BERLIN – German police say a Muslim woman wearing a veil covering her entire face and body was attacked and verbally abused inside a Berlin store. Police said Tuesday a 28-year-old woman insulted the victim and ripped the veil of…
SAO PAULO – Brazil's lower house has approved a decree to put the military in charge of Rio de Janeiro's security forces amid a spike in violence. The military took over Friday, but the presidential decree still needs congressional approval.…
BRUSSELS – The Latest on migrant issues in Europe (all times local): 4:15 p.m. A Greek court in the northern city of Thessaloniki has convicted a Palestinian man of running a major migrant-smuggling ring and sentenced him to 13 years…
WARSAW, Poland – A regional official in Poland wants two fragments of the wall that isolated the Warsaw Ghetto put on a list of historical monuments. The proposal published on Tuesday says the red brick wall at 53 Sienna Street…
CARACAS, Venezuela – A Venezuelan opposition official says the largest parties in the broad anti-government coalition have decided to boycott an upcoming presidential election they say won't be free or fair. Lawmaker Edgar Zambrano told The Associated Press on Tuesday…
BUHERA, Zimbabwe – Thousands of people in Zimbabwe have gathered for the burial of opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, whose death from cancer exacerbated divisions within a movement preparing for elections this year. A hearse carrying Tsvangirai's body in a white…
MALE, Maldives – Maldives' parliament has approved a 30-day extension of a state of emergency declared by the president to strengthen his power after the Supreme Court ordered the release of imprisoned political opponents. The speaker of parliament, Abdulla Maseeh,…
JOHANNESBURG – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa says public representatives will undergo "lifestyle audits" as part of his campaign to clean up the government. Ramaphosa said Tuesday that the scrutiny will start with the executive branch, and that he was…
PARIS – The French prosecutor's office says three people have been detained in France in connection with August's deadly attacks in Barcelona and Cambrils. The arrests were made in the southern French regions of Tarn and Gard Tuesday after a…
VALLETTA, Malta – A fire in the arrivals lounge has forced the temporary closure of Malta's only airport. Incoming flights were diverted to Sicily, Italy and departing flights were delayed after the fire on Tuesday afternoon, which forced the evacuation…
The Danish inventor accused of murdering journalist Kim Wall during a trip on his private submarine reportedly texted a former lover he had "a murder plan ready in the submarine" just days before the fatal voyage. Peter Madsen, 47, planned…
BANGKOK – Rights groups are urging authorities in Myanmar to investigate and release information about two ethnic Kachin civilians believed to be held by soldiers in the country's north, where fighting has raged between government forces and armed Kachin rebels.…
BRUSSELS – The head of the European Union's border agency says the number of migrants trying to reach Europe through the Mediterranean will remain high this year, with more expected to arrive through Spain. Fabrice Leggeri told reporters Tuesday that…
BERLIN – Members of Germany's center-left Social Democratic Party have started voting on whether to accept the coalition agreement negotiated by their leaders with Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative bloc on forming a new government. SPD leaders promised to give the…
DHAKA, Bangladesh – A Bangladeshi official says Myanmar has agreed to resettle more than 6,000 Rohingya Muslims who have been stranded in a no man's land between the two countries, as plans for the repatriation of hundreds of thousands of…
GOMA, Congo – Authorities say two workers with a French aid group have been killed by armed gunmen in a village in eastern Congo while a third has been taken hostage. The U.N. humanitarian agency said Monday that they had…
China is reportedly demanding a 24-year-old American man face "severe punishment" for allegedly snapping off the left thumb of a $4.5 million ancient terra-cotta warrior statue on display at a Philadelphia museum. Michael Rohana, 24, was charged with theft and…
China is reportedly demanding a 24-year-old American man face "severe punishment" for allegedly snapping off the left thumb of a $4.5 million ancient Terracotta Warrior statue on display at a Philadelphia museum. Michael Rohana was charged with theft and concealment…
ATHENS, Greece – Greek authorities say 17 Turks who reached a Greek island by dinghy from Turkey are seeking political asylum in Greece. The 17 are reportedly Turkish civil servants and their families who fled a government crackdown in the…
LEIDSCHENDAM, Netherlands – Lawyers for one of four alleged Hezbollah members accused of involvement in the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri called Tuesday on judges at a U.N.-backed tribunal to acquit him, saying prosecutors have not…
CAIRO – An Egyptian court has added a detained Islamist politician to a list of wanted "terrorists" over his alleged links to the country's outlawed Muslim Brotherhood group. The South Cairo Criminal Court added Abdel-Monaem Abul Fetouh, 66, and 15…
ANKARA, Turkey – The Turkish justice minister says the government is considering introducing chemical castration for child abusers, following a series of reports of sexual assault on children. Abdulhamit Gul told reporters Tuesday that under the measure being considered, courts…
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa's city of Cape Town has made more progress in putting off "Day Zero," the date when it might have to turn off most water taps because of a drought. The opposition party that runs the city…
