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Husband of slain MP Jo Cox steps down after misconduct claim

LONDON –  The widower of a slain British legislator has stepped down from two charities set up in her memory after allegations of sexual misconduct in the past were reported. Brendan Cox said late Saturday night he had acted inappropriately…

The Latest: Netanyahu to Poland: Don't rewrite Holocaust

MUNICH –  The Latest from the Munich Security Conference (all times local): 11:25 a.m. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that Israel "will never allow the rewriting of the historical truth" about the Holocaust — a statement that comes as tensions…

Egypt accepts delay of Ethiopia dam meeting as protests rage

CAIRO –  Egypt's Foreign Ministry says it accepts Ethiopia's request to delay a meeting about a dam that Ethiopia is building on the Blue Nile River, after Addis Ababa declared a state of emergency amid the worst anti-government protests in…

Israeli PM: Iran becoming increasingly aggressive in region

MUNICH –  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says an international agreement with Iran has emboldened the regime in Tehran to become increasingly aggressive in the region. Netanyahu told world leaders, defense officials and diplomats at the Munich Security Conference on…

Poland tries to frame PM's Holocaust remarks as frank debate

WARSAW, Poland –  A spokeswoman for Poland's prime minister has sought to downplay his words equating Polish collaborators in the Holocaust to alleged "Jewish perpetrators" by saying they were an invitation to a frank debate about the World War II…

No survivors in Iran plane crash, airline says

An Iran Aseman Airlines passenger jet reportedly crashed in a mountainous area south of Tehran.  (Reuters) A commercial airliner has crashed in southern Iran, killing all 66 people aboard, an airline spokesman told Iran state television Sunday. The plane carried…

Airliner crashes in southern Iran with 66 aboard: report

An Iran Aseman Airlines passenger jet reportedly crashed in a mountainous area south of Tehran.  (Reuters) A commercial airliner carrying 66 people has crashed in southern Iran, the country’s semi-official Fars news agency reported. The report on Sunday said the…

Report: Plane carrying 66 people crashes in southern Iran

TEHRAN, Iran –  The semi-official Fars news agency says a commercial airplane carrying 66 people has crashed in southern Iran. The report on Sunday says the plane crashed near the remote mountain town of Semirom, some 620 kilometers, or about…

Iraqi victories remain fragile as US reduces troops

QAIM, Iraq –  From their outpost on Iraq's westernmost edge, U.S. 1st Lt. Kyle Hagerty and his troops watched civilians trickle into the area after American and Iraqi forces drove out the Islamic State group. They were, he believed, families…

13 dead as helicopter assessing Mexico quake damage plummets

Thirteen people were killed and 16 injured when a military helicopter carrying high-ranking officials to assess the damage from a powerful earthquake crashed in southern Mexico, officials said Saturday. All the victims were on the ground. The Oaxaca state prosecutor's…

Jailed Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan reported hospitalized

PARIS –  Prominent Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan, who was jailed this month during an investigation of two alleged cases of rape, has reportedly been hospitalized. An online site campaigning for Ramadan's release said on Saturday that his family had learned…

Mexicans hold mournful procession for endangered porpoise

MEXICO CITY –  Activists and artists in Mexico held a mournful, dirge-like procession for the critically endangered vaquita porpoise Saturday, as the species' numbers fell below 30. With drums, chimes and a carved vaquita skull, hundreds of people made their…

Israel slams Polish PM for WWII 'Jewish perpetrators' remark

JERUSALEM –  Israeli politicians accused Poland's prime minister of anti-Semitism Saturday for equating the Polish perpetrators in the Holocaust to its supposed "Jewish perpetrators," setting off a new chapter in an angry dispute over Poland's new bill criminalizing the mention…

Jordan's military says it foiled smuggling plot: report

AMMAN, Jordan –  The state news agency Petra reports that Jordan's military says it has foiled a plot to smuggle in weapons, drugs and terrorists by using an old pipeline linking the kingdom with Syria and Iraq. Saturday's report says…

Collision of Greek boat, Turkish vessel caught on video

ATHENS, Greece –  Video footage has surfaced of the moment a Turkish coast guard vessel collided with a stationary Greek patrol boat near a pair of Aegean Sea islets over which the two countries almost went to war in 1996.…

Helicopter assessing Mexico quake damage crashes, 13 killed

Soldiers stand guard next to a military helicopter, carrying Mexico's interior minister and the governor of the southern state of Oaxaca, crashed on top of two vans in an open field while trying to land in Santiago Jamiltepec, Mexico, Friday.…

3 asylum-seekers held after Cyprus reception center damaged

NICOSIA, Cyprus –  A Cyprus court has ordered the detention of two asylum-seekers on suspicion that they instigated a small uprising at an immigrant reception center, causing extensive damage to offices and setting fire to furniture and trash bins. Cyprus…

The Latest: US 'strongly disagrees' with Ethiopian emergency

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia –  The Latest on Ethiopia's state of emergency (all times local): 6:15 p.m. The United States says it "strongly disagrees" with Ethiopia's new state of emergency, saying the answer to the country's sometimes violent unrest is "greater…