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A group that runs 10 national wildlife parks in Africa says a helicopter it chartered in Central African Republic has crashed, killing all three people on board.

A survivor of an Italian avalanche says she only learned she had been buried by tons of snow after she was rescued, thinking until then that she had been trapped by one of the many earthquakes that have rattled central Italy in recent months.

Hundreds of students are gathering in downtown Warsaw and other Polish cities to protest the country's populist government, with a range of demands that includes better ties with the European Union and protecting the environment.

At least 28 people were killed and dozens more wounded Wednesday as Somali security forces ended a siege by extremist fighters who stormed a hotel in the capital, police said.

A Libyan military spokesman says troops have routed Islamic militants from a key area they controlled in the eastern city of Benghazi.

The president of Kazakhstan, who has led the ex-Soviet Central Asian nation for more than a quarter century, is vowing to strengthen the parliament's authority.

A Jerusalem court has reached a plea bargain with a former chief rabbi of Israel that will have him serve time for corruption.

Israel has issued a travel warning for its citizens on visiting Egypt's Sinai Peninsula.

A top Romanian judicial body says a government proposal to pardon thousands of prisoners, which critics say would reverse the country's anti-corruption drive, is unconstitutional.

The European Commission is recommending that 5 nations from the borderless Schengen travel zone be allowed to extend internal frontier controls for another three months because of the exceptional circumstances caused by migration into Europe.

A controversial bill that would decriminalize some forms of domestic violence in Russia was one step closer to hitting President Vladimir Putin's desk on Wednesday.

The managing director of the International Monetary Fund is making her first visit to Central African Republic to encourage the global community to support a country whose infrastructure has been "shattered" by conflict.

The Latest on the influx of migrants into Europe (all times local): 3:05 p.m.

The Latest on Brexit (all times local): 2:50 p.m.

The head of Human Rights Watch has expressed concern "we will lose the U.S. voice as a defender of human rights around the world" under President Donald Trump, and urged other democracies to "take a leadership position." Kenneth Roth of the New York-based advocacy group says he fears some repressive governments will use the opportunity of Trump's accession to power to crack down on dissent.

Iceland, ranked the world's most peaceful country, is reeling after police said a young woman whose body was found on a beach was murdered.

Turkey's president says he will quickly endorse a parliament-approved reform package that paves the way for a referendum on a presidential system that would give him expanded powers.

Thailand's Commerce Ministry says it will provide a lawyer and translator for a senior official arrested in Japan for allegedly stealing three paintings from a hotel's hallways.

Premier Paolo Gentiloni acknowledged delays and "malfunctioning" in Italy's response to the avalanche that buried a mountain hotel, as the death toll climbed Wednesday to 24 and rescue workers all but ruled out finding any of the five people still missing alive.

Former European Parliament president Martin Schulz, who's been tapped to be the German Social Democrats' candidate for chancellor in fall elections, says he is confident he will be able to turn his party's fortunes around.