BOGOTA, Colombia – Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos says he's resuming peace talks with the nation's last remaining rebel group. Santos told the nation in a televised broadcast Monday that he's sending his chief negotiator back to Ecuador for a…
BEIRUT – An American woman living in the besieged suburbs of the Syrian capital on Monday called on President Donald Trump to put more pressure on Russia to "stop bombing us" amid an air and ground assault by government forces…
Right-wing journalist Lauren Southern was barred from entering the U.K. (Facebook/Lauren Southern) Canadian right-wing journalist and activist Lauren Southern was barred from entering the United Kingdom on Monday, purportedly over a poster she distributed about Islam in February -- making…
MILAN – Former Italian Premier Matteo Renzi formally resigned Monday as leader of the Democratic Party following its crushing defeat in the latest parliamentary election. Party leaders named Maurizio Martina, who has served as agriculture minister in the outgoing government,…
JUBA, South Sudan – Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry met with South Sudan President Salva Kiir in the capital, Juba, Monday to encourage an end to the country's civil war and to announce assistance in health and education. South Sudan…
ATHENS, Greece – Greek police say they have arrested two Pakistani teenagers on suspicion of robbing tourists and passers-by at knifepoint near Greece's top tourist attraction, the ancient Acropolis Hill in Athens. The arrests announced Monday come days after six…
TALLINN, Estonia – Estonia says a Russian military cargo plane has violated its airspace near the island of Vaindloo in the Gulf of Finland. Estonia's military said the Il-76 plane spent less than a minute in the Baltic country's airspace…
BUDAPEST, Hungary – A Budapest-based university founded by Hungarian-American billionaire George Soros says it's in talks to open a satellite campus in Vienna. Central European University Rector Michael Ignatieff said Monday in a statement that Budapest would remain its home…
British mom Heike Phelan married convicted murderer William Matthew Schiffert. (MEN Media) A British mom married a double-murderer serving 75 years in a Texas jail after the pair became pen pals. And Heike Phelen hopes she and William Matthew Schiffert,…
VATICAN CITY – The surviving daughter of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. has had a private audience with Pope Francis at the Vatican. The Vatican made a video of the Monday meeting public. Bernice King presented the pontiff…
At least 50 people were killed when a Bangladeshi passenger plane crashed and burst into flames Monday as it landed at Kathmandu airport in Nepal, a police official said. Brig. Gen. Gokul Bhandari, the Nepal army spokesman, confirmed 50 people…
ANKARA, Turkey – Turkey's parliament has begun debating changes to Turkey's electoral laws that critics say are designed to help President Recep Tayyip Erdogan consolidate power and could lead to election fraud. The debate opened Monday before crucial elections next…
WARSAW, Poland – Non-government organizations in Poland have distanced themselves from the right-wing government's policies that have strained Polish-Jewish relations and some say have led to a wave of anti-Semitism. In a letter to "international public opinion" they said they…
CAIRO – An Egyptian columnist has ignited a firestorm on social media by calling on Liverpool's star forward Mohamed Salah to shave his beard, saying he looks like a "terrorist." In an article published Sunday by the state-run newspaper Al-Ahram,…
Jonathan Brussow's body was found days after he was swept away by a huge wave in the Bahamas. (Facebook) A Michigan man who was swept away by a massive wave in the Bahamas had asked his girlfriend’s family for permission…
JERUSALEM – Hundreds of Ethiopian immigrants are protesting outside Israel's parliament, demanding the government fulfill a pledge to bring some 8,000 of their countrymen remaining in Ethiopia to Israel. Israel's government agreed in 2015 to bring the remaining Ethiopians to…
LONDON – Police in London say two people have been taken to hospital as a precaution after a suspicious package was found at Britain's Parliament complex. The Metropolitan Police force said officers were called Monday about a package at the…
MOSCOW – The Russian military says it has run a successful test of a nuclear-capable hypersonic missile capable of sneaking through enemy defenses. A video posted by the Defense Ministry Sunday showed a MiG-31 fighter jet launching a Kinzhal (Dagger)…
ISLAMABAD – Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani has put a peace offer on the table, and analysts say the ball is now in the Taliban's court. But so far the militants are showing no sign of being interested. Ghani's offer calls…
MINSK, Belarus – Ukraine's intelligence agency says it has found weapons and explosives at the homes of suspected "agents of Russia." The Ukrainian government has been fighting a separatist war in the east since 2014, which has killed more than…
TIRANA, Albania – Albania's Defense Ministry says four climbers are trapped by snow and ice on a southern mountain. Spokeswoman Albania Qehajaj on Monday said the four Albanians are on the Sotir mountain, 270 kilometers (170 miles) south of the…
WARSAW, Poland – Poland's prime minister says 17 deputy government ministers have been dismissed in a move designed to improve the Cabinet's work and make it "less political." Premier Mateusz Morawiecki made the announcement Monday just as the opposition has…
The poisoning of a former Russian spy and his daughter looks "awfully like it was state-sponsored attempted murder," a senior British lawmaker said Monday. Tom Tugendhat, chairman of the Foreign Affairs committee, told BBC News it was too early to…
CAIRO – Egypt has arrested eight people after soccer fans tore out seats and chanted against the government during a game earlier this month. The demonstration, which was dispersed by police, happened during a March 6 match in which Egypt's…