JERUSALEM – The mayor of Jerusalem says he is working with a third party to resolve a tax dispute with major Christian denominations that has led to the closure of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, one of Christianity's holiest…
BANGKOK – The prime minister of Thailand's military government, which took power in a coup in 2014, says the country will have elections by February next year, though he suggested the date remains conditional on the political situation remaining calm.…
BERLIN – The Latest on frigid weather in Europe (all times local): 12:35 p.m. Some migrants in the French capital have been exposed to the Siberian cold front that has engulfed Paris and large swathes of France with little more…
BERLIN – A small town in southwestern Germany has decided to keep a church bell dedicated to Adolf Hitler ringing, but as a memorial to spark dialogue about violence and injustice. The dpa news agency reported Tuesday the Herxheim am…
PRAGUE – A Czech court has ruled that the former leader of a Syrian Kurdish party detained by authorities in Prague will be released from detention despite Turkey's request for his extradition. Salih Muslim, former co-chair of the Democratic Union…
BERLIN – Germany's top court says the country's education minister overstepped constitutional boundaries and exceeded her neutrality in a statement she made about a nationalist party. Johanna Wanka had suggested that people should join protests against the Alternative for Germany…
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso – The trial for 84 people accused of masterminding a 2015 coup attempt has begun in Burkina Faso. Former presidential aides Gen. Gilbert Diendere and Gen. Djibril Bassole are among those facing a military tribunal. Hundreds of…
BEIJING – A Chinese anti-graft official says a new regulation allowing the detention of corruption suspects for up to six months without charge is "based on rule of law." The head of Beijing's anti-corruption watchdog body, Zhang Shuofu, on Tuesday…
BERLIN – Austria's public broadcaster is suing the country's vice chancellor for claiming it spreads fake news. Broadcaster ORF says nationalist politician Heinz-Christian Strache shared a post on Facebook earlier this month that defamed and discredited the work of 800…
ANKARA, Turkey – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has come under criticism for telling a small girl dressed in a military uniform that she would be honored if she were "martyred" for Turkey. Erdogan spotted the weeping-and-saluting 6-year-old Amine Tiras…
KAMPALA, Uganda – Uganda's ruling party is pushing for a referendum that could extend the longtime president's rule to 2035. Rogers Mulindwa, a spokesman for the National Resistance Movement party, says the referendum to extend the president's term from five…
LAHORE, Pakistan – The younger brother of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has been elected as acting president of the country's ruling party after the Supreme Court ruled that anyone disqualified from office cannot serve as party chief. Tuesday's…
COPENHAGEN, Denmark – A Danish newspaper says a whistleblower warned the management of Denmark's biggest bank in 2013 that family members of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russia's spy agency were using its Estonian bank branch for money laundering. Denmark's…
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia – A court in Cambodia has ordered the seizure of the headquarters of the country's former opposition party, which was dissolved last November after a ruling that it was involved in trying to overthrow the government of…
CAIRO – The Committee to Protect Journalists has urged the release of Yemeni journalist detained after he criticized local forces in southern Yemen, trained and funded by the United Arab Emirates. CPJ said on Monday that Awad Kashmeem was detained…
BERLIN – Germany has suffered one of its coldest nights, with the mercury dropping below minus 10 degrees Celsius (14 Fahrenheit) in large parts of the country. The German meteorological office said Tuesday it recorded a temperature of minus 30.4…
JUBA, South Sudan – Arual Longar was 9 years old when she decided to become a beauty queen. Growing up in refugee camps, the South Sudanese native watched her aunt compete on the world stage and dreamed of doing the…
ATHENS, Greece – Greece's economy and development minister has resigned, shortly after his wife, a junior cabinet minister, also stepped down over a rent allowance scandal. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras accepted the resignation of Dimitri Papadimitriou, the prime minister's office…
BEIRUT – A Russia-ordered "humanitarian pause" has gone into effect to allow civilians to leave a rebel-held enclave near Damascus but there were no immediate signs of any corridors set up for people to use. Rami Aburrahman of the Syrian…
Napolitano: Is Turkey a friend or enemy to US? Freedom Watch with Judge Napolitano: Judge Napolitano and former ambassador to the U.N., John Bolton, discuss President Erdogan of Turkey warning that Turkey would extend its military operation in Syria, which…
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia – Nineteen people, mostly foreigners, have been injured and the driver of the bus they were on killed in a collision with another vehicle in eastern Cambodia. Police Col. Sam Nal said those injured in the pre-dawn…
ISLAMABAD – As Pakistan navigates its troubled relationship with the United States and scrambles to avoid being blacklisted for doing too little, too late to stop terror funding, regional alliances are shifting and analysts ponder whether a cozier relationship with…
SEOUL, South Korea – Prosecutors have demanded a 30-year prison term for former South Korean President Park Geun-hye for alleged bribery, abuse of power and other crimes in a landmark corruption case that marked a stunning fall from grace for…
BEIJING – A well-known political commentator and a prominent businesswoman in China have penned public letters urging lawmakers to reject a plan that would allow President Xi Jinping to rule indefinitely. The rare and public expressions of dissent have come…