Afghan president appears to win new term in initial results
RAHIM FAIEZ
Associated Press
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan President Ashraf Ghani appears to have narrowly won a second term, according to preliminary results from...
Race for Croatia’s presidency goes to runoff election
JOVANA GEC
Associated Press
ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Croatia's conservative president will face a liberal former prime minister in a runoff election after no candidate...
Banksy takes politically charged Nativity scene to Bethlehem
MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH
Associated Press
BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — The mysterious street artist known as Banksy has displayed a politically charged Nativity scene in Bethlehem,...
UK charges US diplomat’s wife over teen’s death in crash
JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — An American diplomat's wife who left the U.K. after being involved in a road accident that killed...
What crackdown? Migrant smuggling business adapts, thrives
MARIA VERZA and CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press HERMOSILLO, Mexico (AP) — The heavy-set man swept through a curtain into the reserved area of a...
It’s sizzling: Australia experiences hottest day on record
SYDNEY (AP) — Australia experienced its hottest day on record and temperatures are expected to soar even higher as heatwave conditions embrace most of...
Macron, under pressure, mulling changes to pension plan
SYLVIE CORBETÂ
Associated Press
PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron is ready to make changes to his unpopular pension reform plans, an official said Wednesday,...
Police gird for separatist protest at Barcelona soccer match
JOSEPH WILSON
Associated Press
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Thousands of police and private security personnel were deployed Wednesday in and around Barcelona's Camp Nou stadium...
Archaeologists in Greece find 3,500-year-old royal tombs
NICHOLAS PAPHITIS
Associated Press
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — American archaeologists have discovered two monumental royal tombs dating from about 3,500 years ago near a major...
UN AIDS agency fires whistleblower after misconduct probe
MARIA CHENG
AP Medical Writer
TORONTO (AP) — The United Nations' AIDS agency has fired two staffers for financial and sexual misconduct, including a whistleblower...