PARIS – President Emmanuel Macron is set to address France's leading Jewish group, amid concerns about a rise in anti-Jewish violence and the possible re-publication of anti-Semitic pamphlets by a renowned writer. Macron will be the guest of honor at…
ANKARA, Turkey – Turkey is demanding that Greece arrest and start legal proceedings against right-wing demonstrators who burned a Turkish flag during a weekend protest in Athens. Ibrahim Kalin, spokesman for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, said Wednesday that Turkey "strongly…
SEOUL, South Korea – South Korean President Moon Jae-in has downplayed concerns that the resumption of inter-Korean dialogue will be accompanied by an easing of international sanctions and pressure on North Korea over its nuclear program. Moon made the comments…
MADRID – An alleged racist attack on an actor of African descent has sparked outrage in Spain. Marius Makon, a 34-year-old theater and television actor born in Cameroon and raised in Spain, was treated for injuries near his right eye…
SANAA, Yemen – Yemeni officials say the United Arab Emirates is barring ships carrying some 170 billion Yemeni rials ($680 million) from entering the southern port of Aden. They told The Associated Press Wednesday the money is meant for the…
ANKARA, Turkey – Turkey is calling on the United States to prevent U.S.-backed Kurdish forces from sending fighters deployed against the Islamic State group to shore up Kurdish forces battling a Turkish offensive in an enclave in northwest Syria. President…
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – The Latest on religious violence in Sri Lanka (all times local): 2:30 p.m. An internet company official says the government has ordered popular social media networks blocked across a swathe of central Sri Lanka in an…
TOKYO – A government-commissioned group of experts has concluded that a costly underground ice wall is only partially effective in reducing the ever-growing amount of contaminated water at Japan's destroyed Fukushima nuclear plant, and other measures are needed as well.…
BERLIN – A German court is to rule on eight Germans who are accused of forming a far-right terrorist organization and carrying out bombing attacks on asylum-seeker facilities and left-wing political targets. A Dresden regional court will announce its verdict…
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – Residents say anti-Muslim rioting has flared anew in central Sri Lanka despite a state of emergency, with Buddhist mobs burning mosques and Muslim-owned shops in at least two towns. The police ordered a curfew across much…
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone – Sierra Leone's voters are choosing a new president from among 16 candidates in a race that has sparked debate over dual nationality and eligibility for the country's highest office. The front-runners in Wednesday's vote are Samura…
March 5: U.S. Navy aircraft carrier, USS Carl Vinson, docks at a port in Danang, Vietnam (Reuters) Beijing is unhappy with the first visit by a U.S. aircraft carrier to a Vietnamese port since the Vietnam War and said, in…
CAIRO – Saudi Arabia's crown prince says Qatar will not be barred from an Arab summit in Riyadh later this month, but predicted the standoff with Doha could last a long time. Prince Mohammed bin Salman's comments were made to…
JERUSALEM – An Israeli official has hinted that a disruption to cellular coverage across southern Israel was caused by fighting in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula. Communications Minister Ayoob Kara told Army Radio on Wednesday that defense and military officials met with…
ANKARA, Turkey – Turkish media reports say two women were injured after jumping from the sixth floor of a hotel that was on fire. The private Dogan news agency says the fire broke out at the small hotel in Izmir…
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines' embattled Supreme Court chief justice has called on Filipinos to stand up against authoritarianism and threats to human rights in an indirect criticism of the country's volatile leader, who has long wanted her removed. Chief…
ANKARA, Turkey – Turkey's state-run news agency says police in the southern city of Adana have detained 13 Islamic State suspects who were allegedly plotting attacks on a number of buildings in the city, including the U.S. Consulate. Anadolu Agency…
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan's military says it shot down an Indian "spy drone" after it entered Pakistani airspace in the disputed region of Kashmir. The military said in a statement late Tuesday that the drone violated Pakistan's airspace and was spying…
WELLINGTON, New Zealand – The Latest on recent Papua New Guinea earthquakes (all times local): Noon An official in Papua New Guinea says at least 55 people are confirmed dead and the toll could exceed 100 from last week's powerful…
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – The Argentine Catholic Church announced Tuesday that it will hand over to a judge more than 100 certificates from baptisms performed in a chapel at a navy base that served as a clandestine torture center during…
MEXICO CITY – Mexican federal prosecutors have formally opened their own investigation into an explosion on a tourist ferry last month that injured 26 people. The Federal Prosecutor's Office says in a Tuesday statement that it is probing the Feb.…
BUDAPEST, Hungary – The chief of staff for Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban has posted a video on his Facebook page showing him in a district of Austria's capital that he says is dirtier, poorer and increasingly crime-ridden since immigrants…
BIRMINGHAM, England – Despite the claim of a false online story, Cadbury Easter creme eggs and other chocolate treats are still being made. The headline on the unilad website, "Cadbury Confirms It Has Stopped Making Chocolate," referred to a water…
SAO PAULO – Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is a step closer to prison. A panel of judges on Brazil's Superior Court of Justice on Tuesday rejected da Silva's request for an injunction that would prevent him…
FILE: A fire broke out on a Maersk container vessel 1,000 miles off Oman. A company spokesman called the situation “very critical.” (Reuters) Four crew members are missing Tuesday after a fire broke out on a Maersk container vessel in…
ROME – The Senegalese community in Florence, Italy is demanding justice after an Italian man shot and killed one of their own, apparently just because he was there. Police have excluded a racial motive in Monday's slaying of Idy Diene.…
A man stands on the rubble of a damaged building at the besieged town of Douma, Eastern Ghouta, Damascus, Syria March 5, 2018 (Reuters) A significant number of civilians in Syria were killed by Russian and U.S.-led coalition air strikes…
An-26 with 32 people aboard crashed in Syria on Tuesday. (Salinger Igor / Aermedia.com) A Russian cargo plane crashed in Syria on Tuesday, killing all 39 people onboard, Russia’s Defense Ministry said. The An-26 plane crashed while attempting to land…
BUDAPEST, Hungary – The U.N. human rights chief is standing by "every single word" of criticism against Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, after calling him a racist and xenophobe last month. Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein is also rejecting a demand by…
SANTIAGO, Chile – Chilean President Michelle Bachelet is ending her term with an ambitious proposal for a new constitution that would ensure equal pay for men and women and strengthen guarantees of the right to strike. Bachelet sent the proposal…
OUAGADOGOU, Burkina Faso – Authorities in Burkina Faso say they have arrested eight Burkinabe nationals in connection with last week's attacks on army headquarters and the French Embassy. Prosecutor Maizan Sereme announced Tuesday that two of the suspects are current…
SANAA, Yemen – Dozens of Yemeni mothers have marched in the southern city of Aden to demand information about their sons, who are allegedly detained by the United Arab Emirates in secret prisons. The protesters carried pictures of missing relatives…
WARSAW, Poland – Poland's parliament has voted in favor of legislation that will make it possible for authorities to strip the nation's last communist leader, the late Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski, and other communist-era officers of their ranks. Lawmakers in the…
BERLIN – A larger-than-life statue of Karl Marx has arrived in his birthplace of Trier, in western Germany. The bronze sculpture, donated by China, is to be unveiled in May to mark the 200th anniversary of Marx's birthday. The philosopher…
President Trump said on Tuesday said "the world is watching" North Korea after the regime promised not to use nuclear or conventional weapons against Seoul and expressed a willingness to hold talks with the United States on denuclearization. President Trump…
WARSAW, Poland – Poland's lawmakers have taken their first vote in a much-criticized new procedure to approve new members of a top judicial body. The law changing the procedure for choosing members of the Supreme Council of the Judiciary, pushed…
The Danish inventor accused of murdering journalist Kim Wall during a trip on his private submarine in August goes on trial Thursday in a gruesome case that's attracted global attention. Peter Madsen, 47, has denied killing 30-year-old Wall on board…
WELLINGTON, New Zealand – Another strong earthquake has shaken a remote Papua New Guinea region that was badly damaged by a powerful quake last week. The U.S. Geological Survey said Tuesday's earthquake measured magnitude 6.7 and was centered 112 kilometers…
CAIRO – Saudi Arabia's crown prince has wound up his three-day visit to Egypt with a visit to Al-Azhar, the world's foremost seat of learning for Sunni Muslims. Accompanied by Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was…
Former Russian spy possibly poisoned The former Russian military intelligence officer and his daughter fell critically ill after being exposed to an unidentified substance in the U.K. A Russian colonel turned British double agent found poisoned on a UK park…
UNITED NATIONS – A coalition advocating for children caught in conflict is urging Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to put government security forces in Israel, Myanmar and Afghanistan on a U.N. blacklist for killings and other violations of children's rights. Watchlist on…
ATHENS, Greece – Greek authorities say anti-terrorism police have cracked down on an allegedly violent neo-Nazi group, arresting five people allegedly linked to a string of arson attacks on far-left and migrant-related targets. A police statement said eight houses have…
Former Russian spy possibly poisoned The former Russian military intelligence officer and his daughter fell critically ill after being exposed to an unidentified substance in the U.K. An ex-Russian spy and his daughter remained in critical condition two days after…
BERLIN – Lawmakers from the nationalist Alternative for Germany party have come under fire for visiting Syria and meeting with officials close to President Bashar Assad. The lawmakers posted pictures of their trip on social media Tuesday, including from a…
WARSAW, Poland – Poland's lawmakers have approved a resolution marking mass anti-communist protests that occurred 50 years ago and condemning an anti-Semitic purge that ensued. Both the ruling party and the opposition backed the resolution on the 1968 events in…
PRAGUE – A former communist-era police officer in the Czech Republic has resigned as chairman of a parliamentary committee on law enforcement following massive protests across the country. Zdenek Ondracek was elected on Friday to head the committee with responsibility…
BERLIN – Turkey's foreign minister is urging Germany to reconsider its travel advice for his country, which has seen a slump in German tourists in recent years. Mevlut Cavusoglu says the guidance, which warns against travel to southern provinces and…
WARSAW, Poland – Polish prosecutors have filed fraud charges against the former leader of an anti-government organization who led a string of street protests starting in 2015. Prosecutors on Tuesday accused Mateusz Kijowski, the former head of the Committee for…
ATHENS, Greece – A Turkish extradition request for the second of nine Turkish citizens who were arrested on terror charges in Athens days before a visit by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was rejected by a Greek court Tuesday. Turkey…
President Trump said on Tuesday the U.S. is "ready to go hard in either direction" after North Korea promised to not use nuclear or conventional weapons against Seoul and expressed a willingness to hold talks with the United States on…
