GOMA, Congo – Authorities say two workers with a French aid group have been killed by armed gunmen in a village in eastern Congo while a third has been taken hostage. The U.N. humanitarian agency said Monday that they had…
China is reportedly demanding a 24-year-old American man face "severe punishment" for allegedly snapping off the left thumb of a $4.5 million ancient terra-cotta warrior statue on display at a Philadelphia museum. Michael Rohana, 24, was charged with theft and…
China is reportedly demanding a 24-year-old American man face "severe punishment" for allegedly snapping off the left thumb of a $4.5 million ancient Terracotta Warrior statue on display at a Philadelphia museum. Michael Rohana was charged with theft and concealment…
ATHENS, Greece – Greek authorities say 17 Turks who reached a Greek island by dinghy from Turkey are seeking political asylum in Greece. The 17 are reportedly Turkish civil servants and their families who fled a government crackdown in the…
LEIDSCHENDAM, Netherlands – Lawyers for one of four alleged Hezbollah members accused of involvement in the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri called Tuesday on judges at a U.N.-backed tribunal to acquit him, saying prosecutors have not…
CAIRO – An Egyptian court has added a detained Islamist politician to a list of wanted "terrorists" over his alleged links to the country's outlawed Muslim Brotherhood group. The South Cairo Criminal Court added Abdel-Monaem Abul Fetouh, 66, and 15…
ANKARA, Turkey – The Turkish justice minister says the government is considering introducing chemical castration for child abusers, following a series of reports of sexual assault on children. Abdulhamit Gul told reporters Tuesday that under the measure being considered, courts…
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa's city of Cape Town has made more progress in putting off "Day Zero," the date when it might have to turn off most water taps because of a drought. The opposition party that runs the city…
DHAKA, Bangladesh – Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia has appealed a five-year prison sentence in a corruption case. In their appeal, defense lawyers argued that the verdict was politically motivated and influenced by the government, an allegation authorities have…
LONDON – Britain's top Brexit official says his country wants to lead a "race to the top" in global standards, in a speech aimed at allaying European fears of a deregulated, laissez-faire U.K. economy. Brexit Secretary David Davis said Tuesday…
WARSAW, Poland – The European Union's top advocate says Poland has infringed environmental laws with its massive logging of trees in one of Europe's last pristine forests. The opinion published Tuesday by Advocate General Yves Bot could bring a ruling…
TEHRAN, Iran – Iranian state television is airing the first images of the site of an airplane crash in southern Iran that killed 65 people. The footage aired on Tuesday shows the plane crash site against the side of a…
Can US avoid being drawn into proxy war in Syria? Tensions escalating in Syria after reports that about 100 Russian mercenaries were killed in a U.S. airstrike; insight from Lt. Col. Michael Waltz, former U.S. Army Green Beret commander and…
MADRID – A leading Catalan politician is vowing to carry on advocating for Catalan independence from her current base in Switzerland where she is evading a Spanish judicial probe for her role in last year's illegal secession attempt. Anna Gabriel,…
LONDON – British lawmakers are set to question officials of two anti-poverty charities Tuesday amid concern sex predators are targeting aid organizations because of the chaotic environments in which they work. Parliament's International Development Committee called the urgent session amid…
BERLIN – Prosecutors in southwest Germany say a man who attacked and wounded three migrants with a knife apparently acted because he was angry about the government's refugee policy. The 70-year-old, who has German and Russian citizenship, seriously wounded a…
CAIRO – Cairo airport officials say the resumption of Russian flights to Egypt has been postponed until April, citing delays in reopening offices of the countries' national airlines. The officials said on Tuesday that modern baggage-scanning equipment has been installed…
BEIRUT – The Latest on the conflict in Syria (all times local): 11:15 a.m. Residents of the Syrian capital and the state-run news agency say shells from besieged rebel-held suburbs are raining down on Damascus. SANA says Tuesday's shelling killed…
CANBERRA, Australia – Australia has accepted the family of a murdered Cambodian political activist as refugees, as the Australian government encourages its rejected refugees to resettle in Cambodia. Victoria state lawmaker Hong Lim's office said Tuesday that Kem Levy's wife…
WELLINGTON, New Zealand – Parts of New Zealand have declared an emergency as a powerful storm hits, causing flooding and forcing some people to evacuate their homes. The storm system is the remnants of Cyclone Gita, which last week ripped…
JOHANNESBURG – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is winning some fans with his habit of early morning jogs and walks in which he interacts with the public. Ramaphosa, who took office on Feb. 15 after predecessor Jacob Zuma resigned, walked…
BANGKOK – A Thai court has granted legal custody of 13 babies carried by surrogate mothers to a Japanese millionaire who is their biological father. Bangkok's Central Juvenile and Family Court on Tuesday gave Mitsutoki Shigeta sole legal custody of…
BEIRUT – A Syrian monitoring group and paramedics say government shelling and airstrikes on rebel-held suburbs of the capital, Damascus, killed at least 98 people on Monday. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says it was the deadliest day…
