MEXICO CITY – Mexican officials have filed a criminal complaint after villagers in the central state of Tlaxcala bulldozed a chapel from the 1700s. The small Chapel of Holy Christ was originally built during colonial times by the Franciscan order and added on to in the 19th and 20th centuries. …

KUWAIT CITY – Kuwaiti authorities say they have uncovered a cell of Islamic State militants from the small Gulf nation involved in fighting in Iraq and Syria. The Ministry of Interior said on Thursday that it identified five Kuwaitis involved in the cell, including one named Mubarak Malfi who was …

AUSTIN, Texas – An anti-abortion group has released its fifth undercover video alleging fetal organ sales that activists say was shot inside a Houston Planned Parenthood clinic. The Center for Medical Progress’ footage shows people pretending to be from a company that procures fetal tissue for research touring the Planned …

ROME – A fishing boat crowded with migrants overturned Wednesday in the Mediterranean off Libya as rescuers approached, and the Italian coast guard and Irish navy said at least 367 people were saved, although 25 bodies also were found in the latest human smuggling tragedy. Coast guard Cmdr. Filippo Marini …

SOFIA, Bulgaria – A military court has sentenced Bulgaria’s former intelligence chief, Kircho Kirov, to 10 years in prison and half of his property to be confiscated for embezzling millions in public funds. The court said Friday that this was the minimum possible sentence for such offenses. Kirov was convicted …

Today, January 1, 2015 is the very first day of a brand new year. And for many that means renewed efforts at a fresh start. New Year’s resolutions, we call them. This is the year. It all starts now. We resolve to turn over a new leaf-and this time we’re …

JAKARTA, Indonesia – Indonesia’s president has announced a Cabinet reshuffle aimed at reviving the sputtering economy and stabilizing the rupiah. President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo chose former central bank governor Darmin Nasution to become Indonesia’s new coordinating minister for the economy, replacing Sofyan Djalil. Djalil has become the national development planning …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – A U.S. federal judge in New York sanctioned Argentina on Wednesday, ruling that he will consider Argentine government assets in the U.S. as commercial property in a long-running dispute over the South American nation’s debt. U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Griesa said the only exceptions would …

BAGHDAD – In this torrid Baghdad summer, Karim Kadim, his wife and five children have been sleeping in their living room, where the air conditioning works best and often muffles noise from the street. But nothing could drown out the thunderclap that roused the family about 5:45 a.m. Thursday. Even …

BUJUMBURA, Burundi – A Burundi official says a former army chief has been killed, the second military official to be assassinated this month in violence linked to the country’s political unrest over President Pierre Nkurunziza’s re-election to a third term. Presidential spokesman Willy Nyamitwe said Saturday that Col. Jean Bikomagu …