MADRID – Officials say a bus carrying soccer fans of the Gibraltar national team has crashed into a van in southwest Spain, killing a man and injuring at least nine others. The bus had picked up 43 fans from Faro airport in southern Portugal and was driving to the tiny …
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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan – An Afghan official says roadside bombs have struck two vehicles filled with passengers, killing three people and wounding 15 in a volatile southern province. Mohammad Mayan, spokesman for the governor of Uruzgan province, said Tuesday that three of those wounded in Tuesday’s attack are children and six …
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ST. PETERSBURG, Russia – A Russian government official says Moscow will lift its embargo on European and U.S. foods only when the West scraps its sanctions against Russia. The Russian economy has been weighed down by the sanctions the West imposed on Russia over its role in the Ukrainian conflict. …
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As Iranian students call for demonstrations on Sunday as a sign of solidarity with jailed student leader Majid Tavakoli, the blogosphere is buzzing over another imprisoned figure who has written an incendiary letter exposing the sordid details of sexual assaults against political prisoners and others. Journalist Mehdi Mahmoudian, serving a …
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PYONGYANG , NORTH KOREA – In the end, North Korea’s provocative multi-stage rocket launch went out with a fizzle…not a bang. According to U.S., Japanese and South Korean sources, the North Korean rocket broke up shortly after lift-off Friday morning local time, spreading debris into the waters off South Korea. …
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands – A new unit at the European Union’s police agency Europol will start fighting Islamic State group propaganda and recruiters in cyberspace next month in a crackdown on the terror network’s sophisticated use of social media. Europol Director Rob Wainwright told The Associated Press on Monday the …
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SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina – A Bosnian court has granted compensation for the first time to a war crimes victim in criminal proceedings in a case against two former Bosnian Serb soldiers who raped a teenage girl during the 1992-95 war. Courts have jailed hundreds of war criminals but have always directed …
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UNITED NATIONS – The five countries investigating last year’s shooting down of a Malaysia Airlines plane over Ukraine are calling for an international tribunal to prosecute those responsible. Australia’s Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said Thursday that her government is committed to working with Malaysia, Ukraine, Netherlands, Belgium, “and the broader …
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TEL AVIV, Israel – An exhibition of Israeli surveillance technology has offered a rare peek into the secretive world of Israeli espionage and special forces operations. Some two dozen Israeli companies exhibited their products used by Israeli and international militaries, police units and intelligence organizations. Among the products displayed Tuesday …
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BERLIN – Authorities have seized a 45-ton Panther tank, a flak canon and multiple other World War II-era military weapons in a raid on a 78-year-old collector’s storage facility in northern Germany. Kiel prosecutor Birgit Hess said the collector is being investigated for possibly violating German weapons laws but his …
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