THESSALONIKI, Greece – Greek police say they have arrested three migrant traffickers, a Turk and two Iraqis near the Greece-Turkey. The traffickers were arrested after bringing 45 Syrian and Iraqi men, women and children across a river that forms the…
After China's rubber-stamp legislature reappointed Xi Jinping as China's president with no term limits, the communist country's massive propaganda efforts kicked into high gear. Xi, 64, is considered the most powerful Chinese leader since Mao Zedong and last Sunday was…
Choe Kang Il, a senior North Korean diplomat handling North American affairs, is seen at the Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing, March 18, 2018. (Yonhap via AP) A top North Korean diplomat is headed to Finland on Sunday for…
KAMPALA, Uganda – Ask some Africans what they think of President Donald Trump and they just shake their heads. That sense of indifference appears to have deepened after Trump fired his secretary of state at the end of Rex Tillerson's…
BERLIN – Swiss authorities say they've recovered the bodies of two French skiers killed in an avalanche in the Swiss Alps but two other skiers remain missing. Police from the Valais canton, or state, said the bodies of the two…
LONDON – British police say a man who had been kicked out of a nightclub rammed his car into revelers on a dance floor, injuring at least 13. The Kent Police force says the 21-year-old has been arrested on suspicion…
NAIROBI, Kenya – A Kenyan official says a male body has been recovered from the rubble of a building collapse as search and rescue work was called off. Nairobi's police chief Joseph ole Tito said Sunday the operation had been…
Russian President Vladimir Putin looked to be victorious and win a fourth presidential term on Sunday, with the only possible hitch being if large numbers of voters decide to opt out and not vote. Polls have given Putin, who, if…
BUNIA, Congo – The assailants attacked under cover of darkness, slaughtering Nguli Nzafi 's wife and three children with machetes and arrows. The 71-year-old, who also lost all 40 of his cattle in the violence, was forced to flee on…
JERUSALEM – The Israeli military says it has destroyed a Gaza tunnel built by the Hamas militant group. Military spokesman Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus says Sunday the new tunnel was intended to connect to an old tunnel that Israel partially…
SEOUL, South Korea – A senior North Korean diplomat handling North American affairs is heading to Finland for talks with the U.S. and South Korea. South Korea's Yonhap news agency says Choe Kang Il was seen Sunday at a Beijing…
TEHRAN, Iran – Iranian state media says the country's foreign minister was briefly hospitalized due to severe illness. The state-run IRNA news agency cited a Foreign Ministry spokesman as saying that Mohammad Javad Zarif was hospitalized for a few hours…
BEIRUT – The Latest on the Syria conflict (all times local): 10:15 a.m. Turkey's president says allied Syrian forces have taken control of the town center of Afrin, the target of a nearly two-month offensive against a Kurdish militia. Recep…
DAKAR, Senegal – Senegal's government has closed more than a dozen schools linked to a man the Turkish government considers a terrorist, underlining Turkey's growing influence in predominantly Muslim West Africa. About 3,000 children in Senegal have been affected as…
ISTANBUL – A Turkish news agency and Syrian activists say Turkey-backed forces have reached the center of the Syrian town of Afrin, the target of a nearly two-month-old Turkish offensive against a Syrian Kurdish militia. Turkey views the Kurdish forces…
MOSCOW – A look at some of the significant dates in Vladimir Putin's 18 years in power as Russia's president and prime minister: Dec. 31, 1999 — In a surprise address to the nation, President Boris Yeltsin announces his resignation…
MANILA, Philippines – A Philippine official says at least four employees have been killed and two others are trapped in a fire that hit a Manila hotel, where more than 300 guests were evacuated, some by helicopter. Johnny Yu, who…
MANILA, Philippines – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has asked other countries to abandon the International Criminal Court because it is "rude." Duterte is facing a possible complaint before the world tribunal for the thousands of killings of drug suspects during…
SYDNEY – South East Asian leaders and Australia's prime minister on Sunday called on North Korea to end its nuclear program urged United Nations countries to fully implement sanctions. Leaders at the first summit of the Association of Southeast Asian…
KABUL, Afghanistan – An Afghan official says the Taliban have attacked security positions northwest of the capital, killing at least five police. Mohammed Zaman, the provincial police chief for Ghazni province, says the attack late Saturday set off a two-hour…
MOSCOW – The Latest on Russia's presidential election (all times local): 9 a.m. Election monitors are reporting irregularities at voting stations across Russia in a presidential election whose only open question is how many people cast ballots. Vladimir Putin is…
JAMMU, India – Officials say five members of a family have been killed and two others wounded in cross border shelling between Indian and Pakistani soldiers in disputed Kashmir. Indian police say the five were killed Sunday after a shell…
YEKATERINBURG, Russia – Vladimir Putin's victory in Russia's presidential election Sunday isn't in doubt. The only real question is whether voters will turn out in big enough numbers to hand him a convincing mandate for his fourth term — and…
LONDON – Britain should consider postponing Brexit because there may not be enough time to strike a deal with the European Union before the U.K. leaves the bloc a year from now, a key committee of British lawmakers said Sunday.…