TEHRAN, Iran – A Turkish private jet flying a group of young women from the United Arab Emirates to Istanbul crashed Sunday in heavy rain in a mountainous region of Iran, killing all 11 people on board, authorities said. Days…
BITOLA, Macedonia – Thousands of people have marched in southern Macedonia to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the deportation and eventual death of almost the country's entire Jewish population. Public officials, civic group representatives and relatives of former Macedonian Jews…
ORESTIADA, Greece – Over one thousand people have gathered in northeastern Greece to demand the return of two Greek soldiers who have been held in neighboring Turkey since the beginning of March. The rally in the town of Orestiada on…
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan state television reports that Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has arrived in Islamabad as the head of a politico-economic delegation. During his three-day visit, which began Sunday, Zarif will hold talks with the Pakistani prime minister,…
TEHRAN, Iran – The official news agency of Iran's judiciary says a British-Iranian national has been sentenced to six years in prison on spying charges. The report Sunday night by the Mizan news agency did not elaborate or identify the…
JERUSALEM – An Israeli government official says a last-ditch attempt to approve the reunification of hundreds of families split between Israel and Ethiopia has fallen through. The families are relying on the Cabinet to agree to fund the immigration of…
WARSAW, Poland – Hundreds of Poles have gathered in Warsaw to express their solidarity with Jews who perished in the Holocaust, were expelled from Poland 50 years ago or feel targeted by a new wave of anti-Semitism today. Speakers at…
SALISBURY, England – The health implications of the nerve agent attack on a Russian ex-spy and his adult daughter broadened Sunday when British officials conceded that limited traces of contamination were found in a restaurant and a pub in Salisbury,…
JERUSALEM – Israel's prime minister is holding emergency negotiations with key coalition partners in hopes of averting a crisis that has threatened to plunge the country into early elections. Members of Benjamin Netanyahu's government have been quarreling over whether to…
NAIROBI NATIONAL PARK, Kenya – On the outskirts of a sprawling reserve of Kenyan grasslands where endangered animals roam wild, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson lavished praise on an American-funded forensics lab that tracks down elephant-poachers for prosecution, and…
KIGALI, Rwanda – At least 16 people were killed in Rwanda and 140 others injured when lightning struck a Seventh Day Adventist church in the country's south, said a provincial governor. The churchgoers were injured and rushed to a nearby…
ROME – Pope Francis is visiting a Catholic organization that has mediated peace accords in Africa and helps Syrian refugees to reach Italy safely. Francis arrived Sunday afternoon at the Sant'Egidio Community in Rome, a short drive from the Vatican,…
TEHRAN, Iran – The Latest on the Turkish plane crash in Iran (all times local): 7:45 p.m. Iran's state-run IRNA news agency says at least 11 people were on board the small Turkish private plane that crashed. That's according to…
TEHRAN, Iran – Iranian news agencies are reporting that a Turkish plane traveling in Iran's air space has crashed. News website asriran.com is quoting the country's Civil Aviation Organization spokesman, Reza Jafarizadeh, as saying it was a private jet that…
A Turkish private jet flying from the United Arab Emirates to Istanbul with at least 11 people on board crashed Sunday night in a mountainous region of Iran during a heavy rain, authorities said. There was no immediate report of…
SANTA CLARA, Cuba – The 57-year-old Communist Party official expected to assume Raul Castro's seat as president of Cuba on April 19 says the country's next government will be more responsive to its people. Miguel Diaz-Canel told reporters in the…
PARIS – The Latest on the party congress of France's far right National Front (all times local): 4:40 p.m. French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has proposed changing the name of the National Front party co-founded by her father to…
LAHORE, Pakistan – Pakistani police say they have arrested a man and his accomplice for throwing a shoe at former premier Nawaz Sharif in the eastern city of Lahore. Police officer Nishat Cheema said the two men were former students…
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – A command post overseeing Ethiopia's state of emergency said security forces mistakenly killed nine civilians in Moyale, near the country's southern border with Kenya. The command post said in a statement Sunday that five members of…
KIGALI, Rwanda – A Rwandan provincial governor says at least 16 people were killed and 140 others injured when lightning struck a Seventh Day Adventist church in the country's south. Rose Mureshyankwano said 140 churchgoers were injured and rushed to…
SANTIAGO, CHILE – Conservative Sebastian Pinera returns to Chile's presidency on Sunday, vowing to revive an economy that has slumped under outgoing center-left leader Michelle Bachelet. Pinera, a billionaire entrepreneur, oversaw growth that averaged 5.3 percent a year during his…
BERLIN – German police say a mosque in Berlin has been set on fire causing severe damage. There have been no injuries. They said the mosque in the Reinickendorf district was set ablaze early Sunday, likely by three teenagers. The…
MOSCOW – The Russian military says more than 50 civilians have evacuated from besieged eastern Ghouta suburbs of Syria's capital Damascus. "Today, 52 civilians, including 26 children, were brought from eastern Ghouta," said Maj. Gen. Vladimir Zolotukhin of the Russian…
BERLIN – Germany's designated interior minister vows to speed up deportations of rejected asylum-seekers once he takes office next week. Horst Seehofer, who is currrently still the governor of Bavaria, said Sunday he wants to implement a "plan for accelerated…