PARIS – French Interior Minister Gerard Collomb says the government is introducing a 90-euro fine ($110) for street harassment and sexist comments. Collomb said in a speech Monday the measure will be imposed in coming months, though he did not…
HARARE, Zimbabwe – A former army brigadier who quit Zimbabwe's ruling party to protest the removal of former leader Robert Mugabe has formed a new political party. Ambrose Mutinhiri, a veteran of the 1970s war against white minority rule, met…
ROME – Italian voters delivered a stinging blow to their country's pro-European political powers, with more than half of the electorate backing populist, euroskeptic parties in Sunday's election, according to near-final results. The result could leave Italy with a hung…
BEIRUT – Desperate for food and basic medicines, many of the besieged and bombarded Syrian civilians in Damascus' eastern suburbs of Ghouta waited on Monday as a 46-truck convoy organized by the United Nations and key aid agencies began entering…
Longtime Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is not backing down – despite police recommending he be indicted on corruption charges. Police recommended charges against the prime minister in two separate cases, and he was questioned last week regarding a third…
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Waves nearly 30 feet (9 meters) high from a U.S. winter storm are slamming into Puerto Rico, forcing authorities to evacuate dozens of families. The Department of Public Safety said Monday that coastal roads in…
TORONTO – Toronto police have found a seventh set of remains related to their serial killer case investigation. A police source confirmed the seventh victim to The Associated Press early Monday. The official says alleged serial killer Bruce McArthur has…
Four Islamic State terror group suspects were detained on Monday after the U.S. Embassy in Turkey was shut down due to a security threat, reports said. The suspected ISIS members were arrested in a possible attack on the U.S. Embassy…
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia – Slovak protesters are planning to take to the streets again to demand a thorough investigation into the slayings of an investigative journalist and his fiancee as well as changes in government. More than a week after the…
JERUSALEM – Israeli media say a third confidant of Benjamin Netanyahu has agreed to turn state witness and testify against the prime minister, who faces a wave of corruption allegations. Various outlets say longtime Netanyahu family spokesman Nir Hefetz agreed…
YANGON, Myanmar – About 200 people have marched in Myanmar's biggest city to protest government plans to amend a law governing public demonstrations to make it easier to charge participants with crimes and increase the penalties for violations. The Peaceful…
WARSAW, Poland – The head of a Polish team of climbers says they have given up their attempt to make the first ever winter ascent of the world's second highest peak, K2. Krzysztof Wielicki said Monday they were wrapping up…
CAIRO – Egypt is giving a warm welcome to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who is visiting the Suez Canal on the second of his three-day visit to the Arab world's most populous country. Posters featuring Salman's face alongside…
ANKARA, Turkey – Turkey's state-run news agency says Turkey has requested that German authorities detain and extradite a Syrian Kurdish politician wanted in the country. Anadolu Agency reported Monday that Turkey requested that Germany extradite Salih Muslim, the former co-chair…
South Korean delegation is set to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at a dinner in Pyongyang on Monday evening, making it the first time South Korean officials meet Kim in person since he took power in 2011…
BUCHAREST, Romania – Romanian journalists have criticized the mayor of the western city of Timisoara for using "aggressive and insulting language" about reporters. Timisoara Mayor Nicolae Robu labeled some journalists "social parasites who live off protection ... taxes" in a…
BEIRUT – The Latest on the conflict in Syria (all times local): 12:20 p.m. The U.N.'s top human rights body has called for U.N.-mandated investigators for Syria to conduct an urgent and targeted probe of recent violence in the eastern…
WARSAW, Poland – Firefighters say they have found the body of a fifth victim in the rubble of an apartment block that collapsed in western Poland. Firefighters and rescuers with dogs have been searching through the debris of the building…
BEIRUT – The Syrian government says it has achieved "significant" progress in its ongoing military operation in rebel-held suburbs east of Damascus, seizing around 36 percent of the total area held by different armed groups. Syria's Central Military Media says…
EDIRNE, Turkey – The Lawyers for two Greek soldiers arrested in Turkey have formally requested their release from custody. The two were arrested last week for allegedly entering a Turkish military zone and on suspicion of attempted espionage. Greece said…
BERLIN – German Chancellor Angela Merkel has welcomed the coalition deal and says, "It's important that we start quickly with our work." Merkel was speaking Monday, a day after the center-left Social Democrats voted overwhelmingly to remain in a coalition…
PARIS – The Venezuelan extremist known as Carlos the Jackal is back on trial for a deadly 1974 attack on a Paris shopping arcade. A lower court convicted Carlos last year of the attack and handed him his third life…
MELBOURNE, Australia – The most senior Catholic Church leader to be charged with sexual abuse came close to confronting his accusers on Monday in a video-linked Australian court hearing to test the strength of the prosecution case. Cardinal George Pell's…
ROME – The Latest on Italy's parliamentary election (all times local): French far-right leader Marine Le Pen is celebrating the strong showing of the anti-immigrant, euroskeptic League party in Italy's election. Le Pen, the runnerup in last year's French presidential…