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Volkswagen shares have soared after the German car giant revealed that its first-half earnings before charges related to its diesel-emissions scandal were "significantly higher" than market expectations.

A watchdog organization says a Ugandan-led rebel group operating in Central Africa abducted 498 civilians and killed 17 others in the first half this year.

The Latest on the situation in Turkey after the failed military coup last week (all times local): 1:25 p.m.

The rights group Human Rights Watch is calling on Greece to immediately end the holding of unaccompanied migrant children in police station cells, saying the country must find space for them in facilities where they can receive adequate care.

The number of people killed in attacks by extremists throughout Europe soared in 2015 from the year earlier and the European Union police agency is warning the Islamic State group may "put more emphasis on operations abroad" as a Western military alliance puts it under pressure in Syria and Iraq.

The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority says it is committed to a long-term investment strategy despite a slump in oil prices and concerns about slower economic growth worldwide.

France's defense minister says three French soldiers have been killed in Libya where France has special forces operating.

A French official says an armed man who had sparked a brief nationwide panic by barricading himself inside his hotel room in southern France and refusing to pay his bill was suffering from mental issues and has been detained.

Indonesian officials have banned the playing of "Pokemon Go" from the presidential palace.

Jerusalem's mayor says he will forgo the city's annual gay pride parade because it is offensive to religious residents.

A 45-year-old German woman has been found guilty of manslaughter in the death of four of her newborn babies whose bodies were found at her apartment in a Bavarian town.

Government forces in the Indian-controlled portion of Kashmir on Wednesday removed dozens of black and Pakistani flags hoisted by residents observing a "black day" to protest the killing of a top rebel leader.

Israel's parliament has passed a charged bill that would allow the assembly to oust a sitting lawmaker deemed to be inciting against the state.

Police in northern India said Wednesday that they have arrested two men for raping a young woman for the second time in three years after she refused to withdraw the case against them.

A prominent journalist was killed in a car bombing in Ukraine's capital, Kiev, on Wednesday, sending shockwaves through the Ukrainian journalist community that was shaped by the gruesome killing of the publication's founder 16 years ago.

A prominent journalist was killed in a car bombing in Ukraine's capital, Kiev, on Wednesday, sending shockwaves through the Ukrainian journalist community that was shaped by the gruesome killing of the publication's founder 16 years ago.

India's parliament was in uproar Wednesday after four men belonging to the low-caste Dalit community were beaten while trying to skin a dead cow in western India.

To the challenges facing KFC and Apple in China, add a surprise backlash from Beijing's spat with the Philippines over the South China Sea.

Days after a failed coup attempt in Turkey, the country's jets carried out cross-border strikes against Kurdish rebel targets in northern Iraq, killing some 20 alleged militants, state media reported Wednesday.

A deeply divisive labor bill is nearing final approval in France's Parliament after an often violent national debate over how to modernize the French work force.