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…
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…
German foreign minister Sigmar Gabriel, delivers a statements about the release of 'Die Welt' journalist Deniz Yucel from prison, in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Feb. 16, 2018. The German reporter detained in Turkey for more than a year was released from…
MEXICO CITY – A military helicopter carrying officials assessing damage from a powerful earthquake crashed Friday in southern Mexico, killing 13 people and injuring 15, all of them on the ground. The Oaxaca state prosecutor's office said in a statement…
LONDON – The British Geological Survey says a magnitude 4.4 quake has shaken southern Wales. So far there have been no reports of major damage or injuries. The earthquake happened Saturday about 2:30 p.m. local time. Its epicenter was about…
JERUSALEM – The Israeli military says one of its tanks has struck an observation post in the southern Gaza Strip in response to the detonation of an explosive device along its border. Palestinian officials say Saturday's target belonged to the…
BEIJING – A large fire has broken out in one of the most important temples of Tibetan Buddhism. The state-run Tibetan Daily newspaper reported that the Jokhang monastery in the regional capital of Lhasa caught fire at 6:40 p.m. Saturday…
Walter Rodriguez shared a picture of German Acosta, the man he beat up after he learned his daughter was being sexually harassed. (Walter Rodriguez Facebook) A father in Argentina took actions into his own hands after he pretended to be…
MEXICO CITY – The latest on the magnitude 7.2 earthquake that hit southern Mexico (all times local): 7:55 a.m. A military helicopter carrying Mexico's interior secretary and a state governor who were assessing damage from a powerful earthquake has crashed…
NEW DELHI – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has arrived in India for a weeklong visit aimed at enhancing business ties between the two countries. Trudeau and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi are also expected to focus on areas including…
BERLIN – German Chancellor Angela Merkel wants the European Union to make progress on a common asylum system, warning that member states who expect financial support from the bloc need to show solidarity when it comes to migrants too. Merkel…
WARSAW, Poland – Matylda Jonas-Kowalik has spent most of her 22 years secure in the belief that she would never know the discrimination, persecution or violence that killed or traumatized generations of Polish Jews before her. She once thought the…
MOSCOW – The Latest on the Russian response to U.S. indictments (all times local): 3:45 p.m. U.S. President Donald Trump's national security adviser has told an international audience that the evidence of Russian meddling in the 2016 American election is…
HELSINKI – Two giant pandas on loan from China have been unveiled at a zoo in central Finland and they have frolicked, galloped, climbed trees and played in the snow after a month-long quarantine. Hua Bao, a 4-year-old male, and…
Pope Francis delivers a blessing from his studio's window overlooking St. Peter's Square on the occasion of the Angelus noon prayer at the Vatican, Sunday, Feb. 4, 2018. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) (Copyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.) VATICAN…
ISIS once controlled a third of a Iraq, and are now reduced to just a few hundred in the desert region along the Iraq and Syria border. (REUTERS) Their fathers and husbands belonged to one of the most brutal militant…
MILAN – Italian police have clashed with hundreds of anti-fascist demonstrators in Bologna who were trying to disrupt a planned campaign appearance by the head of the neo-fascist Forza Nuova. The news agency ANSA said six demonstrators and one police…
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – Ethiopia's defense minister is ruling out a military takeover a day after the East African nation declared a new state of emergency amid anti-government protests. Siraj Fegessa also ruled out a transitional government. Prime Minister Hailemariam…
HARARE, Zimbabwe – The vice chancellor of Zimbabwe's oldest university has been arrested over the controversial awarding of a doctorate to former first lady Grace Mugabe. Anti-Corruption Commission spokeswoman Phyllis Chikundura says Levi Nyagura of the University of Zimbabwe was…
ABOARD USS CARL VINSON, Philippines – A Navy officer aboard a mammoth U.S. aircraft carrier brimming with F18 fighter jets said American forces will continue to patrol the South China Sea wherever "international law allows us" when asked if China's…
MOSCOW – One of the 13 Russians indicted by the United States for interfering in the American presidential election says the U.S. justice system is unfair. Mikhail Burchik was quoted as saying by the newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda that "I am…
MUNICH – The Latest on the Munich Security Conference (all times local): 10:20 a.m. British Prime Minister Theresa May is calling on her country's European Union partners not to let "rigid institutional restrictions" get in the way of a wide-ranging…
MALE, Maldives – Dozens of pro-opposition supporters have been injured and many were arrested after police in the Maldives broke up countrywide protests demanding the resignation of President Yameen Abdul Gayoom and the release of his political opponents from prison.…
LAHORE, Pakistan – A public prosecutor in Pakistan says a court has sentenced a serial killer to death after finding him guilty of killing eight children, including a 7-year-old girl whose rape and murder drew nationwide condemnation. Ehtesham Qadir says…