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In what has become an increasingly common occurrence, North Korea attempted to launch two more ballistic missiles in violation of UN Security Council resolutions barring such tests.

A team of jump ropers from Hong Kong decimated an old world record in double-dutch last weekend at the world championships in Sweden.

Spanish officials have relented and say a couple who started an online petition to be allowed call their newborn son the Spanish word for "Wolf" will now be permitted to do so.

The Italian government is ready to "positively evaluate" any request for air base or airspace use in the U.S. airstrikes against Islamic State militants in Libya if that would yield "a more rapid and effective end" to the campaign, Defense Minister Roberta Pinotti said Wednesday.

Two girls in British Columbia came to the rescue of a cat with her kittens stuck underneath a trailer in the back of their elementary school, the CBC reported.

Nigeria's Boko Haram Islamic extremists have a new leader who promises to end attacks on mosques and markets used by Muslims, according to an interview published Wednesday by the Islamic State group.

A Greek government official said Wednesday that there was no sign yet that a deal between the European Union and Turkey to stop migrants coming to Europe has faltered since the attempted military coup in the country.

The appearance of a vacation at a swanky Mediterranean beach resort is just a pretext to unleash terror.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has named as interior minister a general the United States indicted this week on drug-trafficking charges.

France's Interior minister Bernard Cazeneuve has promised to maintain as many summer events as possible despite some cancellations for security reasons following recent attacks in the country.

The imprisoned brother of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has drawn a set of stickers depicting life in prison for a popular messaging app.

German authorities say a Tunisian man has been arrested suspected of killing two other Tunisian nationals whose remains were found in a Leipzig lake.

London police have responded to the increased terror threat in Europe by deploying 600 more armed officers on the streets.

A top Indian official has arrived in Saudi Arabia and has met with the kingdom's labor minister to discuss ways to help thousands of Indian laborers who say they have not been paid their wages in months and are stranded with no way out of the kingdom.

There was a record number of refugees and migrants who applied for asylum in Europe last year -- a 122 percent increase from 2014, the Pew Research Center reported Tuesday.

The United Nations Children's Fund says it is "extremely" concerned for the safety and wellbeing of children caught up in the violence engulfing the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, including the eastern neighborhoods under government siege.

Italy's interior minister says a Syrian man has been detained in Genoa on suspicion he intended to join an extremist group in his homeland for the "purpose of international terrorism." Minister Angelino Alfano said in a statement Wednesday the suspect was detained under recent legislation that forbids joining a terrorist group.

A Belgian court has ruled that a man charged with participating in a terrorist group and planning to kill people will be kept behind bars for another month as investigation of the case continues.

Iran's official IRNA news agency is reporting that authorities have arrested a hard-line theorist for criticizing the Iranian army.

The Latest on Europe's response to the wave of migration from the Middle East and Africa (all times local): 1:40 p.m.