MEXICO CITY – Mexico’s attorney general says that confessions and forensic evidence show that all 43 students who disappeared at the hands of local police in September were killed and then incinerated at a garbage dump in the southern state of Guerrero — a conclusion that relatives of the victims …

BERLIN – Otto Carius, a World War II German panzer ace credited with destroying more than 150 enemy tanks, mostly on the Eastern Front, has died at 92. Carius died at home in western Germany Jan. 24 after a short illness, according to a statement Friday on the website of …

UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations’ new human rights chief is making an official visit to the United States, the first such visit by the high commissioner since 2007. The U.N. says Zeid Raad al-Hussein, who is based in Geneva, is in Washington this week to meet with National Security …

BERLIN – Germany’s industrial production rose slightly in December in another sign that the key sector is gaining steam. The Federal Statistical Office said Friday that December production was up by 0.1 percent over November, despite a drop in construction and capital goods. That followed a 0.1 percent rise in …

ABUJA, Nigeria – Nigerian officials Tuesday formed a panel to investigate a report of rapes, child trafficking and other abuses in northeastern camps for people fleeing from Boko Haram. A report funded by Nigeria’s Calabar-based International Centre for Investigative Reporting alleged some officials who should be protecting displaced people are …

BEIJING – China’s first female astronaut has begun training for her next mission after giving birth to her first child, state media reported Friday. The official China Daily newspaper quoted Liu Yang as confirming the birth at an award ceremony this week but gave no details. It quoted her saying …

BERLIN – A German court says a 93-year-old man has been charged with 170,000 counts of accessory to murder on allegations he served as an SS guard at the Nazis’ Auschwitz death camp in occupied Poland. The defendant, whose name wasn’t disclosed in line with privacy laws, allegedly served in …

NEW DELHI – Police say they have arrested seven people for allegedly stealing classified government documents and selling them to energy companies. Police Commissioner Bhim Sain Bassi said three men were arrested after they were caught trespassing and stealing documents from India’s ministry of petroleum and natural gas. The men …

BAGHDAD – Officials say bombings in and around Iraq’s capital, Baghdad, have killed at least eight people. Police say a bomb near a restaurant killed three civilians and wounded eight Tuesday in the northwestern Shula neighborhood. They say a bomb also killed three civilians and wounded nine in a commercial …

MANAMA, Bahrain – A defense lawyer says a Bahraini court has found 11 Shiites guilty of involvement in a deadly bomb attack targeting police last year and sentenced three of them to death. Attorney Mohammed al-Tajir says the other eight convicted Thursday were sentenced to life imprisonment and will have …