MEXICO CITY – The U.S. Embassy in Mexico has narrowed its travel warning for the Caribbean city of Playa del Carmen amid what it calls an unspecified "ongoing security threat" just as the spring holiday season is kicking into high…
THESSALONIKI, Greece – Anarchists have clashed with riot police in Greece after some 2,000 protesters from across the Balkans marched in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki against nationalism in the region. Police used tear gas and threw stun grenades…
LONDON – Britain offers wealthy Russians many attractions: the great city of London, the bucolic countryside, exclusive schools, and a global financial hub. But for some former spies and other foes of President Vladimir Putin, it has become lethal. The…
KABUL, Afghanistan – An Afghan official says at least 15 security forces have been killed in an attack by Taliban fighters in western Farah province. Fared Bakhtawar, head of the provincial council, said Saturday that seven army commandos and eight…
ISTANBUL – Turkey's president has criticized NATO for not supporting the country's ongoing military operation against Syrian Kurdish fighters in Syria. Speaking to supporters Saturday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan asked, "Hey NATO, where are you?" and accused the alliance…
MOSCOW – Vladimir Putin says he doesn't care about alleged Russian interference in the U.S. presidential election because the actions weren't connected to his government. In an interview with the US TV network NBC, the Russian president was asked if…
BEIRUT – Syrian state media and an opposition monitoring group are reporting heavy clashes and government troops' progress on several fronts in the eastern suburbs of the capital Damascus. The government-controlled Syrian Central Military Media said troops on Saturday reached…
An Asian lion is yawning at the Planckendael Zoo in Mechelen, Belgium March 9, 2018. (Reuters) A British zoo has decided to give animals birth control over crowding concerns amid a deadly outbreak of tuberculosis. The Paignton Zoo in England,…
BERLIN – An Austrian spy's lawyer has filed a legal complaint over a recent police raid on the country's domestic intelligence agency, alleging the measure was disproportionate to the alleged crimes. The Feb. 28 raid on Austria's BVT spy agency…
PARIS – French far-right leader Marine Le Pen is set to propose a name change for the National Front, part of a makeover designed to make the anti-immigration party relevant again after she was defeated by Emmanuel Macron in the…
BUCHAREST, Romania – Romania's ruling Social Democracy party has begun a congress amid criticism of the government and the party chairman's leadership. Some 4,000 party members will elect 16 deputy presidents and a deputy leader at Saturday's meeting. Chairman Liviu…
BRUSSELS – The trade chiefs of the European Union and Japan are holding talks about U.S. President Donald Trump's plans to impose tariffs on steel and aluminum amid fears they could trigger a broader trade war. EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia…
JERUSALEM – Zemenech Bililin has not seen her sisters in more than a decade, since she immigrated to Israel from Ethiopia with part of her family. Now a 19-year-old infantry soldier in Israel's military, Bililin says she is outraged that…
TEHRAN, Iran – Iran in recent months has been beset by economic problems despite the promises surrounding the 2015 nuclear deal it struck with world powers. Its clerically overseen government is starting to take notice. Politicians now offer the idea…
NAIROBI, Kenya – U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has canceled a day of events in Kenya due to illness. Undersecretary of State Steve Goldstein says Tillerson "is not feeling well after a long couple days working on major issues…
ALONG THE BANGLADESH-MYANMAR BORDER – From their home, a tent hastily erected in a grassy field, the young Muslim Rohingya couple can see the village they left behind last year, fleeing attacks by Buddhist mobs and Myanmar security forces. They…
BEIJING – Below are major events in President Xi Jinping's rise as China's potential leader-for-life as the ceremonial legislature prepares to amend the constitution to remove presidential term limits. 1953 — Xi Jinping is born the second son of Xi…
BEIJING – The day China's ruling Communist Party unveiled a proposal to allow President Xi Jinping to rule indefinitely as Mao Zedong did a generation ago, Ma Bo was so shaken he couldn't sleep. So Ma, a renowned writer, wrote…
UNITED NATIONS – The U.N. envoy for sexual violence in conflict who just returned from Iraq says she found "a gross lack" of support for women and girls who were raped and forced into sexual slavery by Islamic State extremists,…
SAO PAULO – Brazilian labor prosecutors have filed suit to shut down a church and school with ties to the U.S.-based Word of Faith Fellowship, saying the church and its leaders "reduced people to a condition analogous to slavery." Brazilian…
Sergei Skripal speaks to his lawyer from behind bars seen on a screen of a monitor outside a courtroom in Moscow on Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2006. Skripal a retired Russian colonel recruited by British intelligence in the mid-1990s was sentenced…
CRANBROOK, British Columbia – A judge has rejected a challenge of Canada's polygamy laws that was launched after two men were found guilty. Winston Blackmore and James Oler were found guilty in British Columbia Supreme Court last July of having…
ANKARA, Turkey – Turkey's state-run news agency says a court in Istanbul has ordered two journalists for the opposition Cumhuriyet newspaper released from prison pending the conclusion of their trial on terror charges. Anadolu Agency reported that the court ruled…
LIMA, Peru – U.S. President Donald Trump will attend the Summit of the Americas regional meeting of Western Hemisphere leaders in Peru. A high-ranking Peruvian government official with direct knowledge of the upcoming event confirmed to The Associated Press on…