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BRUSSELS – Experts say the European Union’s plan to disrupt the business of human traffickers and destroy their boats in the Mediterranean is a short-term, dissuasive measure that is likely to be dangerous, costly, and tough to implement. Faced with a rising death toll in the Mediterranean, the EU wants …

President Biden and other administration officials said Tuesday that they welcomed the temporary cease-fire agreement between Israel and Hamas that includes the release of hostages. Qatari negotiators helped broker the deal, which included Israel’s military agreeing to temporarily stop its airstrikes and ground invasion of Gaza for humanitarian purposes. Additionally, …

BERLIN – German federal prosecutors have closed their investigation into the alleged tapping of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s cellphone by the U.S. National Security Agency, saying they have been unable to find evidence that would stand up in court. Prosecutors last June opened an investigation into the alleged monitoring of a …

TORONTO – A lawyer for a former Guantanamo Bay detainee says a U.S. court decision in an unrelated case helps his client’s appeal of his convictions by a military commission. A U.S appeals court on Friday set aside the conviction of Ali Hamza al-Bahlul, who allegedly produced an al-Qaida recruiting …

SEOUL, South Korea – Seoul says rival North Korea will return two South Koreans who Pyongyang accused of illegally entering the country last month. Officials at South Korea’s Unification Ministry said the North informed them Monday that the South Koreans will cross back into the South later this week through …

MADRID – A Spanish mayor says a man has died after being charged down and gored by a bull that was being herded into a northern village as part of annual celebrations to honor its patron saint. Jesus Garcia Pastor said the 66-year-old man had wandered into an area of …

Russian President Vladimir Putin does not have any rivals for the presidency ahead of the coming election, the Kremlin claims. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Russian news outlets Tuesday that there is no competition against Putin ahead of the next presidential election next year. “We have repeatedly said that President …

PARIS – France’s foreign minister is calling for an investigation into the killing of Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov, calling it an “assassination that was revolting.” Laurent Fabius said on BFM television Monday that the shooting of Nemtsov in Moscow on Friday night “raises a series of questions.” He insisted …

MOSCOW – The brother of a prominent Russian opposition activist has been transferred from jail to prison. Alexei Navalny’s brother, Oleg, was convicted in December of defrauding a French cosmetics company and handed a 3 ½ year-sentence. Oleg Navalny’s lawyer Kirill Polozov said Wednesday he was transferred from a Moscow …

STOCKHOLM – The European Union has formally submitted its planned contribution to a U.N. climate pact, pledging to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by at least 40 percent by 2030. The cuts are relative to 1990 levels. The EU’s emissions since then are already down by almost 20 percent. The …