Bosnian Serbs vote to choose president

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) – Voters in the Serb-run part of Bosnia cast ballots on Sunday to elect a new president after former pro-Russian leader Milorad Dodik was removed from office over separatist policies that were stoking instability in the ethnically tense Balkan nation.

Wall Street steadies after its AI-induced sell-off

NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. stocks steadied on Friday after an encouraging update on inflation helped calm a Wall Street that's been wracked by worries about how artificial-intelligence technology may upend the business world. The S&P 500 barely budged. The Dow Jones Industrial rose 48 points, or 0.1%, and the Nasdaq composite slipped 0.2%.

13 Dead in Bosnia retirement home fire

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) – The death toll from a fire this week in a retirement facility in Bosnia has reached 13, after two more people died in the hospital, doctors said Friday.

Top Asia Pacific Breaking News: Morning Edition

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) – Indonesia’s military said Sunday that up to 8,000 troops are expected to be ready by the end of June for a potential deployment to Gaza as part of a humanitarian and peace mission, the first firm commitment to a critical element of U.S. President Donald Trump’s postwar reconstruction plan.

11 dead in Bosnia retirement home fire

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) – Bosnian officials said Wednesday that at least 11 people died and more than 30 were injured in a fire in a retirement facility that broke out the evening before in Bosnia.

Gaza's Nasser Hospital condemns MSF decision to suspend most services

CAIRO (AP) – One of Gaza ‘s last functioning large hospitals condemned the decision by Doctors Without Borders to pull out of operations over concerns about armed men, claiming on Sunday that the facility had installed civilian police for security. The rare public friction came as the Palestinian death toll since the current ceasefire surpassed 600.

Fire at a retiree boarding house in Bosnia kills 10

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) – A fire at a boarding house for retirees Tuesday in the northeastern Bosnian town of Tuzla has killed several people, an official and Bosnian media said.

Editorials from New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post and others

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US lifts sanctions on separatist Bosnian Serb leader Dodik

WASHINGTON (AP) – The United States on Wednesday lifted sanctions against separatist Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik and his family, turning back financial penalties that were imposed by the Biden administration in 2022.