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BERN, Switzerland – A Swiss official says his country has made headway toward returning some $40 million that was stolen from the Tunisian state and has been sitting in Swiss banks since Tunisia’s longtime regime collapsed in the Arab Spring uprising. Valentin Zellweger, a legal adviser to the Swiss government, …

ANKARA, Turkey – Turkey says its jets have carried out their first airstrikes as part of the U.S.-led coalition against the Islamic State group in Syria. A Foreign Ministry statement on Saturday said the jets began attacking IS targets late Friday across the border in Syria, deemed to be threats …

ROSEAU, Dominica – A preliminary assessment on the island of Dominica indicates that Tropical Storm Erika caused damage to basic infrastructure alone that amounts to nearly half of the small country’s GDP. Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit said Thursday that officials have estimated that damage to roads and bridges on the …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – Argentine prosecutors say they’ve detained a man who kept his troubled wife and autistic son locked in a cage by day over at least two years. Prosecutor Alejandro Pellegrini says police found the dirt-floor cell at the house of 66-year-old Eduardo Oviedo in the city of …

BUCHAREST, Romania – Romania’s chief anti-corruption prosecutor says a bribe probe against the influential mayor of Bucharest began months ago. Laura Codruta Kovesi said Tuesday prosecutors stopped mayor Sorin Oprescu late Saturday in traffic and detained him on bribe allegations which first emerged in March. Oprescu was later arrested on …

PARIS – France’s far-right National Front party has been handed preliminary charges in an investigation into funding of the party’s 2012 legislative campaign. The Paris prosecutor’s office said the party itself was placed under investigation on Wednesday for complicity in fraud and receiving misappropriated funds. It is not uncommon in …

Russian officials said Ukrainian drones ignited an overnight fire at a nuclear plant in Russia’s Kursk region. The strikes coincided with Ukraine’s 34th Independence Day, marking its 1991 break from the Soviet Union. Russia said the strikes hit several power facilities. The plant fire was quickly extinguished, and although a …

Denmark on Saturday reported more mysterious drone sightings — this time over military installations, including its largest military base — after incursions at airports grounded flights this week. The NATO country is still mulling how to respond. Denmark’s Armed Forces reported that more drones were observed overnight, according to Reuters. …

EXCLUSIVE — Dozens of Angel parents and families of fentanyl victims are calling for President Donald Trump to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, pointing to his unprecedented efforts to combat drug cartels, human trafficking and illegal immigration. In a letter sent Thursday to the Norwegian Nobel Committee, members of …

The recently elected mayor of a town in western Germany was in critical condition on Tuesday after she was found in her home with multiple stab wounds to her neck and abdomen. Iris Stalzer, 57, a center-left Social Democrat who secured her mayor-elect standing late last month, dragged herself into …