KIGALI, Rwanda – A United Nations official says 11 Congolese refugees were killed last week as Rwandan police tried to put down a protest over reduced food rations. Daniela Ionita with the U.N. refugee agency says the deaths occurred in…
THESSALONIKI, Greece – The stone walls that cut through the old quarter of Greece's second-largest city defended Thessaloniki for more than 2,000 years. For a 24-year-old Pakistani immigrant, parts of the remaining ramparts mean survival. Muhammed Adeel and other homeless…
MEXICO CITY – Officials in the southern Mexico state of Guerrero say a state assembly candidate has been killed just days after another office seeker was shot to death in the same city. The ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party says candidate…
BRUSSELS – European Union and Arab League countries insist that Jerusalem must be the joint capital of Israel and a future Palestinian state, as the U.S. prepares to move its embassy there in a step angering the Arab world. Speaking…
ALGIERS, Algeria – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has started a five-day trip to Africa aimed at boosting his country's influence in the continent. Starting off in Algeria on Monday, Erdogan is seeking to give a boost to economic relations…
ROME – The Vatican is loaning some of its most beautiful liturgical vestments, jeweled miter caps and historic papal tiaras for an upcoming exhibit on Catholic influences in fashion at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Vatican culture minister, Cardinal…
LONDON – A London man has been sentenced to seven years in prison for terrorism offenses after an investigation that started with a complaint about a Facebook message. Mohammed Kamal Hussain was sentenced in Kingston Crown Court Monday after being…
GENEVA – The Latest on the meeting of the U.N. Human Rights Council (all times local): 1:15 p.m. Hungary's foreign minister has called for the resignation of the United Nations' human rights chief for referring to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor…
JERUSALEM – Relatives of Ahed Tamimi, the Palestinian teen-turned-protest icon, say troops arrested 10 people from her West Bank village, including a 15-year-old cousin with a serious head injury. The teen, Mohammed, had part of his skull removed by surgeons…
CONAKRY, Guinea – Police in Guinea have used tear gas to disperse opposition supporters who burned tires and demonstrated in the capital to challenge the results of the country's first municipal elections in 13 years. Opposition head Cellou Dalein Diallo…
Ships carrying illicit cargo to North Korea can expect rough seas ahead due to a planned crackdown on sanctions violators initiated by the U.S. and its regional allies -- a move that potentially enhances tensions with the volatile Hermit Kingdom.…
ISLAMABAD – The United Nations development program has appointed the first Pakistani woman to climb Mount Everest as its goodwill ambassador for the country. A statement issued Monday says Samina Baig will lead efforts to build national awareness and partnerships…
THESSALONIKI, Greece – Greek police say arsonists have destroyed a car with diplomatic plates belonging to the Albanian consulate in the northern city of Thessaloniki. The attack occurred early Monday, police said. Unknown arsonists poured petrol over the parked vehicle,…
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria – Frightened students are staying away from the school in northern Nigeria where Boko Haram extremists seized 110 girls in a raid a week ago. The Government Girls Science and Technical College in Dapchi in Yobe state had…
ATHENS, Greece – Greek police have confirmed that a hand grenade was thrown overnight at an Athens police station, hours after militants claimed the attack on a far-left website. Police say a taxi driver was lightly injured by the blast,…
KINSHASA, Congo – Organizers of anti-government marches in Congo say security forces shot dead at least four people and wounded dozens more in Sunday's nationwide protest against President Joseph Kabila's extended rule. The Lay Coordination Committee on Monday announced that…
GENEVA – The U.N. human rights chief has accused the veto-wielding members of the U.N. Security Council of being second only to criminals who kill and maim when it comes to responsibility for some of the world's most egregious rights…
BERLIN – German Chancellor Angela Merkel is urging her party to sign off on a deal to form a new coalition government with the center-left Social Democrats. Merkel told a party convention Monday that Germany is in a "difficult and…
BEIJING – A close friend of a prominent Chinese human rights lawyer says the lawyer has "mysteriously" died in a military hospital. Bob Fu, a religious activist who has known Li Baiguang for over a decade, says the government should…
BUCHAREST, Romania – Romania's top legal body has summoned the chief anti-corruption prosecutor to answer charges made by the justice minister who wants her ousted over what he says are serious concerns about the way she does her job. The…
WARSAW, Poland – The last surviving Christian Poles who helped Jews during the Holocaust are appealing to Polish and Israeli authorities to return to a path of "dialogue and reconciliation" amid a diplomatic crisis and bitter emotions sparked by a…
Ten people were killed in airstrikes as bombardment resumed Monday in the rebel-held suburbs of east Damascus, a Syrian monitoring group and paramedics say, bringing the death toll to 24 since the U.N.-mandated cease-fire on Saturday. Syrian state television showed…
BRUSSELS – The European Union is weighing whether to impose sanctions on senior officials in Cambodia over the erosion of democracy and a crackdown on the opposition and media there. EU foreign ministers on Monday urged Cambodia "to restore democracy…
ATHENS, Greece – Greece's government is opening a last round of reforms talks with bailout creditors, just five months before the country's massive rescue loan program ends. Government officials say that the talks with representatives of Greece's European partners and…