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January 18, 2019

Norway investigates supermarket stabbing as terror attack

Police in Norway say the stabbing of a woman in a supermarket is being investigated as a terror attack. Benedicte Bjornland, ...

January 18, 2019

Ex-judge: Romania ruling could collapse murder trials

A court ruling that Romanian prosecutors obtained evidence illegally could collapse murder and child pornography trials in ...

January 18, 2019

Arizona man shot by deputy facing terrorism charges

An Arizona man facing a terrorism charge for brandishing a knife in an encounter with a sheriff's sergeant was carrying out ...

January 17, 2019

UN says chief truce monitor in Yemen safe after shooting

The head of the U.N. mission In Yemen charged with monitoring a cease-fire between rival forces in a key port city was ...

January 17, 2019

The Latest: 9 others arrested after deadly Kenya attack

The Latest on the extremist attack on a Nairobi hotel complex (all times local): 7:15 p.m. Kenyan police say nine more people ...

January 17, 2019

Germany: Love Parade trial headed for inconclusive end

The trial of 10 people in Germany over a deadly mass panic at the Love Parade techno music festival in 2010 appears likely ...

January 16, 2019

Mayor's killing in Poland sparks anger against hate speech

Poles on Wednesday heatedly condemned the power of hate speech to trigger real-life violence after the slaying of a popular ...

January 16, 2019

Several thousand in Belgrade seek truth about Kosovo murder

Thousands of people have marched in the capital of Serbia, demanding that the authorities find out who killed a moderate Serb ...

January 16, 2019

Romania: Ruling on intelligence pact puts trials in doubt

Romania's Constitutional Court on Wednesday ruled that secret protocols between prosecutors and the country's domestic ...

January 16, 2019

Pope wants bishops to punish sex abusers, not cover up cases

Pope Francis is insisting that bishops attending his high-stakes sex abuse prevention summit will learn the laws to use ...

January 15, 2019

Poles place candles and flags at half-staff for slain mayor

Flags flew at half-staff and people signed condolence books at municipal buildings across Poland and in diplomatic missions ...

January 14, 2019

Poles unite in grief over assassination of Gdansk mayor

The popular liberal mayor of Poland's port city of Gdansk died Monday after being stabbed at a charity event by an ex-convict ...

January 14, 2019

The Latest: Poland mayor mourned as critic of anti-Semitism

The Latest on the stabbing of a Polish mayor (all times local): 9:10 p.m. The president of the World Jewish Congress says the ...

January 14, 2019

European tourists attacked near Colombia kitesurfing beach

Police say five European tourists on a kitesurfing trip were robbed by gun-wielding bandits on motorbikes as they drove along ...

January 14, 2019

Chilean bishops meet Francis year after disastrous pope trip

A delegation of Chilean bishops met Monday with Pope Francis a year after he threw his papacy into turmoil by defending a ...

January 14, 2019

2 French policemen go on trial accused of raping tourist

Two French policemen went on trial Monday on charges of gang-raping a Canadian tourist at Paris police headquarters nearly ...

January 14, 2019

Church envoy begs McCarrick to repent as abuse verdict nears

The retired Vatican diplomat who accused Pope Francis of turning a blind eye to the alleged sexual misconduct of former ...

January 14, 2019

Italian fugitive captured 3 decades after murder conviction

A left-wing Italian militant who was convicted of murder in his home country nearly three decades ago was arrested in ...

January 13, 2019

The Latest: Bolivia cops say Battisti now in Italy's custody

The latest on Italian fugitive militant Cesare Battisti, who has been detained in Bolivia (all times local): 11:20p.m.