MOGADISHU, Somalia – A Somali police official says two Somali soldiers were killed in a confrontation with African Union peacekeepers from Uganda. Col. Ahmed Mohamed says the firefight occurred when the AU troops tried to force their way through a…
ATHENS, Greece – The Greek government has fired a deputy labor minister for allegedly claiming rent assistance despite declaring an annual household income of more than half a million dollars and owning multiple properties. Government officials said the prime minister…
MEXICO CITY – Mexico's annual crude oil and gas output has fallen below 2 million barrels per day for the first time since comparable records were kept starting in 1990. State-owned oil company Petroleos Mexicanos reports on its website that…
BELGRADE, Serbia – European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker says Serbia must solve its dispute with Kosovo to join the European Union. Juncker said Monday following talks with Serbia's President Aleksandar Vucic that the Balkan country is on the right path,…
BEIRUT – The office of Lebanon's Prime Minister says he has received an invitation to visit Saudi Arabia from an envoy of the Gulf monarch. It's the first such gesture following tension between the two countries in the wake of…
JERUSALEM – Leaders of the two largest Christian sects in Jerusalem say the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, built at the traditional site of Jesus' crucifixion and resurrection, will remain closed indefinitely to protest an Israeli attempt to tax their…
ROME – She has sat next to royalty both Hollywood and real, often donning her trademark dark sunglasses to block the glare from the catwalks of the world's fashion capitals. Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour had a front-row seat of a…
KIGALI, Rwanda – A United Nations official says 11 Congolese refugees were killed last week as Rwandan police tried to put down a protest over reduced food rations. Daniela Ionita with the U.N. refugee agency says the deaths occurred in…
THESSALONIKI, Greece – The stone walls that cut through the old quarter of Greece's second-largest city defended Thessaloniki for more than 2,000 years. For a 24-year-old Pakistani immigrant, parts of the remaining ramparts mean survival. Muhammed Adeel and other homeless…
MEXICO CITY – Officials in the southern Mexico state of Guerrero say a state assembly candidate has been killed just days after another office seeker was shot to death in the same city. The ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party says candidate…
BRUSSELS – European Union and Arab League countries insist that Jerusalem must be the joint capital of Israel and a future Palestinian state, as the U.S. prepares to move its embassy there in a step angering the Arab world. Speaking…
ALGIERS, Algeria – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has started a five-day trip to Africa aimed at boosting his country's influence in the continent. Starting off in Algeria on Monday, Erdogan is seeking to give a boost to economic relations…
ROME – The Vatican is loaning some of its most beautiful liturgical vestments, jeweled miter caps and historic papal tiaras for an upcoming exhibit on Catholic influences in fashion at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Vatican culture minister, Cardinal…
LONDON – A London man has been sentenced to seven years in prison for terrorism offenses after an investigation that started with a complaint about a Facebook message. Mohammed Kamal Hussain was sentenced in Kingston Crown Court Monday after being…
GENEVA – The Latest on the meeting of the U.N. Human Rights Council (all times local): 1:15 p.m. Hungary's foreign minister has called for the resignation of the United Nations' human rights chief for referring to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor…
JERUSALEM – Relatives of Ahed Tamimi, the Palestinian teen-turned-protest icon, say troops arrested 10 people from her West Bank village, including a 15-year-old cousin with a serious head injury. The teen, Mohammed, had part of his skull removed by surgeons…
CONAKRY, Guinea – Police in Guinea have used tear gas to disperse opposition supporters who burned tires and demonstrated in the capital to challenge the results of the country's first municipal elections in 13 years. Opposition head Cellou Dalein Diallo…
Ships carrying illicit cargo to North Korea can expect rough seas ahead due to a planned crackdown on sanctions violators initiated by the U.S. and its regional allies -- a move that potentially enhances tensions with the volatile Hermit Kingdom.…
ISLAMABAD – The United Nations development program has appointed the first Pakistani woman to climb Mount Everest as its goodwill ambassador for the country. A statement issued Monday says Samina Baig will lead efforts to build national awareness and partnerships…
THESSALONIKI, Greece – Greek police say arsonists have destroyed a car with diplomatic plates belonging to the Albanian consulate in the northern city of Thessaloniki. The attack occurred early Monday, police said. Unknown arsonists poured petrol over the parked vehicle,…
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria – Frightened students are staying away from the school in northern Nigeria where Boko Haram extremists seized 110 girls in a raid a week ago. The Government Girls Science and Technical College in Dapchi in Yobe state had…
ATHENS, Greece – Greek police have confirmed that a hand grenade was thrown overnight at an Athens police station, hours after militants claimed the attack on a far-left website. Police say a taxi driver was lightly injured by the blast,…
KINSHASA, Congo – Organizers of anti-government marches in Congo say security forces shot dead at least four people and wounded dozens more in Sunday's nationwide protest against President Joseph Kabila's extended rule. The Lay Coordination Committee on Monday announced that…
GENEVA – The U.N. human rights chief has accused the veto-wielding members of the U.N. Security Council of being second only to criminals who kill and maim when it comes to responsibility for some of the world's most egregious rights…