BANGKOK – Myanmar's parliament has approved a budget of about $15 million for the construction of a fence and related projects along the border with Bangladesh in Rakhine state, from which about 700,000 members of its persecuted ethnic Rohingya Muslim…
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine foreign secretary says one of two suspects in the gruesome death of a Filipina housemaid whose body was found stuffed in a freezer in an apartment in Kuwait has been arrested in Lebanon. Foreign Secretary…
PARIS – France has unveiled a vast new program to counter radicalization, as jihadis return from the battlefields of Syria and Iraq and the watch list of people showing risk signs grows. Prime Minister Edouard Philippe on Friday announced the…
JUBA, South Sudan – South Sudan's special high court has sentenced a South African military veteran to execution by hanging. Retired colonel William Endley, a former adviser to past Vice President Riek Machar, had been convicted on charges of conspiracy…
DAPCHI, Nigeria – The sound of gunfire rang out as residents gathered for evening prayers at the mosque. Soon the armed fighters showed up in their trucks and made their target clear: Where was the girls' school, they asked. Usman…
JERUSALEM – The Israel military says an initial inquiry suggests that a Palestinian whose beating by soldiers was caught on video may have died from tear gas inhalation. Friday's statement came ahead of an autopsy and did not elaborate. The…
BEIRUT – The Latest on developments in Syria (all times local): 2:25 p.m. A main Syrian opposition group is calling on the international community to prevent Russia from voting on a new U.N. Security Council resolution saying Moscow is part…
BRUSSELS – The Latest on European Union meeting on West Africa's Sahel region (all times local): 1:05 p.m. The European Union's top diplomat says donors have pledged 414 million euros ($510 million) to five impoverished countries in West Africa's Sahel…
BERLIN – The German government says one of its citizens held in Turkey has been released, but must remain in the country. The foreign ministry's announcement Friday follows the release last week of German journalist Deniz Yucel, who had been…
JERUSALEM – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says he has undergone medical tests while in the United States and that he is in good health. Speaking on Palestine TV late Thursday night Abbas said "it was a good opportunity to be…
BRUSSELS – European leaders — minus Britain's prime minister — are meeting to discuss how the bloc will cope with a multibillion-euro hole in its budget caused by Brexit. Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite, a former EU budget commissioner, said Friday…
BERLIN – German Chancellor Angela Merkel has shown her conservative party that she's still very much in charge and keen to shape its future, installing a close ally who's popular in her own right in a top party post following…
KAMPALA, Uganda – Rwandan police say five Congolese refugees have been killed in a protest over reduced food rations, with the U.N. refugee agency saying police fired at the protesters. Police say in a statement that another 15 people were…
BREBES, Indonesia – Heavy rains hampered the search for victims of a landslide on the Indonesian island of Java as authorities raised the death toll to seven. The chief of the disaster mitigation agency in Brebes, Eko Andalas, said a…
NEW DELHI – Donald Trump Jr., the eldest son of the U.S. president, is to make a foreign policy speech at a business summit during his whirlwind trip to India where he has been promoting Trump-brand real estate. The business…
MILAN – While Italy's economic growth has picked up this year, it belies grim realities below the surface, few of which are being addressed directly as politicians stump for a national ballot on March 4. The economy is forecast to…
PARIS – France's armed forces spokesman says that French soldiers killed "around 10" jihadis last week in Mali during an operation near the Niger border. In comments to the AP Friday, Colonel Eric Steiger said the operation that took place…
BERLIN – A food bank in Germany is being criticized for its decision to stop serving more foreigners, who make up a growing percentage of its users. The food bank in the western city of Essen announced last month it…
BEIJING – Chinese police have ordered two men detained for 15 days after they posted pictures on the internet of themselves wearing Japanese World War II army uniforms at the site of one of the greatest atrocities of the war.…
MOSCOW – The chief of staff for Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been sentenced to 30 days in jail on charges of violating public order in connection with an unsanctioned protest rally. Leonid Volkov was sentenced late Thursday, several…
BRUSSELS – The European Union is pledging 50 million euros ($61 million) to a joint counterterror force in West Africa's Sahel region, as leaders gather Friday in a show of support for the impoverished nations. European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker…
CURIEUSE ISLAND, Seychelles – With deep blue waters, white sand beaches and rich marine life, the tiny island nation of the Seychelles is announcing a pioneering marine conservation plan as part of a debt swap deal with creditors. In an…
BEIRUT – Human Rights Watch is criticizing the way Turkey is conducting its offensive in northern Syria, saying it has failed to take necessary precautions to avoid civilian casualties. The New York-based group cites three attacks in the Afrin region…
JUBA, South Sudan – The witness accounts remain appalling. One South Sudanese man returned home after hiding from government soldiers to find they had blinded his mother, gouging out her eyes with spears. She had tried to defend her 17-year-old…