BUDAPEST, Hungary – Hungary's prime minister is stepping up efforts to silence civic groups critical of his government ahead of April elections which will likely result in his third consecutive term. Critics fear that a new draft bill nominally meant…
BEIJING – Chinese authorities say four people have been killed and five injured in an explosion at a stall selling fireworks on the eve of the Lunar New Year holiday. The information office in Tonghai county in the southwestern province…
Australian Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce, right, survived a Parliamentary vote that threatened his political career after the opposition Labor Party called on Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, center, to fire his deputy for breaching standards of behavior demanded of government…
HYDERABAD, India – Iran's president has strongly criticized the Trump administration's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital and urged Muslims to support the Palestinian cause. Hassan Rouhani also lashed out at the United States for imposing a ban on travelers…
BERLIN – German daily Die Welt says one of its reporters who was detained in Turkey for more than a year has been released from jail. The newspaper cited Deniz Yucel's lawyer in its report Friday. Yucel, who has both…
PRISTINA, Kosovo – Kosovo's president and his Montenegrin counterpart have called on Kosovo's parliament to ratify the border demarcation deal between the two countries. Hashim Thaci on Friday announced the joint statement with Filip Vujanovic, adding that upon ratification the…
BERLIN – A 17-year-old Iraqi has been arrested in Germany after allegedly contacting senior members of the Islamic State group. Prosecutors in Frankfurt say the teen was detained Tuesday in the central German town of Eschwege. German daily Bild reported…
NAIROBI, Kenya – A Kenyan official says suspected al-Shabab extremists have killed three teachers in an overnight attack in the northeastern county of Wajir. North Eastern regional coordinator Mohamud Saleh says an unknown number of gunmen attacked Qarsa primary school…
KIGALI, Rwanda – Rwanda's military says it has killed three Congolese soldiers while repulsing an alleged attack by Congo's forces. Eugene Nkubito, a commander of Rwandan forces in the north, told reporters late Thursday that the attack happened Tuesday in…
MUNICH – Dozens of world leaders, top defense officials and diplomats are gathering in southern Germany for an influential security conference amid growing strains between the U.S. and other NATO nations and Russia over the conflicts in Syria and Ukraine.…
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa's new President Cyril Ramaphosa is preparing to give his first state of the nation address to a country with high expectations as he vows to curb corruption that flourished under his predecessor. Ramaphosa, elected by ruling…
BERLIN – Italian Premier Paolo Gentiloni says Europe needs "a strong German government" as he heads to Berlin for talks Friday with Chancellor Angela Merkel. Gentiloni told Munich-based daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung that Europe's economic upswing mustn't be endangered by hesitancy…
HARARE, Zimbabwe – As the body of Zimbabwe's main opposition leader awaits repatriation home for burial, his party already faces nasty power struggles to replace a man praised by both allies and rivals for his tenacious fight for democracy. That…
ANKARA, Turkey – Turkey's military says a plane used to train pilots has crashed in western Turkey, killing its two pilots. A military statement said the SF-260D light trainer plane went down on Friday after taking off from Cigli air…
VILNIUS, Lithuania – European leaders and royals are in Lithuania, which is celebrating the centenary of its independence declaration with festivities and churches across the small Baltic nation. President Dalia Grybauskaite says "we got our statehood back," adding Lithuanians will…
SRINAGAR, India – Police say a Russian skier was killed by an avalanche that hit the Gulmarg tourist resort in the Indian portion of Kashmir. Police spokesman Manoj Kumar Pandit says four other Russian skiers from the group were rescued…
PARIS – Facing a court-imposed deadline, French lawmakers have approved a measure that allows detention for asylum-seekers and their families, and limitless house arrest for foreign convicts who cannot be expelled. In a contentious late-night vote Thursday, President Emmanuel Macron's…
ANKARA, Turkey – Dozens of demonstrators have marched to a building where the top U.S. and Turkish diplomats are seeking to ease some of the worst tensions in years between the two NATO allies. The group, waving Turkish flags, protested…
DHAKA, Bangladesh – An official says a visiting Myanmar minister has told Bangladesh's president that Myanmar is ready to take back Rohingya Muslims who fled violence there. Presidential spokesman Joynal Abedin said Friday that Myanmar's Home Minister Kyaw Swe told…
MANILA, Philippines – The body of a Filipino housemaid found stuffed in a freezer in an abandoned apartment in Kuwait has been returned to the Philippines to her grieving family. A sister of Joanna Daniela Demafelis broke into tears and…
JERUSALEM – Facial hair is trendy worldwide these days, but in Jerusalem beards have never gone out of style, projecting religious mysticism, nationalism and ideals of masculinity. For men of all faiths in the holy city, a beard can be…
BEIRUT – One-month-old Heyim Hassan was receiving treatment for a chest infection in the Afrin general hospital in northern Syria when a shell landed a few meters (feet) away. His panicked father whisked him out of the building and spent…
KABUL, Afghanistan – Since the International Criminal Court began collecting material three months ago for a possible war crimes case involving Afghanistan, it has gotten a staggering 1.17 million statements from Afghans who say they were victims. The statements include…
MEXICO CITY – The bronco, the jaguar, and the former first lady: These three outsiders appear destined for Mexico's July 1 ballot as the first independent candidates to seek the presidency in generations, the result of a reform seen as…