Jordan last year. The reason: Israel refused to allow the...