Correction: Israel-Palestinians story
In an April 11 story about a Palestinian-American teenager held in an Israeli jail, The Associated Press misidentified one of the interviewees.
England coach Hodgson fears 'Nazis' marring games
England coach Roy Hodgson on Thursday urged the football authorities to beware of neo-Nazi groups trying to cause trouble at matches. UEFA has ...

Egypt's legislature approves election law
Egypt's Islamist-dominated legislature approved a revised version of the law organizing the country's parliamentary elections on Thursday, after a ...
Tofu? ToWhit? Senators discuss EPA email aliases
To whom? ToWhit? Tofu? Senators sidetracked their confirmation hearing Thursday for Gina McCarthy, President Barack Obama's nominee to head the ...
Rights group blasts Hamas over collaborator deaths
An international rights group condemned Gaza's Hamas rulers Thursday for failing to investigate the public killing of seven Palestinian men accused ...
Turkey amends anti-terror laws to protect rights
The Turkish parliament on Thursday approved changes to anti-terrorism laws in a bid to reduce the number of prosecutions for the non-violent ...
Thousands of Danish teachers protest lockout
Thousands of teachers are protesting outside Denmark's Parliament to demand that schools reopen after they were shut in a labor dispute last week ...
Radical Islamic group rejects Nigeria peace effort
The leader of the Islamic extremist network Boko Haram apparently has refused to take part in any possible amnesty deal offered by Nigeria's ...
Russia aims laws at fan problem before 2018 WCup
Russia's World Cup organizers are hoping that new laws will help to prevent disorderly fans from marring the tournament in 2018. World Cup director ...

Swedish police OK prayer calls from mosque
A mosque in suburban Stockholm could become the first in Sweden to sound prayer calls from its minaret after getting permission from police. A Turkish ...

G-8 foreign ministers slam NKorea rhetoric
Foreign ministers from the G-8 nations on Thursday condemned North Korea's aggressive rhetoric and the development of its nuclear missile programs, ...

France's top rabbi takes leave amid scandal
France's top rabbi announced Thursday he is taking leave from his post, hoping to end a scandal that has unsettled the Jewish community after he ...

5 free things in Romania's capital, Bucharest
It was founded by a shepherd, according to local legend, and was later nicknamed the Paris of the East. But Bucharest's idyllic roots and elegant ...

Widower accepts apology in Irish abortion case
The husband of a woman who died after being denied an abortion in an Irish hospital accepted an apology Thursday from a midwife who, when explaining ...

Jolie joins G-8 to urge end to sexual violence
Angelina Jolie brought her celebrity wattage to London on Thursday to back an urgent cause: fighting sexual violence in military conflicts.

Ukraine urged to end rampant police abuse
Oleksandr Popov, an auto mechanic from a Ukrainian provincial city, says police beat, choked and shocked him with electricity for hours, trying to ...

Israel detains 5 women over prayer at Western Wall
Israeli police on Thursday detained five women at a Jerusalem holy site for performing religious rituals that ultra-Orthodox Jews say are reserved for ...
Students in Togo march to support their teachers
Over 20,000 school children from primary, secondary and high schools marched on Thursday in the capital of Togo in support of teachers who are on ...
Paris judge sets hearing on auction of Hopi items
A judge in Paris is holding a hearing Thursday on the auction of dozens of items central to an Arizona tribe's religious practices.

Boost for background checks: Senators compromise
Conservative senators from both parties announced their support for expanding background checks for gun buyers Wednesday, giving a burst of momentum ...

Gay attack victim in France becomes cause celebre
The shocking photo of a homophobic attack victim in Paris that went viral on social media this week and caused the French interior minister to weigh ...