WARSAW, Poland NATO aircraft scream across eastern European skies and American armored vehicles rumble near the border with Russia on a mission to reassure citizens that they’re safe from Russian aggression. But these days, ordinary people aren’t taking any chances. In Poland, doctors, shopkeepers, lawmakers and others are heeding a call to receive military training […]

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Two women and three children have been wounded in a shooting inside an Indianapolis townhome, police said today. Authorities said no one has been arrested and that police are looking for three suspects in the Sunday night attack. Lt. Richard Riddle of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department said police were called to […]

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Former NFL star Darren Sharper is scheduled to make his first appearance in U.S. District Court in New Orleans to face federal charges that he drugged women in order to rape them. A member of the Saints team that won the Super Bowl in 2010, Sharper was set to appear today […]

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — The man accused of killing three North Carolina college students — their family says because they were Muslim — is scheduled to appear in court for a hearing today to determine whether he could face the death penalty. Durham County District Attorney Roger Echols said in court documents last month he […]

NAIROBI, Kenya Kenya launched air strikes against Islamic militants in Somalia following an extremist attack on a Kenyan college that killed 148 people, a military spokesman said today. Warplanes attacked positions of the al-Shabab militant group on Sunday afternoon and early this morning, said Col. David Obonyo of the Kenyan military. Al-Shabab, which is based […]

CANBERRA, Australia Britain’s Prince Harry joked and chatted with an enthusiastic crowd today at his only scheduled public appearance during a monthlong embedment with Australia’s army, declaring pride in his ginger hair and telling a self-obsessed younger generation that “selfies are bad.” The British army captain reported for duty in Australia’s capital, Canberra, to begin […]

PARIS (AP) — French special forces today freed a Dutchman held hostage since being kidnapped in 2011 by extremists in Mali, the military said. There was no immediate word on the fate of two men abducted at the same time. The military said the rescue of Sjaak Rijke took place at 5 a.m. today in […]

ISTANBUL (AP) — A spokesman for Turkey’s president says that a prosecutor has ordered Internet providers to block social networking sites, including Twitter and YouTube. The request stems from postings of photos that show militant Marxists pointing a gun at a prosecutor who died last week in a shootout between police and the Marxists who […]

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis is calling on the international community to respond to the killing of Christians in several parts of the world, saying, ‘’don’t look the other way.” The pope has been increasingly dismayed about what he has called ‘’complicit silence” about the martyrdom of Christians. Speaking to pilgrims and tourists in […]

PRAGUE (AP) — Czech President Milos Zeman and the U.S. ambassador to Prague are in a rare public dispute over Zeman’s decision to attend a Russian military parade, and Czech lawmakers are siding with the American. In an interview with online publication Parlamentni Listy on Sunday, Zeman bristled at the envoy’s implied criticism of his […]