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February 15, 2019

Sweden probing its envoy to China over 'threatening' meeting

Sweden's ambassador to China is under internal investigation over a meeting she arranged between the daughter of a detained ...

February 15, 2019

AP Interview: Philippine journalist sees threat to democracy

The head of a Philippine online news site who was arrested on a libel complaint accused President Rodrigo Duterte's ...

February 15, 2019

FBI official feared Russia probe would end after Comey fired

Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe said in an interview that aired Thursday that he moved quickly after his boss was ...

February 14, 2019

Make El Chapo pay for a border wall? Don't count on it

After El Chapo's conviction in a drug-trafficking trial that included florid testimony of jewel-encrusted guns, a fleet of ...

February 14, 2019

Swiss allege woman sweet talked her way to $2M bank scam

Swiss authorities said Thursday they have indicted a woman who allegedly persuaded dozens of people to provide their online ...

February 14, 2019

Cypriot UK bases court jails man for people trafficking bid

A court within the two British military bases in Cyprus has sentenced a Palestinian man to six months in prison after finding ...

February 14, 2019

Catalan ex-official testifies he is a 'political prisoner'

A former Catalan official accused by Spanish prosecutors of leading a violent rebellion to create an independent republic ...

February 14, 2019

Philippine journalist, Duterte critic arrested in libel case

The award-winning head of a Philippine online news site that has aggressively covered President Rodrigo Duterte's ...

February 13, 2019

Rights groups hail arrest of 3 Syrian torture suspects

Human rights groups on Wednesday hailed the arrests in Europe of three suspects in bloody secret police crackdowns on Syrian ...

February 13, 2019

More than 180 New Jersey clerics named as accused abusers

New Jersey's five Roman Catholic dioceses listed more than 180 priests Wednesday who have been credibly accused of sexually ...

February 13, 2019

Albania police arrest Kosovar for terror groups membership

Albanian police say a Kosovo citizen has been arrested on suspicion of participating in terror groups. A statement Wednesday ...

February 13, 2019

Swedish prosecutor considers charges in disabled man's death

The Swedish prosecutor in charge of investigating whether police committed an error last year when fatally shooting a ...

February 13, 2019

Yellow vest boxer goes on trial in France for police attack

A former French boxing pro who was filmed attacking riot police officers during the yellow vest protests is going on trial ...

February 13, 2019

Indictment: Hackers charged with making threats to schools

Two computer hackers were charged with sending false shooting and bomb threats to hundreds of schools and other institutions ...

February 13, 2019

Notorious drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman convicted

Mexico's most notorious drug lord, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, was convicted Tuesday of running an industrial-scale smuggling ...

February 13, 2019

Trial of Catalan separatists begins in Madrid amid protests

A politically charged trial of a dozen Catalan separatist leaders began Tuesday in Spain's Supreme Court amid protests and ...

February 12, 2019

Lawyers: Rapper 21 Savage released from immigration custody

Grammy-nominated rapper 21 Savage was released on bond Tuesday after spending more than a week in federal immigration ...

February 12, 2019

Bosnian most-wanted fugitive shot dead after massive manhunt

Bosnia police shot and killed the country's most-wanted fugitive Tuesday after a huge manhunt for the suspect in the slayings ...

February 12, 2019

Portuguese Catholic church finds few sexual abuse cases

The Catholic Church's news service in Portugal reports that a senior official says church authorities have investigated only ...