JERUSALEM – An Israeli court has extended the arrests of a media tycoon and a former adviser to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu implicated in a corruption case involving Israel's telecom giant. A Tel Aviv judge ordered that Nir Hefetz, an…
LONDON – A man and woman who met on a Muslim dating website have been handed prison sentences for plotting an Islamic State-inspired bomb attack in Britain. Prosecutors say Munir Mohammed, an asylum-seeker from Sudan, and London pharmacist Rowaida El-Hassan…
ATHENS, Greece – Lawmakers have approved the sale of a 67 percent stake of the Thessaloniki Port Authority in Greece's second largest city, in a deal worth 232 million euros ($285 million). Parliament ratified the concession agreement through 2051 which…
SAO PAULO – Authorities have announced plans to relocate Venezuelan migrants who have fled to Brazil's northern state of Roraima. The state is struggling to cope with the influx of an estimated 40,000 Venezuelans who are fleeing hunger and unrest…
MOGADISHU, Somalia – The United States military for the second straight day is announcing a drone strike that killed al-Shabab extremists in Somalia. The U.S. Africa Command says the strike on Wednesday killed four "terrorists" near Jamaame in Lower Juba…
The kingdom announced the opera house will be built in the Red Sea city of Jiddah. (Reuters) Saudi Arabia says construction will soon begin on the first opera house in the kingdom, where concerts have been banned for two decades,…
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Puerto Rico's governor says experts at George Washington University will lead an in-depth review to determine the number of deaths caused by Hurricane Maria amid accusations that the U.S. territory has undercounted the toll. Gov.…
JERUSALEM – Qatar's point man for the Gaza Strip is calling on the world to send humanitarian aid urgently to the war-torn territory. Mohammed Al-Emadi told The Associated Press in an interview on Thursday that Gaza is "on the verge…
GENEVA – Swiss customs authorities say the number of undocumented migrants who entered Switzerland last year shrank nearly by half compared to a record influx in 2016. The Federal Customs Administration says border guards found 27,300 people on illegal stays…
ROME – The leader of Italy's right-wing League party says he admires President Donald Trump for keeping many of his campaign promises, but says arming teachers isn't the way to protect children from school shootings. Speaking Thursday at the foreign…
BERLIN – Germany is withdrawing a system of special visa treatment for Cambodian officials, including Prime Minister Hun Sen and his family, citing the southeast Asian country's crackdown on the opposition. The foreign ministry said in a statement Thursday that…
CAIRO – Egypt's military says seven troops have been killed so far in a massive security operation launched this month against Islamic militants in the restive northern Sinai Peninsula and other areas. The military's spokesman, Tamer al-Rifai, said on Thursday…
John Nixon, an 88-year-old British military veteran, rescued a young woman from two knife-wielding robbers. (Evening Standard) An 88-year-old British military veteran tapped into his decades-old training to reportedly save a young woman from five knife-wielding thugs. John Nixon, who…
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – Malaysian police said a popular ethnic Chinese rapper was detained Thursday over complaints that his latest music video featuring dancers wearing dog masks and performing "obscene" moves insulted Islam and could hurt racial harmony. It was…
BRUSSELS – Belgian police sealed off part of a Brussels suburb Thursday and searched two apartments, warning residents to stay inside following witness reports that an armed man could be at large. The area in the Forest neighborhood was reopened…
Belgian police have sealed off part of a Brussels suburb amid reports that an armed man could be at large. (AP) BRUSSELS – Belgian police sealed off part of a Brussels suburb Thursday and searched two apartments, warning residents to…
LJUBLJANA, Slovenia – Slovenia's government has sacked the army chief of staff after the military's poor performance at a NATO combat readiness test. The government on Thursday replaced Maj. Gen. Andrej Osterman, appointing his deputy, Alan Geder, to the post.…
Seven Americans were among more than two dozen people injured when an explosion ripped through a ferry as it unloaded passengers in a Mexican tourist destination Wednesday. The U.S. Embassy in Mexico confirmed the number of American citizens injured in…
BRUSSELS – The Latest on the police operation in Brussels (all times local): 3:10 p.m. Belgian police say an incident involving a suspected armed man in Brussels is not terror-related. Brussels police spokeswoman Kathleen Calie said Thursday that officers from…
WARSAW, Poland – A local official in Poland says a runaway cow that avoided captivity for weeks has died after it was caught and put on a truck to be taken to a farm. The red Limousin beef cow fled…
NAIROBI, Kenya – Kenya's High Court has begun hearing arguments in a case that challenges parts of the penal code seen as targeting the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities. The National Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission argues that…
Belgian police have sealed off part of a Brussels suburb amid reports that an armed man could be at large. (AP) BRUSSELS – Belgian police sealed off part of a Brussels suburb Thursday, warning residents to stay inside amid media…
FRANKFURT, Germany – The minutes to the last policy meeting of the European Central Bank suggest that policymakers could indicate as soon as March that they are mulling an earlier end to their stimulus program. According to the minutes to…
KIGALI, Rwanda – The United Nations refugee agency says protests by Congolese refugees in Rwanda have turned violent with several people injured and that police have fired into the air to disperse them. Tensions are high over cuts in food…