SANAA, Yemen – Yemeni security officials say a suicide car bomber has struck a police headquarters’ recently captured by Shiite rebels who have seized power in the country. There was no immediate word on casualties. The officials say the bomber detonated his explosives in front of the security headquarters in …
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PARIS – The French government has decided to invoke a constitutional article allowing for passage of a bill without a vote to get its economic reform bill through a contentious lower house. The decision came shortly before a scheduled vote on the measure that is a centerpiece of President Francois …
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NICOSIA, Cyprus – The longer it takes to secure a deal to keep Greece in the euro, the greater the risk the country will have to put its financial system in lockdown to prevent worried savers from pulling money out in droves. Banking industry figures suggest Greeks have been taking …
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VILNIUS, Lithuania – Lithuania has decided to restore compulsory military service for young men as tensions in Ukraine continue to worry the small Baltic nation. After a meeting of military leaders and top government officials, President Dalia Grybauskaite said Tuesday the measure was necessary because of “growing aggression” in Ukraine. …
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark – A Danish court has given another four weeks in custody to two men accused of helping a gunman who killed two people in attacks in Copenhagen this month. The Copenhagen police said Thursday that the men, who cannot be named under a court order, were being held …
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PARIS – Three foreign tourists — two Austrians and an Italian — have died in an avalanche in the French Alps, and a fourth tourist has been taken by helicopter to a hospital in Grenoble with unspecified injuries. Hautes-Alpes department officials said that the snow slide took place mid-afternoon Wednesday …
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BEIJING – China’s state broadcaster is investigating one of its hosts after a video of him insulting Mao Zedong was leaked online, causing a stir and rekindling debate on the complicated legacy of the father of communist China. China Central Television says talent show host Bi Fujina will face serious …
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ISLAMABAD – U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan killed two leaders of Al Qaeda’s South Asia branch earlier this year, a spokesman for the militants said Sunday, confirming a major blow to the affiliate only months after its creation. In an audio message, spokesman Usama Mahmood said a Jan. 5 drone …
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ATHENS, Greece – Official figures show that Greece fell well short of its budget deficit reduction targets last year, a development that’s likely to add pressure on the Greek government during tortuous talks with bailout creditors. The country’s statistical authority says Wednesday that the 2014 deficit was 3.5 percent of …
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BAGHDAD – Authorities in Iraq say bombings and mortar fire targeting public places have killed 14 people around the capital, Baghdad. Police officials say the deadliest attack happened Sunday night when a car bomb exploded on a commercial street in downtown Baghdad, killing six people and wounding 13. Earlier, a …
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