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NIAMEY, Niger – Niger’s government says its military has retaken control of the island of Karamga in Lake Chad after an attack by Boko Haram on its positions there. In a statement Monday, Niger’s government said its security and defense forces have cleared the enemies from the island. Suspected Nigerian …

COPENHAGEN, Denmark – Copenhagen’s public transport agency says it has ordered the immediate removal of posters opposing Israeli settlements on the capital’s city buses after getting “a considerable amount of complaints.” Movia, owned by eastern Denmark local authorities, said Thursday the campaign by the Danish Palestinian Friendship Association was “unnecessarily …

BERLIN – A spokesman for Germany’s Interior Ministry says there is no evidence that the Russian bikers who entered Germany on Sunday were part of the nationalist Night Wolves group. The pro-Kremlin Night Wolves have declared their intention to commemorate the Russian and Allied defeat of Nazi Germany 70 years …

COPENHAGEN, Denmark – The head of Denmark’s intelligence agency has announced his resignation hours before a government report on the police force’s handling of two fatal shooting attacks in February. Jens Madsen, chief of the Danish Security and Intelligence Service since January 2014, says in a statement it has been …

SKOPJE, Macedonia – Authorities in Macedonia say police have clashed with an armed group in the northern town of Kumanovo, and parts of the town have been sealed off. Macedonia’s state-run news agency MIA reported that four police officers were injured by gunfire, and three of them were taken to …

BAGHDAD – Iraqi police officials say attacks on Shiite pilgrims across the Iraqi capital killed more than a dozen people and wounded at least 40. The largest of the attacks happened in central Baghdad when a suicide bomber attacked pilgrims buying food and drinks on their way back from the …

SALGAR, Colombia – An avalanche of mud and debris roared over an alpine town in western Colombia before dawn Monday, killing at least 52 people in a flash flood and mudslide triggered by heavy rains. Residents were stirred from bed in the dead of the night by a loud rumble …

HOUSTON – A special group of freshmen is taking Duke and Coach K back to the NCAA Final Four. The Blue Devils and their trio of freshmen starters are going to their 16th Final Four after a 66-52 win Sunday in the South Regional over Gonzaga. Justise Winslow, the freshman …

BERLIN – German lawmakers have agreed to make symbolic payments to former Soviet prisoners of war in acknowledgement of their suffering at the hands of the Nazis. Hans-Ulrich Krueger, a budget spokesman for the Social Democrats, said Wednesday the budget committee proposal allocates 10 million euros ($11 million) as ‘symbolic …

SEOUL, South Korea – A South Korean court Friday suspended the prison term of the former Korean Air executive whose onboard “nut rage” tantrum delayed a flight last year, immediately ending her incarceration. Cho Hyun-ah, who is the daughter of the airline’s chairman, did not violate aviation security law when …