ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – Ethiopia's defense minister is ruling out a military takeover a day after the East African nation declared a new state of emergency amid anti-government protests. Siraj Fegessa also ruled out a transitional government. Prime Minister Hailemariam…
HARARE, Zimbabwe – The vice chancellor of Zimbabwe's oldest university has been arrested over the controversial awarding of a doctorate to former first lady Grace Mugabe. Anti-Corruption Commission spokeswoman Phyllis Chikundura says Levi Nyagura of the University of Zimbabwe was…
ABOARD USS CARL VINSON, Philippines – A Navy officer aboard a mammoth U.S. aircraft carrier brimming with F18 fighter jets said American forces will continue to patrol the South China Sea wherever "international law allows us" when asked if China's…
MOSCOW – One of the 13 Russians indicted by the United States for interfering in the American presidential election says the U.S. justice system is unfair. Mikhail Burchik was quoted as saying by the newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda that "I am…
MUNICH – The Latest on the Munich Security Conference (all times local): 10:20 a.m. British Prime Minister Theresa May is calling on her country's European Union partners not to let "rigid institutional restrictions" get in the way of a wide-ranging…
MALE, Maldives – Dozens of pro-opposition supporters have been injured and many were arrested after police in the Maldives broke up countrywide protests demanding the resignation of President Yameen Abdul Gayoom and the release of his political opponents from prison.…
LAHORE, Pakistan – A public prosecutor in Pakistan says a court has sentenced a serial killer to death after finding him guilty of killing eight children, including a 7-year-old girl whose rape and murder drew nationwide condemnation. Ehtesham Qadir says…
BEIRUT – Syrian Kurdish news outlets and Syria's state-run news agency say six civilians have suffered breathing difficulties after what they say was a poison gas attack launched by Turkey on the Kurdish-controlled enclave of Afrin. The news outlets quote…
MUNICH – Germany's foreign minister says that as China's influence on the world stage rises, the U.S. and Europe need to return to historical bonds and work together or risk getting left behind. Sigmar Gabriel told world leaders and defense…
LAGOS, Nigeria – Police say three suicide bombers have attacked a crowded market in northern Nigeria, killing at least 18 people. Borno state police spokesman Joseph Kwaji confirms the Friday night attack to The Associated Press. The bombers, all believed…
MEXICO CITY – A powerful earthquake that rattled south and central Mexico caused little apparent destruction but rekindled fears in a population that still sees daily reminders of deadly earthquakes five months ago. Maricarmen Trujillo was in the same place…
MEXICO CITY – The latest on the magnitude 7.2 earthquake that hit southern Mexico (all times local): 7 p.m. A magnitude 5.8 aftershock in southern Mexico has caused tall buildings in Mexico City to briefly shudder, about an hour after…
People stand on the street after an earthquake shook buildings in Mexico City, Mexico February 16, 2018. REUTERS/Claudia Daut - RC1B09EEBCB0 A 7.5 magnitude quake shook southern Mexico on Friday, a prolonged rumble that rocked buildings across Mexico City. According…
MEXICO CITY – A powerful earthquake has shaken south and central Mexico, causing people to flee buildings and office towers in the country's capital, and setting off quake alert systems. Crowds of people gathered on central Reforma Avenue in Mexico…
GUATEMALA CITY – Guatemalan authorities have arrested the country's former organized crime prosecutor as a purported participant in a network that allegedly seized properties illegally. The United Nations' anti-corruption mission in Guatemala confirmed the arrest of Rony Lopez on Friday.…
VATICAN CITY – The former U.S. ambassador to the Holy See, Mary Ann Glendon, has resigned from the board of the Vatican bank in the latest vote of no-confidence in the bank's efforts to turn itself around. The Institute for…
TORONTO – The former leader of Ontario's conservative opposition party is running for his party's leadership just three weeks after resigning amid sexual misconduct allegations. The development comes just a few months before an election. Patrick Brown stepped down after…
SANTIAGO, Chile – At least 25 trucks were torched in a southern region of Chile that the Mapuche indigenous community claims as its ancestral territory, authorities said Friday. The Chilean equivalent of the FBI said the trucks were burned in…
MILAN – Italian police have turned water cannons on anti-fascist protesters in Bologna who were trying to disrupt a planned campaign appearance by the head of the neo-fascist Forza Nuova. Clashes broke out Friday afternoon and evening when police intervened…
CARACAS, Venezuela – A leading opposition party in Venezuela says it has ruled out taking part in the April presidential election against President Nicolas Maduro. Leopoldo Lopez said Friday that his Popular Will party refuses to validate the election, which…
PARIS – French investigators have dropped an investigation into rape accusations against President Emmanuel Macron's budget minister, citing a lack of evidence. The Paris prosecutor's office said Friday the investigation was unable to prove a lack of consent, and did…
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – Ethiopian officials have declared a state of emergency amid widespread anti-government protests that have persisted for more than two years and in which hundreds have been killed and several thousand detained, the majority of whom have…
TEHRAN, Iran – Iran's official IRNA news agency is reporting that an Iranian passenger plane has skidded off the runway after its landing gear jammed during a domestic flight. The Friday report said all 104 passengers and crew of the…
LONDON – A tourist from Hawaii has pleaded guilty to punching two London police officers outside Buckingham Palace. A prosecutor says 36-year-old Ryan Robinson of Kahekili Highway asked the armed officers, "Do you know any jokes?" before punching one in…