ANKARA, Turkey – Turkey's state-run news agency says a court has sentenced a man to life in prison for fatally stabbing a Syrian activist and her U.S.-born journalist daughter. The bodies of 60-year-old Arouba Barakat and 23-year-old Halla Barakat were…
TEHRAN, Iran – Tehran's city council has voted to name a street in the Iranian capital after a liberal prime minister who was overthrown in a U.S.-backed coup in 1953. The CIA-backed overthrow of Mohammad Mossadegh cemented the power of…
ZAGREB, Croatia – A landslide caused by melting snow has destroyed several houses in central Croatia, sending people fleeing from their homes in panic. The landslide in the town of Hrvatska Kostajnica happened Tuesday as Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic was…
The military-grade nerve agent that investigators believe was used to poison a former Russian spy and his adult daughter was identified as Novichock, a hard-to-detect Soviet-engineered killer that's nearly 8 times more potent than VX. Sergei Skripal, 66, and his…
BUDAPEST, Hungary – Organizers of a "Peace March" supporting Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban say they expect as many as 200,000 people to attend the event, set to take place three weeks before Hungary's April 8 national election. Leaders of…
KATHMANDU, Nepal – Nepal's president, Bidhya Devi Bhandari, has been elected to a second term in voting by national and provincial lawmakers. The Election Commission said Bhandari received a large majority of the votes in Tuesday's balloting. Bhandari, who was…
GENEVA – A 34-year-old youth soccer coach has gone on trial for the brutal killing of four people that shocked Switzerland in late 2015. Thomas N., whose surname wasn't released due to privacy rules, is charged with murder in the…
LONDON – Britain has given Moscow until midnight Tuesday to explain how a Russian-made nerve agent came to poison a former spy in Britain. If no explanation is given, Prime Minister Theresa May says Russia will be hit by "extensive"…
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia – The Latest on the slaying of an investigative journalist and his fiancee in Slovakia (all times local): 2:10 p.m. Slovak authorities have again detained an Italian businessman suspected in the slayings of an investigative journalist and his…
LONDON – Britain's Treasury chief Philip Hammond is claiming "light at the end of the tunnel" for the British economy as the country's debt levels start to come down a decade on from the global financial crisis. In an address…
THESSALONIKI, Greece – Greek police say they have found in a border river the body of a man believed to have been a migrant trying to enter the country illegally from neighboring Turkey. A police statement says the body was…
WARSAW, Poland – Polish prosecutors say a man has been arrested after he stabbed and injured a couple during their wedding ceremony. The 23-year-old man attacked the couple with a knife as they were about to make their marriage vows…
MADRID – The European Court of Human Rights has sided with two Spaniards who set fire in public to a photograph of Spain's king and queen, saying their protest amounted to freedom of expression. The Strasbourg, France-based court ruled Tuesday…
PARIS – France's minister for overseas territories has announced an emergency plan to improve security on the French island of Mayotte following weeks of street protests. Annick Girardin on Monday and Tuesday visited the tiny Indian Ocean island, where protesters…
VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis has received an unlikely anniversary gift from his predecessor. Retired Pope Benedict XVI has publicly dismissed as "foolish prejudice" those who say Francis has no theological heft and represents a rupture from his own papacy.…
JOHANNESBURG – The Nelson Mandela Foundation is preparing events and other initiatives this year to mark the centenary of the birth of the anti-apartheid leader who became South African's first black president. Sello Hatang, chief executive of the non-profit foundation,…
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa has declared that the drought afflicting Cape Town and other parts of the country is a national disaster. The government announcement on Tuesday allows officials to more easily direct resources to drought relief and long-term recovery…
MUMBAI, India – Hillary Clinton told an audience in India that the United States did not "deserve" Donald Trump's presidency and these are "perilous times." The 2016 Democratic presidential candidate spoke over the weekend at a conference in Mumbai. Clinton…
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – Ethiopia's state-affiliated broadcaster says that a bus plunged into a ditch, killing 38 people in Ethiopia's northern Amhara region. Fana Broadcasting Corporation reported on Tuesday that the bus veered off the road and went into the…
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan's top court has indicted a minister in a contempt case for critical speeches he made after the court disqualified former prime minister Nawaz Sharif for concealing assets. Danyal Aziz, a ruling Pakistan Muslim League party leader and…
SALISBURY, England – For Amber McAuley, life in Salisbury — known as the gateway to Stonehenge — has become surreal ever since the town became the scene of a spy drama worthy of John le Carre. The 20-year-old student became…
ATHENS, Greece – Some say the legendary exploits of Alexander the Great are needed to cure Greek soccer of its violence and disorder. Others are hoping for a Herculean effort to fix the problem. Short of that, however, Greek soccer…
MANILA, Philippines – An official says two militants, one Filipino and the other Malaysian, who survived the crushing of a siege of a southern Philippine city last year are among the leading candidates to succeed a slain Islamic State group…
BANGKOK – Myanmar's government has rejected two reports presented to the U.N. Human Rights Council that concluded it committed extreme human rights violations, probably amounting to crimes under international law, in its repression of several minority groups. Government spokesman Zaw…