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Officials say that at least four soldiers have been killed in a border skirmish between Armenian and Azerbaijani troops.

Russia's security agencies have arrested seven people suspected of preparing New Year's terror attacks in Moscow on orders from the Islamic State group in Syria.

The Latest on Europe's response to the influx of asylum-seekers and migrants (all times local): 1:10 p.m.

A Polish court has sentenced a businessman and two waiters convicted in the illegal wiretapping of top Polish politicians in Warsaw restaurants to prison terms.

Prosecutors in Bosnia have charged the commander of special police units in Sarajevo during the 1992-95 siege of the city by Bosnian Serb forces with war crimes over the execution of eight captured enemy combatants.

A Finnish court has sentenced a former Helsinki narcotics police boss to 10 years in prison for running a drug ring while in office — a rare case of corruption among the country's civil servants.

Prosecutors in western Germany say they opened a fraud investigation earlier this year against Anis Amri, the main suspect in last week's Berlin truck attack, suspecting that he simultaneously claimed benefits in two towns under different identities.

Beijing police say they have fired four of the five police officers involved in the high-profile death of a man in their custody, following a public outcry against city prosecutors' move to drop charges against them.

The Latest on the conflict in Syria (all times local): 1:30 p.m.

A Jordanian investing company says Iraq has received a large vessel for the first time in its history, thanks to rehabilitation work on its main port.

Swedish prosecutors say a Syrian man has been charged with war crimes for having taken part in the 2012 execution of seven government troops in Syria.

A Russian military official says analysis of a crashed plane's flight recorders has shown there was no explosion on board.

Madrid's town hall says smog levels have dropped enough to allow the city to end unprecedented restrictions it had announced on vehicle circulation.

In a child care center in Belgrade, a drawing of a Christmas tree is dotted with colorful paper stickers where young migrants have written down their New Year's wishes.

Serbian police say two Afghan migrants have been killed and 10 have been injured in a car crash on a highway in central Serbia.

Turkey says Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group, which has sent thousands of fighters to support President Bashar Assad, should withdraw from Syria.

Turkey has rejected Washington's denials that it has provided weapons to a Syrian Kurdish militia force which Ankara considers to be a terrorist group.

President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday blamed a drug feud for a bombing that wounded at least 32 people watching an amateur boxing match in the central Philippines.

Nigerian police say they have arrested a leader of oil militants along with explosives they say he plotted to use to bomb a bustling bridge in Lagos, the country's commercial hub.

China's Defense Ministry says a top general has been placed under investigation for corruption, the highest-level active duty military official to be ensnared in a sweeping anti-corruption drive.