KABUL, Afghanistan – The Latest on the conflict in Afghanistan (all times local): 6:30 p.m. At least 11 Afghan soldiers are dead after Islamic State militants attacked troops guarding a military academy in the capital, Kabul. Sixteen others were wounded.…
MADRID – Catalonia's fugitive ex-president, Carles Puigdemont, is asking the region's parliament in a letter to guarantee his right to attend a session this week in which he hopes to be re-elected government leader, without being arrested. Spain's Constitutional Court…
MADRID – Spanish officials say more than 300 people including newborns have been rescued from a wooden boat off Libya's coast and taken to an Italian port. The Defense Ministry said water was flooding the boat when rescuers reached it…
BERLIN – Germany's center-left Social Democrats say new members who join by Feb. 6 will be allowed to vote in a ballot on whether to join conservative Chancellor Angela Merkel's next government. The Social Democrats and Merkel's Union bloc aim…
LEGAZPI, Philippines – The Philippine defense chief has recommended that villages in a danger zone around erupting Mount Mayon be turned into a permanent "no man's land" to avoid evacuating thousands of residents each time the country's most active volcano…
AZRAQ AIR BASE, Jordan – Germany's president says moving German troops from Turkey to Jordan as part of an international military campaign against Islamic State extremists was "the right choice." Frank-Walter Steinmeier spoke Monday after meeting with the German contingent…
BEIJING – China's air force says a military plane has crashed during training in the southwestern province of Guizhou. The People's Liberation Army Air Force said in a brief post on its official account on the social media site Sina…
KARACHI, Pakistan – A Pakistani court has convicted two Chinese nationals for tampering with an ATM machine, sentencing each of them to a year in prison and a fine of around $400. Akbar Khan, a cybercrimes investigator, said Monday that…
BANGKOK – A student activist says in a Facebook post she fled Thailand after learning she had been charged with insulting the monarchy because she shared a BBC article about the country's new king. Lese majeste, or insulting the monarchy,…
JOHANNESBURG – A South African charity is organizing a nationwide collection of bottled water for stockpiling in military bases in and around Cape Town, which might have to turn off most taps in April because of a prolonged drought. The…
LONDON – Tour operator Thomas Cook is offering vacationers a chance to book a poolside sun lounger in advance — for a fee. Thomas Cook customers willing to pay 25 euros ($31) extra per stay can select a lounger, avoiding…
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – Malaysia's maritime agency and Japan's coast guard have launched a weeklong joint exercise focusing on combating piracy at sea as well as search and rescue operations. The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency says the Japanese Coast Guard…
ISLAMABAD – A Pakistani doctor says a French climber rescued from a Himalayan peak is recovering and would be discharged from hospital soon. Elisabeth Revol was rescued by a volunteers' team from a separate Polish expedition on Sunday from Nanga…
BEIRUT – The Latest on developments in Syria (all times local): 1 p.m. Turkish officials say authorities have detained 311 people for allegedly engaging in "terrorist propaganda" through social media postings critical of Turkey's military offensive into the Syrian Kurdish…
CAIRO – Egyptian prosecutors say they have detained three men over the assault on the country's former top auditor and senior campaign aide for a now-arrested presidential hopeful. The prosecutors said on Monday that the suspects were ordered detained for…
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia – A Cambodian prosecutor says 10 foreigners charged with producing pornographic photos during a party near the country's famed Angkor Wat temple complex have denied wrongdoing. Samrith Sokhon said Monday that the five British nationals, two Canadians,…
BUCHAREST, Romania – Viorica Dancila is expected to win parliamentary approval to become Romania's first female prime minister, and the third premier in a year. The left-wing government faces protests and criticism from the European Union over legislation it is…
SHAH ALAM, Malaysia – A police witness says the estranged half brother of North Korea's leader met with an unidentified Korean American man on a Malaysian resort island just days before he was murdered, as the trial of two women…
VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis says countries have a responsibility to fight anti-Semitism and the "virus of indifference" threatening to erase the memory of the Holocaust. Francis' comments to an international conference Monday comes as the largely Roman Catholic Poland…
PODGORICA, Montenegro – Authorities in Montenegro say an explosion in a weapons and ammunition factory has seriously injured two people. It was not immediately clear what caused the blast early Monday in the Tara factory in the northeastern town of…
ROME – In Italy's general election campaign, Rome's uncollected garbage has become fodder for politicians — and at least one pig. The capital's dirty streets, lined with brimming-over, nasty-smelling garbage bins, are providing a handy way to trash the performance…
BEIRUT – Syria activists and rescue workers say at least 11 people have been killed and a hospital was badly damaged and rendered unusable in airstrikes on opposition-held northern province of Idlib in northern. The local White Helmets rescuers say…
HONG KONG – Lawmakers have been grilling Hong Kong's new justice secretary over a controversy surrounding illegal additions to her home that has highlighted concerns about rule of law in the semiautonomous Chinese city. Teresa Cheng faced intense questioning in…
BEIJING – A Chinese lawyer says prominent legal activist Yu Wensheng has been charged with inciting subversion of state power after writing a letter calling for democratic reforms. Yu's lawyer, Huang Hanzhong, said Monday that police informed Yu's wife of…