ROME – More acts of vandalism and violence have occurred during Italy's tense election campaign, with targets including far-right and far-left advocates and other politicians. A swastika and written graffiti were found Wednesday defacing a Rome monument honoring police killed…
More than a dozen people were reportedly injured Wednesday in an explosion on a ferry docked at a Mexican tourist destination. The ferry, owned by Barcos Caribe, was docked at a pier in the popular Playa de Carmen tourist destination…
CAIRO – Egypt's official news agency says police have arrested six suspected Muslim Brotherhood members on a farm allegedly owned by a recently detained Islamist politician. The state-run MENA agency quoted an unnamed security official on Wednesday as saying the…
MILAN – A Polish man charged with kidnapping a British model for ransom has claimed she agreed to the ploy in a bid to boost her career. Lukasz Herba, testifying in his own defense at an Italian trial Wednesday, said…
MEXICO CITY – Religion has been the electrified "third rail" of Mexican politics since anti-clerical laws in the 1920s sparked a bloody uprising by Catholics in which thousands died. But this week, front-running presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador not…
In this photo provided by the government news agency Andina, a crashed bus lays on the bottom of a cliff in Arequipa, Peru, Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2018. At least 25 people were killed when their bus veered off a highway…
21-month-old Alfie Evans has a mystery degenerative brain condition that has left him in a coma for a year, reports said. (Facebook) Doctors treating a sick British toddler can shut off the child’s life support despite his parents’ wishes to…
PARIS – Newly-elected Liberian President George Weah and French counterpart Emmanuel Macron have announced the creation of a fund to support sport projects in Africa. Weah, a former international soccer star, on his first trip out of Africa as head…
BERLIN – A European space probe has swung into position around Mars in preparation to analyze its atmosphere for possible signs of life. The European Space Agency said Wednesday its Trace Gas Orbiter successfully performed a delicate maneuver known as…
PARIS – Two French soldiers died in Mali when their armored vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device. The office of French President Emmanuel Macron said a soldier and an officer were killed Wednesday morning in the attack. They…
LONDON – Britain's Supreme Court says police can be held liable for failing to bring serious criminals to justice — a ruling that could open U.K. forces to a wave of lawsuits from victims. The top court upheld a lower…
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan's Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled against former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, declaring that anyone disqualified from holding office cannot serve as head of a political party. The decision will likely force Sharif to step down as president…
BELGRADE, Serbia – Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov is criticizing Western policies toward his country, urging European countries to maintain good relations with Moscow despite the Russia-West divisions. Lavrov said Wednesday during a visit to Slovenia that being a member…
BERLIN – A German court has sentenced a Swede to life in prison for shooting dead a woman in Frankfurt 26 years ago. Public broadcaster HR reported that the Frankfurt regional court found John Ausonius guilty Wednesday of murdering restaurant…
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa's finance minister has announced the first increase in the value-added tax in a quarter-century as the country seeks to bring in new revenue. Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba's budget speech comes less than a week after South…
LONDON – Public awareness of the problem of plastic waste is swelling and companies are reacting. After alarming forecasts that there could be more plastic than fish in the oceans by 2050 and striking documentary footage of plastic in the…
YANGON, Myanmar – Myanmar authorities says a bomb exploded in a bank in the northern city of Lashio, a region where there is fighting between the government and ethnic minority guerrillas, killing two people and injuring 21 others. The Facebook…
Kim Jong Un’s cash flow is expected to run dry by October if international sanctions continue crippling his regime’s economy, a South Korean lawmaker said Wednesday, following months of rumors about North Korea’s financial woes. Kang Seok-ho, of the Liberty…
SKOPJE, Macedonia – Macedonian authorities have begun replacing road signs on the country's main highway named by the previous government after the ancient warrior king Alexander the Great, in a goodwill gesture toward neighboring Greece. Gajur Kadriu, head of Macedonia's…
LIMA, Peru – Police say at least 25 people were killed when their bus veered off a highway and tumbled 200 meters (about 650 feet) down a cliff in southern Peru. Highway Police chief Dino Escudero tells RPP radio that…
MADRID – A Spanish judge has ordered the arrest of a leading Catalan separatist politician if she returns to Spain from Switzerland, where she has moved to avoid a judicial inquiry. Judge Pablo Llarena issued the national arrest warrant after…
KAMPALA, Uganda – Inside the immigration office in Tel Aviv, Yohannes Tesfagabr considered his options. He could not dare return to his native Eritrea, a country he risked his life to flee in 2010. He also hoped to avoid the…
There has been a muted and perplexed response here to reports that North Korea snubbed a planned meeting with Vice President Pence during his visit at the start of the Olympics. The presidential "Blue House" did not respond to…
SANTIAGO, Chile – The special envoy sent by Pope Francis to investigate allegations that sex abuse was covered up has been hospitalized in Chile. Catholic bishop's conference spokesman Jaime Coiro says the problems affecting Charles Scicluna aren't extremely serious, "but…