CAIRO – Egypt's military says 16 troops have been killed and 19 wounded since a wide-scale operation against Islamic militants was launched a month ago. Army spokesman Col. Tamer al-Rifai said Thursday that 105 militants have been killed and that…
BOGOTA, Colombia – The political party formed by Colombia's once-largest rebel group has withdrawn a former guerrilla commander from the race for president. Leaders of the Common Alternative Revolutionary Force on Thursday said Rodrigo Londono won't seek the presidency, citing…
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia – At least seven policemen and two protesters have been hurt in a clash after villagers in northeastern Cambodia blocked a national highway to protest being forced off land they have occupied for at least two years.…
LONDON – Arlene Foster, leader of the pro-British Democratic Unionist Party, says there is little chance of a government being formed in Northern Ireland in the next few months. Talks to restore a power-sharing government to Northern Ireland between the…
ANKARA, Turkey – Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu says Turkey and Iraq could conduct a joint military operation against Kurdish rebels in Iraq. Cavusoglu told reporters in Vienna during a news conference with his Austrian counterpart Thursday that the operation…
A former Russian spy and his daughter who were poisoned with a nerve agent Sunday are in critical but stable condition, British Home Secretary Amber Rudd on Thursday. Sergei Skripal, 66, and his daughter Yulia, 33, were found unconscious on…
JOHANNESBURG – A South African triathlete who suffered severe leg injuries when attackers cut his legs with a saw says he will focus on recovery so he can run and cycle again. Athlete Mhlengi Gwala on Thursday told News24 media…
NAIROBI, Kenya – The Carter Center says Kenya's 2017 elections were a setback to this East African country's democratic development. In its final report on the elections the U.S.-based center said the process of tallying final results suffered from delays…
PRAGUE – Milos Zeman, a leading pro-Russian voice in EU politics, has been sworn in for his second term as Czech president. Zeman was elected to the largely ceremonial post in 2013 during the country's first direct presidential vote, a…
BUCHAREST, Romania – Serbia's president says his country won't recognize Kosovo but is open to discussing solutions on the issue. President Aleksandar Vucic, who is in Romania for talks with President Klaus Iohannis, said Thursday: "If we recognize Kosovo.... Albanians…
DHAKA, Bangladesh – Several hundred opposition supporters have staged a protest in Bangladesh's capital demanding the release of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, who is serving a five-year prison sentence in a corruption case. The protesters accused police of obstructing…
The murder trial involving a Danish inventor accused of killing journalist Kim Wall during a trip on his private submarine began on Thursday, as a prosecutor told the court the lead suspect is an intelligent man "with psychopathic tendencies." Prosecutor…
MOSCOW – An influential Russian parliament member accused of sexual harassment by several female journalists has issued an apology and asked for forgiveness. The allegations against Leonid Slutsky by three journalists include groping and making demeaning comments. On Thursday, noting…
BEIRUT – The Latest on developments related to Syria (all times local): 2:15 p.m. Turkey's foreign minister says his government hopes that a cross-border military offensive in a Syrian Kurdish-held enclave will end before May. Speaking during a joint news…
NEW DELHI – A shipping line official says one of the 23 crewmembers evacuated from a Singapore-flagged cargo ship that caught fire in the Arabian Sea has died of severe burns. The chief operating officer of A.P. Moller-Maersk, Soren Toft,…
BERLIN – German prosecutors say they have issued a formal arrest warrant for a 17-year-old Iraqi citizen who was allegedly planning to commit an extremist attack in either Germany or Britain. Federal prosecutors said Thursday that Deday A., who was…
WARSAW, Poland – Poland's prime minister is meeting with a top European Union official in Brussels as part of efforts to avert potential EU sanctions over a reform of Poland's judiciary. Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki's office tweeted Thursday that he…
BEIJING – A Chinese general says China needs to build defensive structures on islands in the South China Sea to display its claim to sovereignty over virtually the entire crucial waterway. However, the vice president of China's Academy of Military…
THE HAGUE, Netherlands – Appeals judges at the International Criminal Court have upheld most of the convictions of a former Congolese vice president for interfering with witnesses during his war crimes trial, and ordered the original trial chamber to review…
BUJUMBURA, Burundi – A Rwandan official says more than 2,500 Burundian refugees in Congo are seeking shelter in Rwanda amid fears they could be forcibly repatriated back home by Congolese authorities. Jean Claude Rwahama, a refugee official in Rwanda, said…
BERLIN – A prominent member of the nationalist Alternative for Germany, or AfD, will resign from his party posts following several controversial and anti-Muslim remarks about migrants. The party board of the AfD in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt said…
BEIJING – The Bank of China has pledged at least 10 billion yuan ($1.5 billion) to create a massive giant panda conservation park in southwestern Sichuan province, the forestry ministry said Thursday. The Sichuan branch of the central bank signed…
CAIRO – Egypt's Foreign Ministry has strongly condemned the U.N. human rights chief's critical statements on what he described as the "pervasive climate of intimidation" in Egypt ahead of the presidential election later this month. The ministry said in a…
BRUSSELS – With warmer weather on the horizon, the European Union is weighing more ways to prevent migrants from reaching its shores but remains deeply divided over how to share responsibility for those people entitled to stay. EU interior ministers…