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September 25, 2016

Turks protest assault of young nurse who wore shorts on bus

Turks donned shorts and gathered in central Istanbul on Sunday to condemn the assault of a young nurse who was attacked on ...

September 25, 2016

Jordanian writer gunned down outside courthouse

A prominent and outspoken Jordanian writer on Sunday was shot dead in front of the courthouse where he had been on trial for ...

September 24, 2016

Spain: British man arrested in past child abuse case

Spanish police say they have arrested a British man wanted by U.K. authorities in a sexual abuse case against a minor that ...

September 24, 2016

War crimes tribunal for IS detainees lacks support

War crimes investigators collecting evidence of the Islamic State group's elaborate operation to kidnap thousands of women ...

September 23, 2016

The Latest: Congo FM insists elections will take place

The latest on the high-level U.N. General Assembly meetings (all times local): 9:30 p.m. Congo's foreign minister insists ...

September 23, 2016

Man arrested before Paris attacks admits smuggling weapons

A Montenegrin man has admitted smuggling firearms and explosives into Germany days before last year's attacks in Paris that ...

September 23, 2016

Romania: ex-minister to quit as senator to allow probe

A former interior minister says he will resign his seat in parliament next week to face a probe on charges of manslaughter ...

September 23, 2016

Indian court acquits suspects in death of British teenager

An Indian court on Friday acquitted two suspects in the death of a British teenager whose body was found on a popular beach ...

September 23, 2016

Guam leader Oks bill ending time limits in child sex cases

Guam Gov. Eddie Calvo said Friday he signed a bill that would lift the statute of limitations on child sex abuse charges for ...

September 23, 2016

Pakistani police submit charges in UK woman's murder case

Pakistani police submitted initial charges to a court Friday against the father and ex-husband of a British-Pakistani woman ...

September 23, 2016

Passenger assaults bus driver in Istanbul: 11 hurt in crash

A passenger assaulted a driver with an umbrella on a bus in Istanbul on Friday, causing him to lose control, veer out of the ...

September 22, 2016

Prosecutors: Letter shows Berlin politician killed man, self

Berlin prosecutors say a well-known member of Berlin's Pirate Party confessed in a letter to killing a younger man before ...

September 22, 2016

UK quiz show champ arrested on suspicion of Amsterdam murder

A quiz-show champion who appeared on the long-running BBC show "Eggheads" has been arrested over an alleged murder, after ...

September 22, 2016

European court dismisses case brought by Srebrenica families

A top European court on Thursday dismissed a case brought by relatives of three Bosnian men murdered during the 1995 ...

September 22, 2016

Marion Cotillard announces pregnancy, denies Pitt rumors

Marion Cotillard is announcing her pregnancy and shooting down rumors of any romantic involvement with Brad Pitt. "This is ...

September 21, 2016

Sinn Fein chief Adams denies he approved killing of IRA spy

Sinn Fein party leader Gerry Adams has rejected an ex-member's accusation that Adams authorized the 2006 Irish Republican ...

September 21, 2016

Israel: Forces shoot and lightly wound Palestinian girl, 13

Israel's Defense Ministry says its forces shot a 13-year-old Palestinian girl in the leg after she refused to stop at a West ...

September 21, 2016

Man wounded after attempt to enter Israeli Embassy in Turkey

An attacker armed with a knife tried to enter the Israeli Embassy in Turkey on Wednesday before being shot and slightly ...

September 21, 2016

The Latest: Embassy intruder not known linked to extremists

The Latest on the shooting outside the Israeli Embassy in Ankara (all times local): 2 p.m. The Ankara governor's office says ...