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Manhunt for suspect after 2 found dead at house in Austria

BERLIN –  Police say two people have been found dead at a house in a small town in southeastern Austria and another person is injured. There were no immediate details on what exactly happened Saturday in Dollrath, southeast of Graz.…

Overturned bus in northern Egypt catches fire, killing 8

CAIRO –  Egypt's official news agency says a bus carrying workers has burst into flames after it overturned west of the coastal city of Alexandria, killing at least eight people. The state-run MENA, citing an unnamed Interior Ministry official, said…

Alexander the Great pulled from Macedonia airport in gesture

SKOPJE, Macedonia –  Macedonia has begun the process of changing the name of its airport honoring the ancient warrior king Alexander the Great as a goodwill gesture to Greece. Turkish consortium TAV, which operates Skopje Alexander the Great Airport, started…

Suspect in killing of Filipina maid interrogated in Lebanon

BEIRUT –  Lebanese security and judicial officials say authorities in Beirut are interrogating a man who is suspected in the death of a Filipina maid whose body was found stuffed in a freezer in Kuwait. A senior official with Lebanon's…

Speeding jeep kills 9 schoolchildren in eastern India

PATNA, India –  Police in eastern India say a speeding jeep plowed through a group of schoolchildren crossing a road, killing nine and injuring 10 of them. Police officer Vivek Kumar says the jeep first hit and injured two adult…

Archaeologists find ancient necropolis in Egypt

TUNA AL-GABAL, Egypt –  Egypt's Antiquities Ministry has announced the discovery of an ancient necropolis near the Nile Valley city of Minya, south of Cairo. The ministry said Saturday that the large cemetery is located north of Tuna al-Gabal area,…

Politician: Ex-Austrian chancellor part of Manafort lobbying

MINSK, Belarus –  A Ukrainian opposition lawmaker who helped uncover off-the-books payments to President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman says a one-time Austrian chancellor was among the European politicians secretly paid to lobby for Ukraine. The lawmaker's claim to The…

Female Nobel laureates in Bangladesh to meet Rohingya women

DHAKA, Bangladesh –  Three female Nobel Peace laureates have begun a weeklong trip to Bangladesh to meet Rohingya women who were tortured and raped by Myanmar soldiers before fleeing the country. During the trip that began Saturday, Iran's Shirin Ebadi,…

EU and Russia vie for influence in volatile Balkans region

BELGRADE, Serbia –  For years, Russia has worked to gain influence in Southeast Europe, using Serbia as a foothold to establish a friendly pocket on a hostile continent. The European Union finally is pushing back. European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker…

Death toll from twin blasts in Somalia's capital rises to 21

MOGADISHU, Somalia –  Authorities say the death toll in a pair of explosions Friday evening in Somalia's capital has risen to 21. The director of Aamin Ambulance service, Dr. Abdirahman Abdulqadir, gave the new toll Saturday. It was confirmed by…

Egypt court fines leading activist over insulting judiciary

CAIRO –  An Egyptian court has fined one of the leading activists behind the 2011 uprising 10,000 Egyptian pounds ($565) during his re-trial over insulting the judiciary. Saturday's ruling on Ahmed Douma, reported by the state-run Al Ahram newspaper, is…

US donors balk at pope's request for $25M for Rome hospital

VATICAN CITY –  The Vatican is facing another financial headache after donors to a major U.S. Catholic foundation balked at a request from Pope Francis to foot a $25 million loan to a scandal-plagued Rome hospital. The Immaculate Institute for…

Iranian official panned for rights abuses to visit UN body

GENEVA –  An upcoming visit to the United Nations' top human rights body by Iran's justice minister is attracting criticism since the European Union has issued sanctions against him for rights violations. Critics say Seyyed Alireza Avaei has no place…

Money-laundering watchdog: Close North Korean banks

PARIS –  The watchdog that monitors global and illicit misuse of funds has cited North Korea as a top source of "ongoing and substantial" money laundering and terrorist financing and urged countries to close North Korean banks. The Financial Action…

18 dead after 2 blasts, gunfire rock Somalia's capital

MOGADISHU, Somalia –  Two car bomb blasts rocked Somalia's capital on Friday evening, followed by gunfire, police said, and an ambulance service said at least 18 people had been killed. The explosions shattered a months-long period of calm in Mogadishu,…

The Latest: At least 18 dead in 2 blasts in Somali capital

MOGADISHU, Somalia –  The Latest on the attack in Somalia's capital (all times local): 8:35 p.m. The director of an ambulance service in Somalia's capital says its workers have ferried 18 bodies after a pair of explosions in Mogadishu. Abdirahman…

103 migrants found abandoned in freight trailer near US border

Mexican officials say they have found 103 Central American migrants in a freight trailer abandoned near the U.S. border.  (Mexico's National Immigration Institute ) Mexican immigration agents say they have found 103 Central American migrants in a freight trailer left…