By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis ushered in the New Year with a renewed appeal for the faithful to reject abortion, calling for a "firm commitment" to protect and respect life from conception to natural death. Francis, 88, celebrated a New Year's Day Mass in ...

BERLIN (AP) — The German government on Wednesday condemned a series of incidents on New Year's Eve in which police officers and firefighters were attacked and injured, mostly with fireworks. Revellers across the country traditionally ring in the new year by setting off large numbers of ...

By TOUSSAINT N'GOTTA Associated Press ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Ivory Coast announced on Tuesday that French troops will leave the country after a decadeslong military presence, the latest African nation to downscale military ties with its former colonial power. Ivorian President ...

By ANDREA RODRIGUEZ Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — Cuban authorities released a Salvadoran man who was convicted of participating in a string of hotel bombings on the island in 1997, a government-run news site said. The Cubadebate website reported Monday in a lengthy editorial that Raul ...

By ABDUR RAHMAN JAHANGIR Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Thousands of people led by students rallied in Bangladesh's capital on Tuesday, calling for the prosecution of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and those responsible for hundreds of deaths in a mass uprising against her ...

By PREDRAG MILIC Associated Press PODGORICA, Montenegro (AP) — Montenegro on Tuesday extradited a South Korean mogul known as "the cryptocurrency king" to the United States, following a decision of its justice ministry earlier this month to accept a U.S. request, while refusing a South ...