ISLAMABAD (AP) — The United Nation’s top human rights body warned Tuesday of a “pattern of harassment” against members of former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan’s party ahead of this week’s parliamentary election. During a news briefing in Geneva, Liz Throssell, spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, urged Pakistani authorities to ensure a fully free and fair …

Qatar’s prime minister said Thursday that Hamas gave a “generally positive” answer to the latest plan for a cease-fire in Gaza. But the Palestinian militant group said it still seeks “a comprehensive and complete” cease-fire to end “the aggression against our people.” Israel has ruled out the kind of permanent cease-fire sought by Hamas. The Qatari prime minister’s assessment of …

ROME (AP) — Emperor Constantine, the 4th century ruler whose embrace of Christianity helped spread the faith throughout the Roman Empire, now has a reconstructed statue befitting his larger-than-life role in history. Rome authorities on Tuesday unveiled a massive, 13-meter (42.6 feet) replica of the statue Constantine commissioned for himself after 312 AD. It was imagined using 3D modelling technology …

MADRID (AP) — Mallorca and Real Sociedad drew 0-0 in a lackluster first leg of the Copa del Rey semifinals on Tuesday. Neither team had many significant scoring chances at Son Moix Stadium in the Balearic Islands. Sociedad was slightly closer to breaking the deadlock in a match in which the hosts ended with no attempts on target. “They have …

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. Furman Paladins (12-11, 6-4 SoCon) at Mercer Bears (10-13, 3-7 SoCon) Macon, Georgia; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Mercer hosts the Furman Paladins after Jalyn McCreary scored …

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Fifteen years ago, bourbon barons poured whiskey out on the steps of the Kentucky Capitol to protest a looming tax increase on the spirits industry. On Tuesday, industry leaders reassembled with a bipartisan group of Kentucky leaders to toast the bourbon sector’s record growth. Kentucky’s bourbon industry pumps $9 billion into the Bluegrass State’s economy each …

A judge on Tuesday kept in place for now the NCAA’s rules prohibiting name, image and likeness compensation from being used as a recruiting inducement, denying a request for a temporary restraining order by the states of Tennessee and Virginia. The attorneys general of those states filed a federal antitrust lawsuit in the Eastern District of Tennessee last week that …

BUENOS AIRES (AP) — Por fin cantó victoria. Boca Juniors obtuvo su primer triunfo oficial con Diego Martínez como entrenador –y Juan Román Riquelme como presidente- al derrotar 2-0 a domicilio a Tigre el lunes, en partido por la 3ra. fecha de la Copa de la Liga del fútbol argentino. Con un golazo del uruguayo Miguel Merentiel -tras una prepotente …

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. Coastal Carolina Chanticleers (6-16, 3-8 Sun Belt) at UL Monroe Warhawks (7-14, 3-8 Sun Belt) Monroe, Louisiana; Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: UL Monroe hosts the Coastal …

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. Rhode Island Rams (10-12, 4-5 A-10) at George Washington Revolutionaries (14-7, 3-5 A-10) Washington; Tuesday, 7 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Revolutionaries -5.5; over/under is 156.5 BOTTOM LINE: …