COPENHAGEN, Denmark – Norway is moving to ban semi-automatic firearms as of 2021, which will mark a decade since mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik used such weapons to kill 69 people, most of them teenagers, before surrendering to police. Peter…
BERLIN – The German Defense Ministry says the military was called in to refuel the Iranian foreign minister's plane in Munich, after airport workers refused to do it for fear of running afoul of sanctions on Iran. The Defense Ministry…
DHAKA, Bangladesh – Three Nobel Peace laureates have accused Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi and the nation's military of genocide for their role in violence that has forced hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims to flee to Bangladesh. The…
BUCHAREST, Romania – Romania's besieged anti-corruption chief says the agency last year prosecuted a record number of cases, at a time when political attacks on the anti-corruption fight have escalated. Laura Codruta Kovesi, National Anti-Corruption Directorate chief prosecutor, on Wednesday…
COPENHAGEN, Denmark – Denmark's center-right government wants to double the punishment for crimes like vandalism and theft committed in areas with larger number of immigrants and higher unemployment, in an attempt to eliminate so-called "parallel societies" by 2030. In December,…
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan – Afghan officials say at least 30 people, including 19 police officers, have been kidnapped and six police killed by insurgents in separate incidents in southern Afghanistan. Gen. Abdul Raziq, Kandahar's police chief, says Wednesday a group of…
BEIRUT – The Russia-ordered brief humanitarian pause has taken effect for the second day in the rebel-held region near the Syrian capital. Still, no civilians have used the exit corridor manned by Syrian and Russian forces to leave while ground…
JOHANNESBURG – A lion that mauled a young woman to death in South Africa was under the care of a man known as the "lion whisperer" for his close interactions with the predators in his animal sanctuary. Kevin Richardson, who…
JAKARTA, Indonesia – Indonesia has seized a luxury yacht on the tourist island of Bali that is wanted by U.S. authorities as part of a probe into alleged multibillion-dollar corruption at Malaysian state investment fund 1MBD. Metro TV on Wednesday…
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia – An investigative journalist shot dead in Slovakia last week was working on a story about the activities of Italian mafia in his country and their links to people close to Prime Minister Robert Fico. Jan Kuciak's Aktuality.sk…
ISLAMABAD – Pakistani police say gunmen have opened fire on a vehicle carrying a senior police officer in the southwestern city of Quetta, killing two of his guards but the officer escaped unhurt. Abdur Razzaq Cheema, police chief in Quetta,…
BEIRUT – Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri has headed to Saudi Arabia in his first visit to the kingdom since his now-reversed resignation from Riyadh late last year in a bizarre sequence of events that deeply strained relations between the…
GALAPAGOS ISLANDS, Ecuador – It's the biggest shark — and the biggest fish — in the sea, often found roaming in warm waters around the globe with its huge mouth agape in search of dinner. Yet despite its hulking appearance,…
BAGHDAD – International aid agencies say Iraqi authorities are increasing pressure on families in displacement camps in Anbar province to return to their homes ahead of national elections scheduled for May. The families fled their homes during the war against…
TAIPEI, Taiwan – Prosecutors in eastern Taiwan have detained the developer of a building complex that collapsed in an earthquake earlier this month, killing 14 people. The office of the Hualien district prosecutor said in a statement Tuesday that Liu…
North Korea reportedly sent materials to Syria to be used for a chemical weapons facility, according to experts from the UN. (Reuters) North Korea recently delivered 50 tons of materials to Syria for use in building what appears to be a…
JERUSALEM – The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem has reopened after Israeli officials suspended a plan to impose taxes on church properties in the holy city. The famed church was opened early Wednesday after it was closed for…
KABUL, Afghanistan – Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani is calling on the Taliban to take part in peace talks to "save the country." Ghani spoke Wednesday at the 2nd Kabul Process Conference attended by representatives from more than 20 countries and…
BEIRUT – The Syrian government's battle to recapture the rebel-held eastern suburbs of Damascus is likely to be a long and bloody fight because of the presence of thousands of battle-hardened fighters who have had years to prepare. Many of…
AJMAN, United Arab Emirates – When famed Indian actress Sridevi died in the United Arab Emirates, a local compatriot helped get her body back home. Ashraf "Sherry" Thamarassery, a 44-year-old man from Kerala who runs a mechanic's shop in Ajman,…
A 22-year-old woman died after she was brutally mauled by a female lion on Tuesday at a game lodge north of Pretoria in South Africa. The African News Agency reported that the female lion mauled the woman in the Hammanskraal…
RIO DE JANEIRO – One by one, three black Brazilian men matter-of-factly give tips for interacting with police that sound very much like "the talk" that many black Americans have with their sons. Don't carry a long umbrella. Don't make…
RIO DE JANEIRO – One of Brazil's top arms dealers has been charged in the United States with illegally exporting firearms, accessories and ammunition. The decision by a court in Miami on Tuesday follows an investigation by the U.S. Immigration…
MANILA, Philippines – A spokesman for the chief justice on the Philippine Supreme Court says she expects to be impeached by the House of Representatives next month and will go on indefinite leave to prepare for the trial. Spokesman Jojo…