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A South African university says its vice-chancellor was assaulted by protesters after he met with them to discuss their demands for free university education.

Scientists in Germany have flipped the switch on a 60 million euro ($66 million) machine designed to help determine the mass of the universe's lightest particle.

Croatia's lawmakers have convened for the first time since last month's early election, paving the way to approve a new government following a period of political instability in the European Union's newest member.

Yemeni officials say an explosion has ripped through a funeral held for a top army commander at a marquee east of the capital Sanaa, killing five people.

For two weeks now, the shelf once piled with bags of sugar — for better or worse Egypt's most loved commodity — has stood empty at this grocery store in bustling downtown Cairo.

Canada's Transportation Safety Board says four people have died in the crash of a small plane in southern British Columbia.

Tucked behind Bashiqa Mountain in northern Iraq, some 500 Turkish troops stationed alongside a local militia say they are training and arming Iraqi fighters to help defeat the Islamic State group.

Britain's High Court has rejected a $1 billion lawsuit against Goldman Sachs by Libya's sovereign wealth fund, which accused the investment bank of duping it into risky deals.

A senior Russian diplomat says a new United Nations Security Council resolution on Syria should include a U.N.

Amnesty International says countries including Mexico and the United States are deporting Central American immigrants back to violent homelands that don't protect them.

Spain is about to pass 300 days without a government.

The European Union's top official for enlargement is urging Macedonia's feuding party leaders to look beyond forthcoming early elections to passing reforms required for the country's eventual accession.

The High Court in London has ruled that a British financial trader suspected of helping to trigger the 2010 "Flash Crash" in stock markets can be extradited to the United States.

Hungary's razor-wire border fence aims to keep refugees from entering the country — but it's also blocking the natural migratory patterns of thousands of deer and other wild animals.

The head of South Africa's state watchdog agency says she is delaying the release of a report on whether a wealthy business family linked to President Jacob Zuma sought to influence Cabinet minister appointments.

A Pakistani minister says the government has lifted a travel ban imposed on a prominent journalist after he published what they called a fabricated story about a high level security meeting.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his country is determined to take part in a possible operation to liberate the Iraqi city of Mosul from the Islamic State group, despite calls from Iraq for Turkey to withdraw its troops.

The former head of Azerbaijan's largest bank has been sentenced to 15 years imprisonment over an alleged scheme to remove billions of dollars from the bank.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel remains open to holding top-level talks with Ukraine, Russia and France on the conflict in eastern Ukraine next week.

Aritz Parra, a multi-format journalist based in Beijing, China, has been named The Associated Press' chief correspondent for Iberia.