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As Sri Lanka mourns, Islamic State claims Easter bombings

As the death toll from the Easter bombings in Sri Lanka rose to 321 on Tuesday, the Islamic State group claimed ...

Spain: PM rules out post-election alliance with center-right

Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Tuesday ruled out forming a government with the center-right Citizens party if his Socialists ...

Sudanese launch new protests to pressure military

Sudanese activists were holding nationwide protests on Tuesday to press the military to hand over power to a civilian ...

Greek 2018 primary budget surplus exceeds forecasts, at 4.4%

Greece's budget performance in 2018 was better than expected following some revenue-boosting measures by the government.

Pablo Casado, Pedro Sanchez, Albert Rivera, Pablo Iglesias

Attack give-and-take in four-way Spanish electoral debate

Four contenders to become the next Spanish prime minister exchanged heated attacks Monday night while slipping in campaign ...

Sri Lanka military gets special powers after deadly bombings

Sri Lanka's president gave the military sweeping police powers starting Tuesday in the wake of the Easter bombings that ...

The Latest: Ukraine's routed leader vows to reclaim office

The Latest on comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy's projected landslide victory in Ukraine's presidential election (all times ...

Volodymyr Zelenskiy

New Ukrainian leader's campaign took page from sitcom script

The president-elect of Ukraine does not have a political record that foreign governments and companies can search for clues.

Darfur justice could prove elusive despite al-Bashir's fall

Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir, driven from power and now languishing in a prison where his opponents were once jailed and ...

Sudanese protesters suspend talks with military

The organizers of Sudan's protests said Sunday they have suspended talks with the ruling military council because it has ...

Israeli election may have dimmed hopes for 2-state solution

Is the two-state solution for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict dead? After Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu coasted to ...

Kremlin: No proof in Mueller's report of Russian meddling

The Kremlin argued on Friday that Special Counsel Robert Mueller's 400-page report has not offered any credible evidence of ...

Minister at secretive N Carolina church sentenced for fraud

A minister at a secretive church in North Carolina has been sentenced to 34 months in prison and ordered to pay $466,960 in ...

Thousands protest in Sudan capital, demand civilian rule

Tens of thousands of protesters converged on the main sit-in in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum on Thursday to pressure the ...

Tensions flare with Italy's ruling coalition over corruption

Italy's deputy transport minister has been placed under investigation in a corruption probe, becoming the latest political ...

Israel's president formally nominates Netanyahu as PM

Israel's president on Wednesday formally nominated Benjamin Netanyahu for a fourth consecutive term as prime minister, ...

AP Exclusive: Mysterious operative haunted Kaspersky critics

Keir Giles' first thought was that the man's cheap-looking suit didn't seem right for a private equity executive. The man ...

Estonia likely to see euroskeptic party brought to power

Estonia's outgoing prime minister has been designated to form a government in a decision that likely will bring a populist, ...

German minister calls for lower tax on long-distance trains

Germany's transport minister is calling for a cut in tax on long-distance train travel to encourage more people to travel by ...

Breyer finds hope, optimism in Notre Dame rebuilding effort

His main job is to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court, but Justice Stephen Breyer also chairs the jury of the Pritzker Prize — the ...