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UNITED NATIONS – The U.N. Security Council scheduled a vote Tuesday on a draft resolution that would impose an arms embargo on leaders of Yemen’s Shiite Houthi rebels and their key supporters, ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh and his son. The resolution is aimed at ending the Houthis military campaign against …

PARIS – A Paris court has convicted four members of a short-lived group of charges related to providing logistical support to Chechen jihadis in Syria. The youngest member of the group, Khamzat Ilyasov, 20, was sentenced to five years in prison. It was the harshest sentence in Thursday’s trial as …

MEXICO CITY – Mexican officials said Monday they have delivered new information about the January killings of vigilantes during clashes with soldiers and police, as part of a probe of possible excessive force. The information handed over includes a new video from which “one can infer presumed acts of excessive …

ROME – The Italian government on Thursday deplored the death of an Italian aid worker in a U.S. airstrike, calling it a “fatal error” by the Americans. Italian Premier Matteo Renzi expressed his “profound pain” over Giovanni Lo Porto’s death and offered Italy’s condolences to Lo Porto’s family and that …

UNITED NATIONS – The head of the United Nations cultural agency says a preliminary assessment of the famed World Heritage site around Nepal’s capital is a “huge disaster” after this weekend’s earthquake. The agency says that an expert team will see whether the structures can be repaired or even reconstructed. …

BRUSSELS – European Union leaders are warning Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban that he is in for “a fight” if he considers restoring the death penalty, which is now banned throughout the 28-nation bloc. EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said Orban “should immediately make clear that this is not his …

ISTANBUL – Officials say a crane operator in Turkey has died after drawing fire while driving through the barriers of a military base. State-run Anadolu Agency says soldiers at the Dalaman Aerodrome Command in western Turkey shot at the tires of the crane Sunday, causing it to fall into a …

CAIRO – Union officials say 224 EgyptAir pilots have threatened to resign after disputes with the company and will meet with managers and civil aviation officials this weekend for talks. In a Wednesday statement supporting the pilots, Egypt’s pilot syndicate said that the civil aviation authority had broken labor law …

AMIRIYAT FALLUJAH, Iraq – Iraqi authorities have signed up 1,000 recruits for a new Sunni militia in the western Anbar province, tasked with fighting the Islamic State group and retaking the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah. The Anbar governor, Souhaib al-Ani, inaugurated the militia Friday, describing it as the “beginning of …

TEHRAN, Iran – Iran’s official IRNA news agency is reporting that Iraqi President Fouad Massoum has arrived in Tehran for a two-day visit, his first since taking office last year. The Tuesday report said Massoum will meet his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani and other senior officials to discuss a range …