LONDON – A Sudanese migrant accused of walking the entire length of the 31-mile (50-kilometer) Channel Tunnel from France to Britain has pleaded innocent to charges in a court appearance. Abdul Rahman Haroun, 40, denied causing an obstruction to an engine or carriage when he appeared at Canterbury Crown Court …

People ask me what’s the biggest weather event I’ve forecasted or witnessed as a meteorologist at Fox, and I never hesitate in my response: Katrina. That was 10 years ago this week, in the most active Atlantic Basin hurricane season in recorded history. There were 15 hurricanes in 2005, seven …

BEIRUT – The television station of Lebanon’s Hezbollah group and activists say a 48-hour cease-fire has started in a Syrian border town and two Shiite villages in northern Syria. The town of Zabadani, near the Lebanese border, and the villages of Foua and Kfarya have been the scene of bloody …

ANKARA, Turkey – Officials and media reports say three attacks or clashes between Turkish security forces and Kurdish rebels have killed five people and injured 24 others in southeast Turkey. The Tunceli governor’s office said Saturday the rebels of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, attacked government buildings in the …

PARIS – European authorities are giving France an extra 5 million euros ($5.6 million) to aid migrants who have clustered in a filthy camp in the port city of Calais in hopes of sneaking across the English Channel to Britain. European Commission Vice President Frans Timmermans announced the funding Monday …

AUSTIN, Texas – The regulatory agency overseeing Texas’ oil and gas industry has determined that a series of small earthquakes in North Texas likely wasn’t caused by drilling operations by an Exxon Mobil subsidiary. The preliminary findings mark the first decision by the Texas Railroad Commission since it was authorized …

WASHINGTON – U.S. officials say hundreds of military and diplomatic family members near Incirlik air base in southern Turkey are being told they can leave the country. This message comes as the Turks become more active in the fight against Islamic State militants and attacks are being launched increasingly from …

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Top officials at one of the nation’s premier federal laboratories say an extensive review has turned up violations in how the lab has handled hundreds of containers of radioactive waste during the past decade. The latest revelations are on top of the permit violations the Los Alamos …

BERLIN – German exports soared in July, outpacing an import rise to widen the country’s trade surplus as a weaker euro helped bolster trade outside the eurozone. The Federal Statistical Office said Tuesday exports rose 2.4 percent to 103.4 billion euros ($115.25 billion), adjusted for calendar and seasonal variations. Imports …

NEW DELHI – Police are investigating a complaint made by two women from Nepal that a Saudi Arabian diplomat raped them repeatedly in his home near New Delhi. The women working as maids in the diplomat’s house were rescued after a non-governmental organization tipped off police. Police have registered a …