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LONDON – Jamey Keaten, a reporter in the Paris office of The Associated Press, has been named chief correspondent for Switzerland. Keaten, 46, has been based in Paris since joining the AP in 2001, and has specialized in coverage of diplomacy, defense and security matters. The appointment was announced Thursday …

NICOSIA, Cyprus – Cypriot officials say a dig near a wartime memorial on Nicosia’s outskirts may have located a Greek military transport aircraft that was brought down by friendly fire in the opening days of Turkey’s invasion of the island 41 years ago. Thursday’s announcement is raising hopes that the …

LONDON – A British court has rejected a bid to extradite Rwanda’s intelligence chief to Spain to stand trial for war crimes. Emmanuel Karenzi Karake, a Rwandan general, had been free on bail after he was arrested at Heathrow Airport in June by British police acting on a European arrest …

AMMAN, Jordan – The Jordanian father of a New Jersey man who allegedly plotted with others to fight alongside Islamic State extremists says his son had “no serious intentions” to join the group. Khader Saadeh spoke to The Associated Press on Tuesday, a day after his 20-year-old son Nader was …

BANGUI, Central African Republic – Civil society, political groups and residents of Central African Republic say they welcome the resignation of the head of the peacekeeping mission in the country over the force’s handling of dozens of misconduct allegations, including rape and killing. Former U.N. mission head Babacar Gaye of …

TEHRAN, Iran – Iran’s official IRNA news agency is reporting around 50 hard-line students and activists have staged a rally, calling on the parliament to reject the landmark nuclear deal reached with world powers last month. The Sunday report said the protesters carried signs outside the parliament building decrying the …

MILAN – An Italian prosecutor says authorities have detained eight suspected smugglers in the deaths of 49 migrants trapped inside the hold of an overcrowded fishing vessel over the weekend. Prosecutor Michelangelo Patane said in Catania on Tuesday that a Moroccan was the captain of the ship while the other …

PARIS – French President Francois Hollande expressed his solidarity with victims’ families Tuesday after a police officer and three other people were killed in a shootout at a Gypsy camp in northern France. French police were called to a camp in the Somme department earlier in the day, where they …

BOGOTA, Colombia – The U.S. Treasury Department is levying financial sanctions on four Colombians accused of laundering money for leftist rebels through a speciality grocer and money transfer shop in Switzerland. The four individuals targeted Thursday as foreign narcotics kingpins ran a Zurich-based bodega called the Colombiano Latin Shop that …

KABUL, Afghanistan – An Afghan official says at least eight police officers have been killed in separate attacks by Taliban insurgents in eastern Afghanistan. Col. Asadullah Ensafi, the deputy police chief in Ghazni province, said Saturday another 15 police officers were wounded in the attacks on police checkpoints in the …