BUCHAREST, Romania – Snow and freezing rain have delayed dozens of flights in Romania, while trains are also running late after an unseasonal cold snap gripped the country. Valentin Iordache, the spokesman for Bucharest airports, reported 30 flight delays Monday…
PARIS – France's government has presented a plan to better fight against racism and anti-Semitism, focusing on social media and prevention in schools. Prime minister Edouard Philippe said Monday France will push for a Europe-wide effort to force internet giants…
HELSINKI – Danish police say they are searching at least two people suspected of attacking the Turkish embassy in Copenhagen with firebombs. Henrik Moll, head of Copenhagen police, told reporters Monday that no one was injured in the early morning…
LONDON – The Roman Catholic Church in Scotland says Cardinal Keith O'Brien, who became the first cardinal in history to recuse himself from a papal election over a personal scandal, has died. He was 80. O'Brien had resigned as archbishop…
BEAU VALLON, Seychelles – Beneath the crystal-clear waters of the Indian Ocean island nation of the Seychelles, a fight is growing to save the coral reefs that shelter a range of creatures, from tiny invertebrates to the sprawling octopus, from…
HARARE, Zimbabwe – Ahead of Zimbabwe's crucial elections this year, the biggest opposition party has selected a charismatic lawyer and pastor to challenge the military-backed president in the first vote without former leader Robert Mugabe in decades. It will be…
BEIRUT – The Latest on the conflict in Syria (all times local): 9:40 a.m. Turkey's state-run news agency says a booby trap bomb reportedly left by Syrian Kurdish fighters in the northern Syrian town of Afrin has killed 11 people…
MOSCOW – The Latest on Russian President Vladimir Putin's re-election victory (all times local): 10:10 a.m. Russian election authorities have annulled voting results in five districts as they investigate ballot stuffing and other problems in the presidential election. Central election…
JERUSALEM – Israel's internal security agency says a French employee of France's Consulate in Jerusalem has been arrested on charges of smuggling dozens of guns from the Gaza Strip to the West Bank. A statement Monday from the Shin Bet…
CAIRO – Egypt's military says four troops and 36 Islamic militants have died in the past five days of fighting in the restive Sinai Peninsula. Monday's statement says one officer was among the four killed army personnel. It also says…
BEIRUT – A Syria war monitoring group says Turkish-allied militiamen are looting the northern Syrian town of Afrin after the Turkish military and allied Syrian fighters seized control of it. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Monday the…
TOKYO – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has been grilled in parliament by opposition lawmakers over a widening school land sale scandal linked to his wife, as approval ratings for his Cabinet plunged to their lowest levels. Opposition lawmakers renewed…
MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin's crushing re-election victory puts his opponents in a tough spot. They gathered widespread examples of apparent voting violations in Sunday's vote, but it's unlikely to seriously damage Putin given his widespread support. With 99.8…
JERUSALEM – Israeli police say an Israeli man has died of his wounds after a Palestinian attacker stabbed him in Jerusalem's Old City. Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld says the man died in hospital late on Sunday following the attack. The…
BEIJING – A U.S.-trained economist was appointed Monday to succeed the longtime governor of China's central bank, Zhou Xiaochuan, at a time when the ruling Communist Party is trying to reduce financial risks and surging debt. The elevation of Yi…
MOSCOW – Vladimir Putin now has a stronger hold on Russia — and stronger place in the world — thanks to an overwhelming mandate for yet another term as president. His domestic opponents are largely resigned to another six years…
MEXICO CITY – Under a patchwork shelter of overlapping tarps and repurposed vinyl advertisements, several dozen residents of 18 Independence Street pack cheek by jowl into donated tents in the street near their building, which was damaged in the Sept.…
BEIJING – China has appointed a former missile force commander as its new defense minister. Lt. Gen. Wei Fenghe's naming as the international face of China's rapid military modernization was among a series of appointments undertaken by the ceremonial legislature…
MANILA, Philippines – Philippine officials say firefighters have found two more bodies in a hotel and casino complex in the Philippine capital that was gutted by fire and thick heavy smoke and raised the death toll to five. Officials said…
CANBERRA, Australia – Wildfires razed dozens of homes in southeast Australia, cut power to thousands more and killed livestock, but most of the weekend blazes had been contained by Monday. There have been no reports of serious injury, officials said.…
Australian officials on Sunday shut down rumors that missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 could be seen in the Indian Ocean and was riddled with "bullet holes." Peter McMahon, a 64-year-old Australian mechanical engineer, claimed that Google Earth images purportedly showed…
SEOUL, South Korea – Top U.S., South Korean and Japanese officials have discussed how to achieve a complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula ahead of upcoming inter-Korean and U.S.-North Korean summit talks. Seoul has said previously that North Korean leader…
CANBERRA, Australia – Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi was welcomed to Australia's Parliament House on Monday for the official start of a state visit that has provoked protests over her muted response to a military crackdown against Rohingya Muslims.…
Melbourne Crime Investigation Unit detectives are investigating a burglary at a Melbourne bookstore that has to be seen to be believed. The break-in happened at a shopping centre on Collins St, in the Melbourne CBD, around midnight last Thursday. Police…