THE HAGUE, Netherlands – Four alleged smugglers are accused of using unusual vehicles to carry drugs into Britain — a fleet of ambulances. A joint British and Dutch investigation put the brakes on the scheme this week when police arrested four Dutch nationals — two of them wearing paramedic uniforms …

CHISINAU, Moldova – Moldova’s president has appointed the country’s pro-European foreign minister as interim prime minister after her predecessor resigned amid a probe of his high school diploma. Nicolae Timofte named 46-year-old Natalia Gherman, who has been foreign minister since 2013, as the interim prime minister Monday. Chiril Gaburici resigned …

THE HAGUE, Netherlands – A Dutch court ordered the government to cut the country’s greenhouse gas emissions by at least 25 percent by 2020 in a groundbreaking ruling Wednesday that activists hope will set a worldwide precedent. The Hague District Court made the ruling in a case brought by a …

JOHANNESBURG – President Jacob Zuma of South Africa says a government-appointed panel found evidence of “defective” police planning in an investigation of the police killings of 34 striking miners near Marikana in 2012. Zuma said on national television Thursday night that the commission recommended that state prosecutors determine whether any …

LAHORE, Pakistan – A Pakistani police officer says authorities have killed four militants, arrested two and seized a large cache of weapons that were meant to be used in an upcoming attack. Senior police officer Shahzad Sultan says a militant exploded a suicide vest during the raid Monday on a …

BAGHDAD – Iraqi officials say a series of attacks in Baghdad and in two towns near the capital has killed at least eight people. Police officials say the deadliest among Tuesday’s attacks was in the town of Mahmudiyah, about 30 kilometers (18 miles) south of Baghdad. They say a bombing …

I was so honored to be at Lakewood Church Wednesday night to speak about my book “Getting Real”. Here I am after the event chilling in my hotel room. It was so wonderful to meet so many people who are Fox fans. My goal of the book tour has been …

BEIJING – The European Union’s ambassador to Beijing says top officials from the organization are unlikely to attend a Chinese military parade marking the anniversary of the end of World War II in Asia, amid uneasiness about such displays of armed might in the tense region. Hans Dietmar Schweisgut said …

MADRID – Spanish police have arrested three suspects who allegedly committed 26 burglaries in the southern city of Malaga after posing as telephone engineers to study their targets. Police said in a statement Sunday that the detainees allegedly disguised themselves and paid unannounced visits to determine where alarm systems, security …

MADRID – Spanish police have arrested a woman suspected of recruiting pre-teen girls and teenagers of both sexes to send to areas controlled by the Islamic State group in Syria. An Interior Ministry statement said the woman, a Spaniard, was arrested Tuesday in the city of Arrecife on the Canary …