ANKARA, Turkey – Turkey’s top Muslim cleric says his office will return a luxury car after its purchase caused an uproar and accusations of extravagance. Mehmet Gormez, head of the government body that regulates religious affairs, was criticized after reports said his office had splurged on a new car that …

BERLIN – A court session in the trial of a 93-year-old former Auschwitz death camp guard has been called off because he is sick. Presiding Judge Franz Kompisch said former SS Sgt. Oskar Groening was too sick to get out of bed and come to the Lueneburg state court Thursday …

MEXICO CITY – Authorities in the Mexican border state of Chihuahua say they’re probing a shooting that seriously wounded a former police chief who had been targeted by drug cartels while cutting crime in violence-wracked Tijuana and Ciudad Juarez. Chihuahua chief prosecutor Jorge Gonzalez said two low-level drug dealers were …

KUWAIT CITY – Kuwait’s oil minister says the country will shut down production for at least two weeks at the Wafra oil fields that produce around 200,000 barrels a day. Ali al-Omair says time of the resumption of production in the fields will be decided after two weeks of “maintenance.” …

LAGOS, Nigeria – The National Statistics Bureau says foreign investment to Nigeria fell by nearly a third with the United States a “key driver” of the decline in the first quarter of 2015, compared to the same period last year. A new report blames uncertainty around presidential elections and depressed …

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Experts from national laboratories around the country have determined that an incompatible cocktail of nitrate salts and organic cat litter is to blame for a mishap that forced the closure of the nation’s only underground nuclear waste repository. The independent technical team released its report Thursday. The …

PAWTUCKET, R.I. – State police say a 25-year-old Providence man is facing charges including drunken driving causing a death after his passenger was killed when he drove the wrong way on Interstate 95. Police said Jeremy Leiva, who had non-life-threatening injuries, is expected to be arraigned Sunday. It’s not immediately …

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – State wildlife officials have tallied a record number of manatees in their annual survey of the endangered marine mammals. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said Monday that it counted 6,063 manatees this year. The state conducts the aerial surveys each year, depending on the weather. …

WEST SUNBURY, Pa. – State police in Pennsylvania say a trespassing suspect used his own credit card to jimmy open a garage door, then left it behind when the homeowner suddenly appeared and startled him. The important clue helped police arrest 41-year-old Brent Henry, of East Butler, on Saturday in …

TUNIS, Tunisia – Tunisia’s defense minister says the country has received a second C-130 military transport from the U.S. to help defend its frontiers and fight terrorism. During a ceremony Thursday at the Aouina airbase near the capital Tunis, Minister Ghazi Jribi welcomed U.S. assistance in facing the country’s security …