BRUSSELS – The European Union's statistics agency says the number of people applying for asylum in Europe has dropped to levels similar to those recorded before the wave of migrant arrivals in 2015. Eurostat said Tuesday that almost 650,000 people…
LAGOS, Nigeria – Rights group Amnesty International says Nigeria's security forces failed to respond to warnings that extremists were on their way to a town where 110 schoolgirls were abducted last month. A statement on Tuesday cites "credible sources" saying…
A human rights group accused Nigeria’s security forces Tuesday of failing to respond to warnings that Boko Haram extremists were planning to abduct more than 100 schoolgirls last month. Amnesty International, citing “credible sources,” said the army and police received…
BEIRUT – The Latest on the conflict in Syria (all times local): 12:10 p.m. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called on the United States to "show respect" and "walk with" its NATO ally. His remarks are the latest criticism…
THESSALONIKI, Greece – Greek authorities say a Turkish national who ran across a Greek-Turkish border crossing overnight while apparently drunk has been detained. Police said Tuesday that the 40-year-old man, who is of Kurdish origin, ran across the Kastanies crossing…
THE HAGUE, Netherlands – The International Criminal Court says the Philippines decision to leave the organization will have no effect on an on-going preliminary probe into possible crimes committed during Manila's war on drugs. Last month, ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda,…
LONDON – Official figures show that inflation in Britain eased markedly in February, a development that will help ease the pressure on households who have seen price rises outstrip wage increases for months. The Office for National Statistics said Tuesday…
MOSCOW – The Kremlin spokesman says it's no big deal that U.S. President Donald Trump didn't congratulate Vladimir Putin on his re-election as president. Putin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters Tuesday that he doesn't consider Trump's silence an "unfriendly move."…
ISLAMABAD – The party of Pakistan's former dictator Pervez Musharraf has asked authorities to provide and guarantee security for him when he returns home to face trial for his alleged role in the killing of former premier Benazir Bhutto. Mohammad…
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was placed in custody on Tuesday as part of an investigation involving illegal campaign funding from late Libyan leader late Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. (AP) Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was reportedly placed in custody…
BEIRUT – A Syrian war monitoring group says Islamic State militants have captured a largely vacant neighborhood in Damascus following intense fighting with pro-government forces. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says militants seized Qadam late on Monday, a week…
BERLIN – Budget airline Ryanair says it is taking an initial 24.9 percent stake in an Austrian-based airline being set up by former Formula 1 driver Niki Lauda. It plans to raise its holding to 75 percent. LaudaMotion is the…
ISLAMABAD – A Pakistani court has ordered the arrest of a radical Islamist cleric over a violent rally last November in Islamabad where his followers demanded the removal of a minister over an omitted reference to Islam's Prophet Muhammad in…
STAVANGER, Norway – A senior minister in the Norwegian Government resigned Tuesday for writing a Facebook post claiming the opposition Labor Party was more interested in protecting the rights of terrorists than protecting the Norwegian people. The comment by Justice…
KABUL, Afghanistan – Afghanistan's Islamic State affiliate has claimed responsibility for a bombing outside a sports stadium in eastern Nangarhar province that killed three people and wounded 10. In a statement posted late on Monday on an IS-linked website, the…
PARIS – A judicial source says former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been placed in custody as part of an investigation that he received millions of euros in illegal financing from the regime of the late Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi.…
MOSCOW – Moscow is awaiting nearly two dozen Russian diplomats ordered to leave Britain as part of a standoff over a nerve agent attack on British soil. Britain ordered the 23 diplomats to leave by Tuesday, and they're expected in…
BEIJING – The Latest on the closing session of China's ceremonial legislature (all times local): 12:30 p.m. A Taiwanese official rejects comments by Chinese President Xi Jinping about Taiwan's future and welcomed a U.S. law encouraging more official exchanges between…
CAIRO – When the sole candidate running against Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi held a rally in downtown Cairo recently, all of 30 people showed up. And that wasn't even the biggest sign of the hollowness of his campaign. Even more…
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan is still mulling Afghanistan's recent overtures, including an invitation that Pakistani prime minister visit Kabul. Analysts widely see the offer as a good sign, underscoring that dialogue between the two often uneasy neighbors is key to defeating…
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia – A Cambodian court has found a British man guilty after he was arrested with other foreigners for allegedly posting photos on social media of sexually suggestive dancing at a party. Siem Reap provincial court spokesman Yin…
CAIRO – The sole candidate running against Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi has had two showcase campaign rallies in downtown Cairo. The first was a disaster. No one showed up except a few campaign workers. The second, on March 11, was…
NAIROBI, Kenya – Researchers say the world's last male northern white rhino, Sudan, has died after "age-related complications." A statement from the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya says the 45-year-old rhino was euthanized on Monday after his condition "worsened significantly"…
NEW DELHI – India's foreign minister says the bodies have been found of 39 Indian workers who were abducted by militants in Iraq three years ago. The abducted workers, mostly from northern India, had been employed by a construction company…