ATHENS, Greece – Israel's president has met with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras during a visit to Athens that will include a foundation stone-laying ceremony for a Holocaust museum. Reuven Rivlin also met with his Greek counterpart, Procopis Pavlopoulos, in…
The military defeat of ISIS could be just 'weeks' away, a top U.S. military official said Monday -- a stunning development given the terror group once boasted the infrastructure to control an expanse of territory in Syria and Iraq where…
AMMAN, Jordan – Jordan's king has assured the Palestinians he will defend their "legitimate rights" to independence and a capital in east Jerusalem in dealings with the international community. Abdullah II met Monday with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, who is…
AMSTERDAM – Dutch officials say the European Medicines Agency will be housed in temporary accommodation in Amsterdam before a new headquarters is completed for the agency's relocation from London. Dutch Health Minister Bruno Bruins announced Monday that the EU agency…
BRUSSELS – The Latest on Brexit negotiations (all times local): 3:20 p.m. The European Union has adopted new orders for its Brexit negotiator laying out the terms of a transition period to help ease Britain out of the bloc after…
ROME – Populists aiming to govern Italy for the first time have tapped many middle-class professionals from outside politics as their candidates for March 4 national elections. Luigi Di Maio, the 5-Star Movement candidate for premier, on Monday introduced some…
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – An Ethiopian government statement says the leaders of Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan met in Addis Ababa to discuss contentious issues related to the dam that Ethiopia is building on the Nile River. The Ethiopian Foreign Ministry…
BEIRUT – Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri is urging calm after a video emerged showing the foreign minister calling Lebanon's powerful parliament speaker a "thug" in a closed meeting. The leaked video which emerged Sunday comes amid an escalating dispute…
BERLIN – Arkady Waispapir, the last known survivor of the Nazis' Sobibor death camp, has died in Ukraine. He was 96. The Berlin-based Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe said Monday that Waispapir died Jan. 11 in Kiev. Born…
KABUL, Afghanistan – The Latest on the conflict in Afghanistan (all times local): 6:30 p.m. At least 11 Afghan soldiers are dead after Islamic State militants attacked troops guarding a military academy in the capital, Kabul. Sixteen others were wounded.…
MADRID – Catalonia's fugitive ex-president, Carles Puigdemont, is asking the region's parliament in a letter to guarantee his right to attend a session this week in which he hopes to be re-elected government leader, without being arrested. Spain's Constitutional Court…
MADRID – Spanish officials say more than 300 people including newborns have been rescued from a wooden boat off Libya's coast and taken to an Italian port. The Defense Ministry said water was flooding the boat when rescuers reached it…
BERLIN – Germany's center-left Social Democrats say new members who join by Feb. 6 will be allowed to vote in a ballot on whether to join conservative Chancellor Angela Merkel's next government. The Social Democrats and Merkel's Union bloc aim…
LEGAZPI, Philippines – The Philippine defense chief has recommended that villages in a danger zone around erupting Mount Mayon be turned into a permanent "no man's land" to avoid evacuating thousands of residents each time the country's most active volcano…
AZRAQ AIR BASE, Jordan – Germany's president says moving German troops from Turkey to Jordan as part of an international military campaign against Islamic State extremists was "the right choice." Frank-Walter Steinmeier spoke Monday after meeting with the German contingent…
BEIJING – China's air force says a military plane has crashed during training in the southwestern province of Guizhou. The People's Liberation Army Air Force said in a brief post on its official account on the social media site Sina…
KARACHI, Pakistan – A Pakistani court has convicted two Chinese nationals for tampering with an ATM machine, sentencing each of them to a year in prison and a fine of around $400. Akbar Khan, a cybercrimes investigator, said Monday that…
BANGKOK – A student activist says in a Facebook post she fled Thailand after learning she had been charged with insulting the monarchy because she shared a BBC article about the country's new king. Lese majeste, or insulting the monarchy,…
JOHANNESBURG – A South African charity is organizing a nationwide collection of bottled water for stockpiling in military bases in and around Cape Town, which might have to turn off most taps in April because of a prolonged drought. The…
LONDON – Tour operator Thomas Cook is offering vacationers a chance to book a poolside sun lounger in advance — for a fee. Thomas Cook customers willing to pay 25 euros ($31) extra per stay can select a lounger, avoiding…
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – Malaysia's maritime agency and Japan's coast guard have launched a weeklong joint exercise focusing on combating piracy at sea as well as search and rescue operations. The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency says the Japanese Coast Guard…
ISLAMABAD – A Pakistani doctor says a French climber rescued from a Himalayan peak is recovering and would be discharged from hospital soon. Elisabeth Revol was rescued by a volunteers' team from a separate Polish expedition on Sunday from Nanga…
BEIRUT – The Latest on developments in Syria (all times local): 1 p.m. Turkish officials say authorities have detained 311 people for allegedly engaging in "terrorist propaganda" through social media postings critical of Turkey's military offensive into the Syrian Kurdish…
CAIRO – Egyptian prosecutors say they have detained three men over the assault on the country's former top auditor and senior campaign aide for a now-arrested presidential hopeful. The prosecutors said on Monday that the suspects were ordered detained for…