MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine coast guard officials said Monday they’ve launched a search for five Filipinos who failed to return after fishing in the disputed Scarborough Shoal in bad weather off the country’s northwest. Coast guard spokesman Armand Balilo said the fishermen left the shoal due to an approaching typhoon last week and have […]

LONDON (AP) — A pro- Europe think tank says it is willing to take the British government to court to try and keep the U.K. in the European Union single market once it leaves the bloc. The group British Influence argues that leaving the EU does not automatically mean leaving the larger European Economic Area, […]

PRAGUE (AP) — A ban on Segway motor scooters in Prague’s historic center and some other parts of the Czech capital is coasting into effect. Authorities have started placing 610 traffic warning signs in the Segway-free areas. Once the signs all are installed, using the two-wheeled scooters in those zones will be punishable by a […]

BERLIN A German federal court has rejected a former Auschwitz death camp guard’s appeal against his conviction for being an accessory to murder, a decision greeted Monday as setting an important precedent for future prosecutions of Holocaust perpetrators. Oskar Groening, now 95, was convicted in July 2015 of being an accessory to the murder of […]

BEIRUT Syrian government forces and their allies captured another major eastern Aleppo neighborhood and several smaller areas Monday, putting much of the northern part of Aleppo’s besieged rebel-held areas under government control for the first time in four years, state media reported. Russia’s Defense Ministry said the areas captured by Syrian government troops include 10 […]

ATHENS, Greece A top European finance official on Monday urged Greece’s bailout lenders to grant the country relief on its massive debts if Athens agrees to impose tougher budget austerity measures. European Central Bank executive Benoit Coeure said the ECB was “looking forward to a solution” on Greek debt. Most of Greece’s debt is now […]