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By MANUEL RUEDA Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian President Gustavo Petro has suspended a rebel leader’s extradition to the United States, arguing that his presence in Colombia is needed to advance peace talks that seek to disarm hundreds of fighters in a region bordering Venezuela. Willington Henao Gutiérrez, known as “Mocho Olmedo” is

By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Pro-Iran hackers have threatened to release emails supposedly stolen from people connected to President Donald Trump, according to a news report, a move that federal authorities call a “calculated smear campaign.” The United States has warned of continued Iranian cyberattacks following American strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities

By AIDA SULTANOVA Associated Press BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — Seven people linked to a Kremlin-funded media outlet in Azerbaijan’s capital have been detained after a raid on its office, the Interior Ministry was quoted by local media as saying Tuesday, in the latest sign of the rift between Moscow and Baku over the deaths of

By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — A man suspected of gathering information on Jewish locations and individuals in Berlin for Iranian intelligence, possibly with a view to attacks, has been arrested in Denmark, German prosecutors said Tuesday. The Danish national, identified only as Ali S. in line with German privacy rules, was arrested

By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Authorities in Belarus continue their unrelenting crackdown on dissent even as they release some prisoners, the country’s leading rights group told The Associated Press on Tuesday. Last month, the Belarusian government pardoned and released 14 prisoners, but at least 60 more people were arrested on politically

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s former deputy defense minister was convicted on Tuesday on charges of embezzlement and money laundering and handed a 13-year prison sentence in a high-profile case that exposed rampant military corruption widely blamed for Moscow’s military setbacks in Ukraine. Timur Ivanov is the most visible figure in a far-ranging probe into alleged

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran is assessing the damage and lashing out over the American and Israeli airstrikes on its nuclear sites, though Tehran kept open the possibility Tuesday of resuming talks with Washington over its atomic program. The comments by government spokesperson Fatemeh Mohajerani also included another

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — A court in Algeria on Tuesday upheld French-Algerian author Boualem Sansal’s five-year prison sentence in a case that has raised alarm over freedom of expression in Algeria and pushed tensions with France to the brink. The ruling denies a request made by prosecutors at an appeal hearing last week. They asked

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The Royal Train will soon leave the station for the last time. King Charles III has accepted it’s time to decommission the train, whose history dates back to Queen Victoria, because it costs too much to operate and would have needed a significant upgrade for more advanced