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ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey has seen its fifth central bank leader depart in as many years as Hafize Gaye Erkan, the first woman in the top role, stepped down after just eight months in the job. She announced her resignation late Friday after recent claims of nepotism emerged in local media, allegations that Erkan, a former senior Goldman Sachs executive, …

WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing a torrent of criticism from conservatives, Senate Republicans on Monday resisted advancing on a bipartisan proposal intended to clamp down on illegal border crossings, signaling a likely defeat in Congress that would leave leaders with no clear path to approve wartime aid for Ukraine. In a dramatic turnaround, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell recommended to GOP …

LOS ÁNGELES (AP) — Una tormenta de proporciones históricas arrojó una cantidad récord de lluvia en algunas partes de Los Ángeles el lunes, provocando que lodo y rocas se deslizaran por las laderas llenas de residencias de millones de dólares mientras que las personas que viven en campamentos de indigentes en muchas partes de la ciudad luchaban por ponerse a …

BOGOTÁ (AP) — Las autoridades colombianas capturaron a Luis Morales Andrade, un ecuatoriano incluido en la lista de los más buscados de ese país por casos de abuso sexual, según informó el lunes la policía. Morales fue ubicado en el municipio de Yumbo, al suroccidente de Colombia, e informado sobre la notificación roja de Interpol que pesaba en su contra …

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Militants armed with rockets, guns and grenades attacked a police station in a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban in the country’s northwest before dawn on Monday, killing 10 officers before fleeing, authorities said. Six other officers were wounded in this year’s deadliest attack in Dera Ismail Khan, a district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, which borders …

PARIS (AP) — The French government summoned Russia’s ambassador for talks Monday over the killing of two French citizens working for nongovernmental organizations in Ukraine, and promised sustained support for the Ukrainian military in its effort to push back Russian forces. The humanitarian workers were killed in Russian strikes on Thursday near a front line of fighting in the war …

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — One year after passing a law that allows Ukrainian immigrants on humanitarian parole to receive driver’s licenses, Indiana lawmakers are trying to repeal it after a federal judge recently ruled that the law must extend to all parolees. The bill that passed the House on Monday with bipartisan support would eliminate a statute that allowed people legally …

BEIRUT (AP) — Seis combatientes kurdos murieron el domingo por la noche en un ataque de dron contra una base que aloja a tropas estadunidenses en el este de Siria, en el primer ataque significativo en Siria e Irak tras los bombardeos de represalia estadounidenses del fin de semana contra milicias con apoyo iraní que han atacado a sus fuerzas …

BEIRUT (AP) — U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters in Syria have liberated a Yazidi woman who had been held for a decade by the Islamic State group, where she was raped and forced to marry extremists, the Syrian Democratic Forces said Monday. The 24-year-old woman along with her son and daughter were rescued during an ongoing security operation by Kurdish fighters in …

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A fire at a guesthouse in central Romania on Sunday morning left one person dead and two hospitalized, authorities said. Emergency teams were deployed to the blaze in the town of Calimanesti in Valcea county where 10 people — including the owner and an employee — were staying at the guesthouse, according to the Department for …