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By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Some of the estimated 20 trillion cubic feet of natural gas discovered in waters off Cyprus could reach European markets as soon as 2027, the Cypriot president said Wednesday, as Europe looks for more ways to wean itself off Russian energy. President Nikos Christodoulides said that

By TUNDE OMOLEHIN AND DYEPKAZAH SHIBAYAN Associated Press SOKOTO, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s president postponed his trip to this weekend’s Group of 20 summit after promising to intensify efforts to rescue 24 schoolgirls who were abducted by gunmen earlier this week in a northwestern region of the country. Civil society leaders have accused security forces

By SAM McNEIL Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union rolled out a new defense package on Wednesday to allow tanks and troops to deploy more rapidly across the many borders of the 27-nation bloc as concern mounts that Russia is already probing its defenses. Europe’s foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, said that spending

LONDON (AP) — Britain warned Russia on Wednesday that it was ready to deal with any incursions into its territory after the spy ship Yantar was detected on the edge of U.K. waters north of Scotland. Defense Secretary John Healey said on Wednesday that the Russian vessel had directed lasers at pilots of surveillance aircraft

By ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A large Russian drone and missile barrage on Ukraine’s western city of Ternopil killed at least 25 people, including three children, authorities said Wednesday, as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived in Turkey in search of diplomatic support for his fight against Russia’s invasion. The nighttime attack hit

LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) — Chinese Premier Li Qiang will start a two-day visit to the southern African nation of Zambia on Wednesday that will focus on the $1.4 billion refurbishment of a Cold War-era railway line to further improve China’s access to critical minerals. China is heavily invested in mining in Zambia, which is one

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish authorities have arrested several people in connection with a blast that damaged a rail line linking Warsaw to the Ukrainian border over the weekend, state media reported Wednesday. Jacek Dobrzyński, the spokesman for Poland’s secret services minister, said the suspects were being questioned but did not provide details on how

By HUSSEIN MALLA and BASSEM MROUE Associated Press SIDON, Lebanon (AP) — The Israeli military carried out airstrikes in southern Lebanon Wednesday on what it said was Hezbollah infrastructure after a drone strike earlier in the day killed one person and wounded several others, including students on a bus. The new wave of strikes came

By CHINEDU ASADU and TUNDE OMOLEHIN Associated Press MAGA, Nigeria (AP) — A schoolgirl who was abducted with 24 others from a dormitory in northwestern Nigeria has escaped and is safe, the school’s principal told The Associated Press on Tuesday, as hunters joined security forces in the search for the missing students in forests close