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  • Trump's Deal With Iran is `Bad for the Region'
Malaysia seeks $251 million from Kongsberg after Norway scuttles missile deal

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) – Malaysia’s government said Tuesday that it was seeking $251 million in compensation from Norwegian company Kongsberg Defense & Aerospace AS after Norway abruptly revoked an export permit that scuttled a naval missile defense deal for Malaysia’s combat ships.

Turkish police storm offices of main opposition CHP party

ANKARA (AP) – Police stormed the offices of Turkey’s main opposition CHP party on Sunday, firing tear gas and rubber bullets at party supporters and officials who had been holed up inside for three days. It was a violent end to a standoff between members of the Republican Peoples’ Party, or CHP.

Guide Kenton Cool scales Everest for the 20th time and says not ready to quit yet

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) – One of the most accomplished mountain guides on Mount Everest is not ready to hang up his boots.

Democrats sharpen anti-corruption case against Trump

DALLAS (AP) – After three terms in the U.S. House and two unsuccessful campaigns for the U.S. Senate, Colin Allred said he’s heard plenty about voters’ suspicions that politicians are just trying to make a buck in Washington.

Toshifumi Suzuki, the Japanese behind the 'conbini' empire, has died. He was 93.

TOKYO (AP) – Toshifumi Suzuki, the Japanese businessman credited with creating the 7-Eleven convenience-chain global retail empire, has died. He was 93. Suzuki, an honorary adviser at Seven & i Holdings, died on May 18 of heart failure at his Tokyo home, the company said Monday.

SpaceX reveals plans for what could be biggest-ever initial public offering

NEW YORK (AP) – The world’s richest man announced plans Wednesday for one biggest sales of stock to the public ever for a space company currently losing billions of dollars year.

Pope calls for robust regulation of AI in manifesto about future of humanity

VATICAN CITY (AP) – Pope Leo XIV called Monday for robust regulation of artificial intelligence and for its developers to work for the common good rather than profit, issuing a sweeping manifesto on safeguarding humankind as the technology impacts everything from work to war.

Israeli opposition leader says Trump's emerging deal with Iran is `bad for the region'

JERUSALEM (AP) – The deal being discussed between the U.S. and Iran fails to achieve any of Israel’s goals for the war, Israel’s opposition leader Yair Lapid said on Monday, as he accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of failing to influence a better agreement.

Rubio's visit to India focuses on US trade tensions, the Quad alliance

NEW DELHI (AP) – U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s visit to India marks an effort by Washington and New Delhi to steady strained relations as the two countries seek to reinforce strategic and economic ties despite recent trade tensions.

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump’s emerging deal to end the Iran war is drawing heavy criticism from some fellow Republicans who favor a harder line against the government in Tehran and fear a lost opportunity to finally rein in a longtime Mideast nemesis.