MOSCOW – Crimea’s independent television station ATR has gone off air after Russian authorities repeatedly refused to give it a broadcasting license. ATR was established as the first channel dedicated to the Crimean Tatars, an native ethnic group of about 300,000 that was deported from the region by the Soviet …

DHAKA, Bangladesh – A Bangladeshi court on Monday turned down the last legal appeal by an Islamist party official convicted of collaborating in 1971 war crimes and upheld his death sentence. The decision by the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court was the last legal roadblock to execution for 62-year-old …

TUNIS, Tunisia – Tunisia’s defense spokesman said a fifth soldier has died from wounds suffered in an ambush Tuesday that also wounded eight people. Brig. Gen. Belhassen Oueslati said Wednesday that 13 suspects were arrested in the mountainous region around the city of Kasserine near the Algerian border during a …

BAMAKO, Mali – A Malian military spokesman says two soldiers are dead and three others wounded after a military vehicle struck a roadside bomb in southern Mali. Col. Souleymane Maiga said the attack took place Sunday in Mali’s Segou region, far from the violence in the country’s north that has …

JERUSALEM – The Israeli military says it has arrested 29 Palestinians suspected of links to the militant Hamas group in an overnight raid in the West Bank. Palestinian security officials said Wednesday the suspects were nabbed in and near the city of Nablus. The military says the raid was conducted …

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Jamaican government is organizing a trade mission to Cuba with representatives from 18 private sector companies. Jamaican Industry Minister Anthony Hylton says the group’s members will meet with their Cuban counterparts from April 20-23 to talk about possible partnerships. William Mahfood is the director of one …

COPENHAGEN, Denmark – Denmark has outlawed bestiality, putting the small Scandinavian country in line with several European neighbors, including Germany, Sweden and Norway. In a 91-75 vote, Danish lawmakers approved Tuesday banning sex with animals. Five abstained. The law proposal had been introduced in February by Denmark’s farming minister Dan …

JERUSALEM – Israeli police say its officers have shot dead a knife-wielding Palestinian teen who tried to stab them in east Jerusalem. Police spokeswoman Luba Samri says the 17-year-old east Jerusalem resident approached a roadblock early Saturday with a butcher’s knife and tried to attack officers there. Samri says officers …

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip – Police forces of the Islamic militant group Hamas that rules the Gaza Strip suppressed a demonstration by local youth movements calling for it to mend ties with the rival Palestinian government in the West Bank. Hamas supporters took over the podium where protesters were expressing …

MOSCOW – Demonstrators are laying flowers and lighting candles in front of a building in the Ukrainian city of Odessa where more than 40 people died as it caught fire in a clash between supporters and opponents of Ukraine’s government. In all, 48 people died in Odessa in the May …