BAGHDAD – A Baghdad court has convicted the sister of the Islamic State group's leader on terrorism charges and sentenced her to death. The spokesman of Iraq's Supreme Judicial Council, Abdul-Sattar Bayrkdar, said in a statement on Thursday that Abu…
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – The chairman of the African Union Commission says he considers President Donald Trump's slur about Africa to be an incident "of the past." Chairman Moussa Faki and U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson were questioned during…
ALGIERS, Algeria – Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has called on Arab nations to work together to fight illegal migration and the networks that feed them. In a message read to a meeting in Algiers of Arab interior ministers, Abdelaziz Bouteflika…
BERLIN – German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel has tweeted that he will not be a part of the next government. Gabriel wrote Thursday that the heads of the Social Democratic Party had informed him of the decision and that he…
COPENHAGEN, Denmark – The Latest on the murder trial of Danish inventor Peter Madsen (all times local): 9:45 a.m. The trial has started of Danish inventor Peter Madsen, accused of tying up, torturing and murdering Swedish reporter Kim Wall during…
Two missiles fired from a U.S. drone hit a militant facility in neighboring Afghanistan, killing 21 insurgents, including the son of the head of the Pakistani Taliban, two Pakistani intelligence officials and local Taliban commanders said on Thursday. The strike,…
CAIRO – Egyptian airport officials say 100 Egyptians have landed in Cairo after being deported from Germany over residency permit violations, the first action of its kind from Berlin. The officials say the Egyptians arrived on a Wednesday flight from…
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – They could have run into each other sipping coffee in the lobby, perhaps at the bar at Ethiopia's finest hotel. But U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov don't appear destined…
COPENHAGEN, Denmark – Danish inventor Peter Madsen stands accused of tying up and torturing Swedish reporter Kim Wall before he either cut her throat or strangled her during a trip on his private submarine in August. Madsen, 47, whose trial…
BEIRUT – The International Committee of the Red Cross says a second convoy that was supposed to carry aid to the besieged rebel-held eastern suburbs of Damascus has been postponed because of the violence. Ingy Sedky, the ICRC spokeswoman in…
BERLIN – Austrian police say they have detained a 23-year-old suspect in connection with knife attacks in Vienna in which four people were injured. Police spokesman Patrick Maierhofer said in a statement Thursday the male suspect was detained shortly after…
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan – Pakistani intelligence officials and local Taliban say two missiles fired from a U.S. drone hit a militant facility in neighboring Afghanistan, killing 21 insurgents, including the son of the head of the Pakistani Taliban. The…
KANDY, Sri Lanka – Residents say Buddhist mobs are still sweeping through Muslim neighborhoods in Sri Lanka's central hills, destroying stores and restaurants despite a curfew, a state of emergency and heavy deployment of security forces. Mohamed Ramzeen, who owns…
RABAT, Morocco – For 23 years, Khadija says her husband raped her, nearly every day. And her case is far from unique, according to counselors at the Annajda Center in Rabat, one of over 1,000 associations in Morocco working to…
MANILA, Philippines – Hundreds of women activists in pink and purple shirts protested against President Rodrigo Duterte in the Philippines on Thursday, as marches and demonstrations in Asia kicked off International Women's Day. Protest leaders sang and danced in a…
UNITED NATIONS – The head of the U.N. agency promoting equality for women says the global spotlight on sexual harassment and abuse and the punishment of some powerful men who had been "untouchable" is an important moment — but it's…
BEIJING – China says it wants a more active role for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, an eight-nation grouping dominated by Beijing and Moscow. Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Thursday said Beijing will work with the other members to "take a…
MANILA, Philippines – A Philippine House committee has voted overwhelmingly to proceed with a case to impeach the Supreme Court chief justice, who has vowed to fight the ouster move. The justice committee voted 38-2 Thursday to rule there was…
CUCUTA, Colombia – As Venezuela's economic crisis worsens, rising numbers of its people are fleeing in a burgeoning refugee crisis that is drawing alarm across Latin America. Independent groups estimate as many as 3 million to 4 million Venezuelans have…
MANILA, Philippines – The Latest on International Women's Day (all times local): 11:30 a.m. Students at China's prestigious Tsinghua University are celebrating International Women's Day with banners making light of a proposed constitutional amendment to scrap term limits for the…
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Canada says the widow of an Iranian-Canadian university professor who died in custody in Tehran in disputed circumstances has been stopped from traveling abroad. In a tweet early Thursday morning, Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia…
KABUL, Afghanistan – Authorities in Afghanistan say an attack on a district police headquarters in Kandahar province killed one police officer and wounded five. Provincial police chief Gen. Abdul Raziq said the attack on Wednesday night in Spin Boldak district…
UNITED NATIONS – The U.N. Security Council condemned violence during nationwide protests in Congo last month against President Joseph Kabila's extended rule and called on all parties Wednesday to ensure that a long-delayed presidential election takes place Dec. 23. Kabila's…
BEIJING – Tibetan monitoring groups say a man has set himself on fire and died in western China's Sichuan province in the first self-immolation protest among Tibetans this year. The International Campaign for Tibet said Tsekho Tugchak, said to be…