The Taliban in Afghanistan, under pressure from a stepped-up Trump administration military campaign, released a rambling letter to the American people on Wednesday, calling for dialogue to end the prolonged Afghan war. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid released copies of the…
South African President Jacob Zuma, in a televised address to nation, said he will resign as from his position 'with immediate effect.' The scandal-tainted leader said he has resigned despite his disagreement with the instruction of the ruling African National…
JERUSALEM – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, fighting for his political life after being accused of taking bribes from billionaire supporters, is no stranger to scandal. Over a three-decade political career, Netanyahu has been accused of everything from accepting improper gifts…
HARARE, Zimbabwe – An official with Zimbabwe's Movement for Democratic Change opposition party says its leader Morgan Tsvangirai has died at age 65. Elias Mudzuri, a vice president of the MDC, says Tsvangirai died Wednesday evening in a Johannesburg hospital.…
BUCHAREST, Romania – Romania's chief anti-corruption prosecutor has rejected allegations that prosecutors falsify evidence in cases against high-ranking officials. National Anti-Corruption Directorate Chief Prosecutor Laura Codruta Kovesi responded on Wednesday to a former Romanian lawmaker's claims that four anti-corruption prosecutors…
SKOPJE, Macedonia – Macedonia's prime minister says his country and Greece have made significant progress toward resolving their long-standing name dispute. Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said Wednesday that Macedonia's government is willing to add a "geographical qualifier" to the country's…
PRISTINA, Kosovo – Montenegro's prime minister is offering his country's goodwill to help resolve a dispute that has held up a proposed border deal with neighboring Kosovo. Montenegrin Prime Minister Dusko Markovic visited Kosovo on Wednesday. He said Montenegro considers…
EDINBURGH, Scotland – Scottish soccer team Hearts has apologized to former player Isma Goncalves after he said racial abuse forced him to leave. The Portuguese forward, who is black, joined Uzbekistan club Pakhtakor Tashkent last month after a year in…
PARIS – Kamel Daoudi's days are parceled out in intervals as unvarying as the alarm reminders on his tablet: 7 a.m., 9:15 a.m., 11:45 a.m., 3:15 p.m., 5:45 p.m., 9:00 p.m. The times represent his nightly curfew and the exact…
BENGHAZI, Libya – A Libyan official says at least 19 illegal migrants have been killed in a truck crash near the town of Bani Walid, about 180 kilometers (112 miles) southeast of Tripoli. The chief of Bani Walid hospital, Mohamed…
BERLIN – German Chancellor Angela Merkel says that after months-long negotiations to form a new government, the country's politicians should now get back to real work. In a traditional Ash Wednesday address in Demmin in eastern Germany, Merkel referred to…
PARIS – French authorities say a man in custody has confessed to "unintentionally" killing a 9-year-old girl whose disappearance from a wedding party in the Alps prompted nationwide concern. Grenoble prosecutor Jean-Yves Coquillat said that investigators found some of Maelys…
AMSTERDAM – Ruud Lubbers, the Netherlands' longest-serving prime minister who guided his country through economic turmoil to prosperity and helped shape the foundations of the European Union, has died at age 78. The Dutch government announced that Lubbers died Wednesday…
KABUL, Afghanistan – The Taliban are urging the "American people" to press their government to withdraw from Afghanistan and reminded Americans that the Afghan war is the longest conflict in which they have been embroiled — and at a cost…
PARIS – A French court acquitted a man charged with harboring Islamic extremists after they carried out the 2015 Paris attacks, bringing a surprising end Wednesday to the first criminal trial from the country's deadliest extremist violence since World War…
LONDON – The leader of Northern Ireland's biggest political party says talks to restore the collapsed Belfast government have failed. Democratic Unionist Party leader Arlene Foster says negotiations with Irish nationalist party Sinn Fein to restore the power-sharing government "have…
UNITED NATIONS – The U.N. envoy for Syria says this is the most "violent and worrying and dangerous" moment in the country in four years, pointing to escalating violence on multiple fronts that undermines prospects for peace and regional stability.…
A Kim Jong Un impersonator looking for a Valentine’s Day love connection briefly danced with North Korea's “army of beauties” at a Winter Olympics hockey game -- but the bogus despot's charms were for naught and he was quickly, and…
PARIS – The Latest on the trial of a man charged with harboring terrorists from 2015 Paris attacks (all times local): 4:40 p.m. A French court has acquitted a man charged with harboring Islamic extremists after they carried out the…
A man used two cushion-like butt implants to try to smuggle more than two pounds of cocaine. (Polícia Judiciária) Two would-be drug smugglers failed in a "cheeky" attempt at slipping their stash by authorities at Lisbon airport, Portugal officials said.…
PARIS – French President Emmanuel Macron's office is closing the press room inside the presidential palace amid broader efforts by the French leader to control his public image. Advisers for Macron announced Wednesday that journalists will be moved to a…
JOHANNESBURG – Managers of a wildlife area in South Africa say a pride of lions killed a suspected poacher. The Umbabat Private Nature Reserve says the man was killed last week and that two sets of human tracks were found…
A Judge under the U.S. Department of Labor ruled last month that open-air burn pits -- in which thousands of chemicals were released into the air after trash and other waste were incinerated at American military bases in Iraq and…
BERLIN – The German government has called on British Prime Minister Theresa May to present her government's plans about the future relationship between Britain and the European Union after it leaves the bloc. A spokesman for German Chancellor Angela Merkel…