MOSCOW – The brother of a prominent Russian opposition activist has been transferred from jail to prison. Alexei Navalny’s brother, Oleg, was convicted in December of defrauding a French cosmetics company and handed a 3 ½ year-sentence. Oleg Navalny’s lawyer Kirill Polozov said Wednesday he was transferred from a Moscow …

MADRID – Spanish National Police arrested four suspected jihadis Saturday in the country’s North African enclave of Ceuta who allegedly had formed a terror cell and were ready to carry out an attack, the Interior Ministry said. Interior Minister Jorge Fernandez Diaz said investigators, working with their Moroccan counterparts, were …

WARSAW, Poland – Polish authorities say they are working to find a solution to help the more than 500,000 Poles who hold Swiss franc loans, the payments of which are spiking after a recent surge in the franc. Officials described details of the plan Wednesday after protesters in several cities …

TOKYO – The news of the purported killing of journalist Kenji Goto by Islamic State militants rushed through Japan early Sunday morning, shocking and saddening people in a nation that has embraced pacifism and where many were not emotionally prepared to cope with the hostage crisis: ___ “It could have …

ATHENS, Greece – Seismologists in Greece say a magnitude 6.1 earthquake has struck near the island of Crete, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or serious damage. The Athens Geodynamic Institute said the undersea quake occurred at 9:07 p.m. (1807GMT) on Thursday. The institute’s seismologist Efthymios Lekkas said …

BAGHDAD – Iraqi officials say a car bomb explosion near a car repair store in the capital, Baghdad, has killed seven people. Police officials say the bomb went off at noon Wednesday in the eastern district of Talibiyah. They say the blast also wounded 14 people and damaged several shops …

DAMASCUS, Syria – A government official in central Syria says the situation is “fully under control” in Palmyra despite breaches by Islamic State militants, who pushed into the historic town a day earlier. Gov. Talal Barazi of Homs province says Syrian troops recaptured two hills from the militants late Saturday. …

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MADISON, Wis. – Two girls accused of stabbing a classmate in a southeastern Wisconsin park to please a fantasy character called Slender Man will find out this week whether they will be tried on attempted homicide charges. A preliminary hearing for the two Waukesha girls is set to begin Monday …

SATELLITE BEACH, Fla. – Rescuers working late into the night freed 19 manatees who were stuck in a storm drain in central Florida. Capt. Jay Dragon of the Satellite Beach Fire Department said early Tuesday that the 19 manatees were all alive and were returned to the Indian River Lagoon …