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Geneva airport temporarily shut after snowfall blankets city

GENEVA –  Geneva's airport has been closed "until further notice" after the Swiss city was blanketed by snowfall overnight. The airport's website says passengers should stay away for the time being and recommends they check with their airlines to see…

Shubhankar Sharma on a fast track from India

MEXICO CITY –  Each month brings a bigger stage and a new level of pedigree for Shubhankar Sharma. He arrived in Mexico City for his first World Golf Championship at No. 75 in the world, making Sharma, at age 21,…

Protesting war veterans block main highways in Bosnia

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina –  Veterans of Bosnia's 1992-95 war are blocking main highways in various parts of the country to draw attention to their frustration with the authorities. The protest that began Wednesday in the Muslim-Croat federation — one of the…

Australia working through 'difficult issues' with China

CANBERRA, Australia –  A top Australian diplomat has told a Senate committee that the bilateral relationship with China is going through "complex and difficult issues," but rejects a media report of a diplomatic deep freeze. Frances Adamson, secretary of the…

Bali bombers' spiritual leader hospitalized in Indonesia

JAKARTA, Indonesia –  A radical Islamic cleric who was the spiritual leader of the Bali bombers and a force behind a jihadist training camp raided in 2010 has been transferred from prison to a Jakarta hospital. Guarded by four paramilitary…

Officials: Indian fire kills 2 Pakistani soldiers in Kashmir

ISLAMABAD –  Pakistan's military says Indian troops have killed two Pakistani soldiers in the latest "unprovoked" fire in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir. The gunfire from Indian troops on Wednesday struck Pakistani posts near Bhimber village in Pakistan's part…

Australian amnesty nets 57,000 firearms and rocket launcher

CANBERRA, Australia –  An Australian government report says more than 57,000 illegal firearms including a rocket launcher and machine guns were handed in during a recent amnesty in which gun owners could surrender such weapons without penalty. The government and…

Peru president signaled for taking money from Odebrecht

LIMA, Peru –  Accusations of corruption are again enveloping Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski after a high-ranking executive from scandal-plagued Brazilian builder Odebrecht allegedly said he contributed money to the leader's 2011 campaign. The allegations against Kuczynski were made Wednesday…

Belarusian sex worker alleges Trump-Russia tie without proof

PATTAYA, Thailand –  A Belarusian woman jailed in Thailand for offering sex lessons without a work permit says she has a story to tell involving the Kremlin, Russian billionaires and even the president of the United States. Anastasia Vashukevich, whose…

4 UN peacekeepers killed in central Mali

DAKAR, Senegal –  The U.N. mission in Mali says four of its peacekeepers have been killed after their vehicle hit an explosive device in the central Mopti region. Mali mission chief Mahamat Saleh Annadif said the four were killed Wednesday…

UK police arrest 3 men over blast that killed 5 people

LONDON –  British police say they have arrested three men in connection with an explosion over the weekend in the English city of Leicester that killed five people. Sunday's blast caused the collapse of a building which housed a shop…

Israeli military to probe raid that killed Palestinian

JERUSALEM –  Israel's army says military police have opened an investigation into a raid in which a Palestinian was killed. It made the announcement Wednesday after new footage emerged showing the 33-year-old running down an alley with a long object…

Iranian FM on Eastern Europe trip meets Bulgarian officials

SOFIA, Bulgaria –  The foreign ministers of Bulgaria and Iran have discussed the state of affairs in the Middle East and bilateral economic relations. Bulgarian Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva and her Iranian counterpart, Mohammad Javad Zarif, said they talked about…

Mexican police allegedly used near death-squad tactics

VERACRUZ, Mexico –  Prosecutors in the corruption-plagued Mexican state of Veracruz say police set up units that used dirty-war, death-squad style tactics to abduct, kill and dispose of at least 15 people suspected of being drug cartel informers and drug…

Germany: Anti-government extremist group strong in Bavaria

BERLIN –  Bavarian authorities say about one in four known members of an anti-government extremist group live in the southern state and they're investigating whether there are even more. Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann said Wednesday that 3,850 members of…