VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis is cautioning bishops to avoid politicking, business and high society. Francis elevated to bishops' rank three priests during a ceremony in St. Peter's Basilica on Monday evening. He said bishops should "abandon the temptation to…
SANAA, Yemen – Yemeni security officials say local forces backed by the United Arab Emirates are expanding their reach in the country's south, where they have clashed with forces loyal to the internationally recognized president. The UAE is part of…
HELSINKI – Finland's foreign minister says representatives from North and South Korea are holding diplomatic talks in the Nordic country and describes Finland's role as a "facilitator." Foreign Minister Timo Soini told the Finnish news agency STT on Monday that…
THE HAGUE, Netherlands – Dutch police say four people have been killed in a collision between a minibus and a truck in the southern town of Helmond. Police in the East Branbant region say in a tweet that four people…
MOSCOW – Now that President Vladimir Putin has overwhelmingly won re-election for another six years, some are wondering whether he will try to stay in power in Russia for life. Chinese leader Xi Jinping recently managed it, scrapping term limits…
British police have launched a murder investigation into the death of Nikolai Glushkov, a Russian businessman living in London. (Ki Price/The Times/Mega) There were no signs of forced entry at a London home where a Russian businessman was found dead…
WARSAW, Poland – France's ambassador to Poland has greeted a group of returning Polish climbers, one of whom helped rescue a French woman in the Himalayas. The climbers returned Monday to Warsaw's airport from a three-month expedition during which they…
TORONTO – Canada has announced a peacekeeping effort in the West African country of Mali that includes six helicopters and some support troops. Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland said Monday the deployment will be 12 months. The mission will include two…
THESSALONIKI, Greece – A court in northern Greece has convicted a Syrian refugee of having been a fighter with the Islamic State group in Syria, and sentenced him to eight years' imprisonment. The Komotini court acquitted the man Monday of…
BERLIN – Borussia Dortmund's ex-coach Thomas Tuchel has testified at the trial of a man accused of bombing the German soccer club's bus that the attack was partly responsible for his departure. Defender Marc Bartra and a police officer were…
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia – Slovakia's prosecutor general has asked Italian authorities to create a joint investigative team with their Slovak counterparts in the case of the slaying of a journalist and his fiancee that triggered a serious political crisis. Jaromir Ciznar…
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is a man on a mission. Known to many simply by his initials, MBS, the 32-year-old was given expansive new powers by his father just nine months ago and arrives Tuesday in Washington, D.C.…
NAQOURA, Lebanon – The head of U.N. peacekeepers in Lebanon is praising their contribution to peace efforts as the force marks 40 years since its establishment on the frontier with neighboring Israel. Maj. Gen. Michael Beary, commander of the force…
CAIRO – Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir has met his Egyptian counterpart in Cairo, as the two countries look to repair ties that were recently frayed over an upstream Nile dam being built by Ethiopia. At a joint press conference Monday,…
LONDON – British police say no sign of forced entry has been found at the home where a London-based Russian businessman died from a neck compression. Metropolitan Police Commander Clarke Jarrett said Monday the forensic investigation into the death of…
LONDON – Martina Navratilova says she is "angry" and feels let down by the BBC after learning that John McEnroe gets paid at least 10 times more than her for their broadcasting roles at Wimbledon. In a list of the…
ROME – Pope Francis has asked forgiveness for all Christians who buy sex from women, saying that men who frequent prostitutes are criminals with a "sick mentality" who think that women exist to be exploited. He insisted Monday: "This isn't…
The Bermuda Police Service is searching for missing 19-year-old St. Joseph's University student Mark Dombroski. (Bermuda Police Service.) Authorities on the British island territory of Bermuda are searching for a 19-year-old college student from Pennsylvania who was last seen at…
BERLIN – Germany's government is rejecting the idea that former Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder should face sanctions over his links to Russian business and to President Vladimir Putin. Schroeder was close to Putin as chancellor and became involved with a Russian-German…
THE HAGUE, Netherlands – Land-locked Bolivia is calling on the International Court of Justice to order Chile to enter negotiations over granting Bolivia access to the Pacific Ocean. Bolivia lost its only seacoast to Chile in a war from 1879…
GENEVA – U.S. President Donald Trump's nominee to head the U.N. migration agency acknowledges a controversy over his social media posts about Muslims and other topics, but insists "retweets are not endorsements" and says he wants to be judged on…
TEHRAN, Iran – Iran has sentenced to death a supporter of a Sufi leader who rammed a bus into a group of policemen last month, killing three, before being arrested. The incident in Tehran took place during February clashes between…
KABUL, Afghanistan – Afghan officials say bombs attached to motorcycles have killed four people in separate attacks. One struck outside a sports stadium in eastern Nangarhar province, killing three on Monday. Akramuddin, a provincial police official, says the explosion occurred…
ROME – A Spanish aid group says Italy has seized one of its migrant rescue boats because it refused to cave in to death threats by the Libya coast guard and hand over the migrants. Proactiva Open Arms on Monday…