MILAN – Video footage of a British model leading Italian police to locations connected to her alleged kidnapping has been played at the trial of the man charged with abducting her. The evidence shown in court Monday features the model,…
PARIS – The French government has presented a plan to ensure the survival of wolves in the country as farmers repeatedly protest about financial losses caysed bt attacks on livestock. Environment minister Nicolas Hulot's plan, presented Monday, aims to have…
MEXICO CITY – Mexico's federal Attorney General's Office says two bodies found in a car have been confirmed to be those of two prosecution agents kidnapped Feb. 5 and forced to appear on a video by a drug gang. The…
ISIS claimed responsibility Monday for the deadly attack on Orthodox churchgoers in Russia that left at least five women dead. In a statement posted on an ISIS-affiliated website, the group said a Muslim fighter attacked a "a Christian temple" in…
JAKARTA, Indonesia – Rumbling Mount Sinabung on the Indonesian island of Sumatra shot billowing columns of ash more than 16,400 feet into the atmosphere and hot clouds down its slopes on Monday. There were no fatalities or injuries from the…
LONDON – A judge in Britain has sentenced a prolific pedophile to 38 years in prison in what is being described as a watershed moment for authorities coming to grips with technology's ability to spread depravity. Geophysicist Matthew Falder admitted…
BELGRADE, Serbia – Two U.S. and two Ukrainian citizens have been arrested in Serbia for trying to photograph the military security headquarters in downtown Belgrade with a drone. A Serbian state TV report Monday did not identify the four or…
KUWAIT CITY – A lawyer says two Kuwaiti ruling family members have been found guilty of insulting the country's National Assembly speaker. Sheikh Athbi Al Sabah, a nephew of Kuwait's ruling emir and former head of Kuwait's National Security Office,…
JERUSALEM – Israeli energy company Delek Drilling has announced a $15 billion deal to supply natural gas to Egypt. Delek and its U.S. partner, Noble Energy, signed a deal Monday to sell a total of 64 billion cubic meters of…
JOHANNESBURG – Mozambican media say at least 17 people died when heavy rains triggered the partial collapse of a huge mound of garbage in Mozambique's capital, Maputo. Radio Mocambique reported Monday that rescue workers believe more bodies could be buried…
KUWAIT CITY – In Kuwait, activists have been gathering nightly to peacefully demonstrate against their government — something that elsewhere in the Arabian Peninsula would see protesters tear-gassed, beaten, arrested and sentenced to prison. The rallies, just across the street…
JOHANNESBURG – South African authorities are escalating an anti-corruption drive against a business family linked to former president Jacob Zuma, saying they could seek Interpol's help to track suspects believed to be out of the country. Police Minister Fikile Mbalula…
MALE, Maldives – The president of the Maldives has asked Parliament to extend a state of emergency by two weeks as political turmoil continues in the country. The 85-member Parliament was expected to vote on the proposal later Monday, a…
PARIS – Morocco's king has ordered an investigation into a deadly train crash that killed six people. In a statement Monday, Morocco's interior ministry said King Mohammed VI is creating a joint commission to investigate the causes of the rail…
CAIRO – Egypt's military says three troops, including an officer, were killed in restive Sinai in fighting with militants. They are the first casualties Egypt has announced from an offensive Cairo launched on Feb. 9. Military spokesman Tamer al-Rifai said…
VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis has backed down and accepted the resignation of Nigerian bishop who had been rejected for years by the priests of his Ahiara diocese. The announcement Monday came after Francis in June issued a harsh ultimatum…
JAKARTA, Indonesia – Indonesian police say they have arrested four men and a boy who shot a critically endangered orangutan at least 130 times with an air gun. Villagers spotted the wounded orangutan in a lake in the East Kutai…
BAGHDAD – Islamic State militants have ambushed a group of Iraq's Shiite-led paramilitary fighters, killing at least 27. The Popular Mobilization Forces, an umbrella group of mostly Shiite militias, said on Monday that the attack took place the previous night…
MANILA, Philippines – Philippine police say authorities have arrested an Arab man who they believe is a former commander of the Islamic State group. Police Director General Ronald dela Rosa said Monday that police and military personnel arrested Fehmi Lassoued,…
BANGKOK – A cartoonist who lampoons Thailand's military government has done a caricature of a historian critical of the nation's monarchy and sold it in an online auction to raise money for legal aid for political dissidents. Anon Nampha of…
Militants disguised as Iraqi soldiers ambushed paramilitary troops Monday north of Baghdad, leaving at least 27 dead, officials said. It is unclear who was behind the attack. The attack comes days after NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg announced that the alliance will…
BUCHAREST, Romania – Religious protesters in Romania have disrupted the screening of two movies in Bucharest, saying they violate traditional values in the Eastern European country. The recent protests illustrate divided views about homosexuality which remains a difficult topic in…
NAPLES, Italy – In the Naples suburb of Torre del Greco, a port town at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, voters are steaming. Local seamen have jobs lost to foreigners willing to work for lower pay. The town is without…
HELSINKI – Latvia's financial regulator has ordered the crisis-struck ABLV Bank to cease all payments on the request of the European Central Bank amid U.S. accusations of money laundering and breaching sanctions on North Korea. The ECB said Monday that…