BERLIN – An elephant has escaped from a circus and killed a man in southwest Germany. Police in Heilbronn say the 65-year-old man was taking his regular morning stroll in the woods when the elephant attacked him, causing fatal injuries. The incident happened in the early hours of Saturday morning. …
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DAMASCUS, Syria – Rebels fired a barrage of shells at government-held districts in the northern city of Aleppo Monday, killing at least 23 people, including eight children, and wounding more than 100, state-run TV said. Syrian TV said the shelling hit the area of Rahman Mosque and other districts in …
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TRIPOLI, Libya – A report by Human Rights Watch alleges torture and abuse are rampant in prisons under the control of Libya’s internationally recognized government and allied forces in the country’s east. The report released Wednesday claims many detainees were tortured to extract confessions, while others didn’t receive medical care …
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BEIJING – A lawyer says a trial against three Chinese activists has been aborted after the defense demanded that no member of the ruling Communist Party should be on the bench to hear charges against the defendants of inciting to subvert state power. Lawyer Zhang Xuezhong said Friday that his …
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TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras – Miguel Facusse, a wealthy Honduran businessman involved in a two-decade fight with poor farmers who invaded his palm plantations on the Atlantic coast, died Tuesday in the capital, his family said. He was 91. The family did not report the cause of death for Facusse, who was …
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TALLINN, Estonia – Estonia’s foreign minister says she is resigning following a local court ruling that connected her to the bankruptcy of her father’s freight company and ordered her and other defendants to pay claims to creditors. Foreign Minister Keit Pentus-Rosimannus said Wednesday that she disagrees with the Tallinn appeal …
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QUITO, Ecuador – Thousands of people turned out for protest marches across Ecuador on Thursday to call for the ouster of President Rafael Correa just three days before a visit by Pope Francis. Demonstrations were reported in the South American country’s three biggest cities, Quito, Guayaquil and Cuenca, as well …
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TUNIS, Tunisia – Tunisia’s government is urging its citizens to sacrifice some of their freedoms to better protect the country from attacks like the mass shooting at a beach resort last month that killed 38 people, mostly tourists. Government minister Kamel Jendoubi on Tuesday defended the president’s decision to impose …
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FRANKFURT, Germany – The International Monetary Fund says Greece’s debts are too big to pay and need to be partly forgiven. Germany says that’s out of the question. German officials, led by Chancellor Angela Merkel and Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble, say that as part of a new rescue package for …
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BERLIN – A group of parents whose children were killed in the Germanwings plane crash in March have written a scathing letter to Lufthansa’s CEO, accusing him of ignoring their needs and feelings. The parents of 16 students from the town of Haltern killed in the crash have accused Carsten …
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