The Bermuda Police Service is searching for missing 19-year-old St. Joseph's University student Mark Dombroski. (Bermuda Police Service.) Authorities on the British island territory of Bermuda are searching for a 19-year-old college student from Pennsylvania who was last seen at…
BERLIN – Germany's government is rejecting the idea that former Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder should face sanctions over his links to Russian business and to President Vladimir Putin. Schroeder was close to Putin as chancellor and became involved with a Russian-German…
THE HAGUE, Netherlands – Land-locked Bolivia is calling on the International Court of Justice to order Chile to enter negotiations over granting Bolivia access to the Pacific Ocean. Bolivia lost its only seacoast to Chile in a war from 1879…
GENEVA – U.S. President Donald Trump's nominee to head the U.N. migration agency acknowledges a controversy over his social media posts about Muslims and other topics, but insists "retweets are not endorsements" and says he wants to be judged on…
TEHRAN, Iran – Iran has sentenced to death a supporter of a Sufi leader who rammed a bus into a group of policemen last month, killing three, before being arrested. The incident in Tehran took place during February clashes between…
KABUL, Afghanistan – Afghan officials say bombs attached to motorcycles have killed four people in separate attacks. One struck outside a sports stadium in eastern Nangarhar province, killing three on Monday. Akramuddin, a provincial police official, says the explosion occurred…
ROME – A Spanish aid group says Italy has seized one of its migrant rescue boats because it refused to cave in to death threats by the Libya coast guard and hand over the migrants. Proactiva Open Arms on Monday…
SEOUL, South Korea – South Korean prosecutors say they have requested an arrest warrant for former President Lee Myung-bak over corruption allegations. Lee, a conservative who ruled from 2008 to 2013, is the latest South Korean leader to be entangled…
British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said Monday THAT Russia is “not fooling anyone” with its “increasingly absurd” denials of poisoning ex-spy and his daughter with a military-grade nerve agent in Britain. The top British official accused Vladimir Putin – who…
BUCHAREST, Romania – Snow and freezing rain have delayed dozens of flights in Romania, while trains are also running late after an unseasonal cold snap gripped the country. Valentin Iordache, the spokesman for Bucharest airports, reported 30 flight delays Monday…
PARIS – France's government has presented a plan to better fight against racism and anti-Semitism, focusing on social media and prevention in schools. Prime minister Edouard Philippe said Monday France will push for a Europe-wide effort to force internet giants…
HELSINKI – Danish police say they are searching at least two people suspected of attacking the Turkish embassy in Copenhagen with firebombs. Henrik Moll, head of Copenhagen police, told reporters Monday that no one was injured in the early morning…
LONDON – The Roman Catholic Church in Scotland says Cardinal Keith O'Brien, who became the first cardinal in history to recuse himself from a papal election over a personal scandal, has died. He was 80. O'Brien had resigned as archbishop…
BEAU VALLON, Seychelles – Beneath the crystal-clear waters of the Indian Ocean island nation of the Seychelles, a fight is growing to save the coral reefs that shelter a range of creatures, from tiny invertebrates to the sprawling octopus, from…
HARARE, Zimbabwe – Ahead of Zimbabwe's crucial elections this year, the biggest opposition party has selected a charismatic lawyer and pastor to challenge the military-backed president in the first vote without former leader Robert Mugabe in decades. It will be…
BEIRUT – The Latest on the conflict in Syria (all times local): 9:40 a.m. Turkey's state-run news agency says a booby trap bomb reportedly left by Syrian Kurdish fighters in the northern Syrian town of Afrin has killed 11 people…
MOSCOW – The Latest on Russian President Vladimir Putin's re-election victory (all times local): 10:10 a.m. Russian election authorities have annulled voting results in five districts as they investigate ballot stuffing and other problems in the presidential election. Central election…
JERUSALEM – Israel's internal security agency says a French employee of France's Consulate in Jerusalem has been arrested on charges of smuggling dozens of guns from the Gaza Strip to the West Bank. A statement Monday from the Shin Bet…
CAIRO – Egypt's military says four troops and 36 Islamic militants have died in the past five days of fighting in the restive Sinai Peninsula. Monday's statement says one officer was among the four killed army personnel. It also says…
BEIRUT – A Syria war monitoring group says Turkish-allied militiamen are looting the northern Syrian town of Afrin after the Turkish military and allied Syrian fighters seized control of it. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Monday the…
TOKYO – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has been grilled in parliament by opposition lawmakers over a widening school land sale scandal linked to his wife, as approval ratings for his Cabinet plunged to their lowest levels. Opposition lawmakers renewed…
MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin's crushing re-election victory puts his opponents in a tough spot. They gathered widespread examples of apparent voting violations in Sunday's vote, but it's unlikely to seriously damage Putin given his widespread support. With 99.8…
JERUSALEM – Israeli police say an Israeli man has died of his wounds after a Palestinian attacker stabbed him in Jerusalem's Old City. Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld says the man died in hospital late on Sunday following the attack. The…
BEIJING – A U.S.-trained economist was appointed Monday to succeed the longtime governor of China's central bank, Zhou Xiaochuan, at a time when the ruling Communist Party is trying to reduce financial risks and surging debt. The elevation of Yi…