SKOPJE, Macedonia – Macedonia’s main opposition leader has withdrawn from talks to resolve a deep political crisis stemming from a wiretap scandal that has roiled the country for months. Social Democrat head Zoran Zaev said Friday he would not participate in the next round of talks with Prime Minister Nikola …

BUCHAREST, Romania – Romania’s prime minister says he will contest prosecutors’ accusations he has engaged in money laundering, forgery and being an accomplice to tax evasion. Victor Ponta said Sunday the case against him is politically motivated and that he would file a complaint because prosecutors accused him without a …

BERLIN – Germany plans to acquire a new air defense system and four new battleships over the coming years for a total of nearly 8 billion euros ($8.9 billion). Military chief Gen. Volker Wieker said Tuesday that Germany plans to get the Medium Extended Air Defense System, or MEADS, the …

KINSHASA, Congo – The military spokesman for the U.N. mission in Congo says that the Congolese troops backed by U.N. forces launched a military operation against a rebel group in the country’s northeast. Jean-Marie Joseph Goncalves said Wednesday that U.N. forces were taking part in the operation by both land …

NEW YORK – Shares of some companies that are studying potential vaccines for Ebola climbed after federal officials announced that the first case of the disease has been diagnosed in the U.S. The Centers for Disease Control said a patient being treated at a hospital in Dallas tested positive for …

MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK, Wash. – The search for the missing Utah climber on Mount Rainier was called off Saturday afternoon after a helicopter spotted the body of a deceased male climber near the summit. Mount Rainier National Park spokeswoman Patricia Wold said the body matches the description of missing …

THE HAGUE, Netherlands – The International Criminal Court says the trial of former Congo militia leader Bosco Ntaganda will start in July, weighing charges including murder, rape and using child soldiers. The court set the date Tuesday, a day after rejecting the idea of beginning the case in the Democratic …

PARIS – A French prosecutor says a judicial investigation has begun into the Germanwings jet crash that killed all 150 people on board. Brice Robin, the Marseille prosecutor in charge of the original probe, said the independent judicial inquiry started late Wednesday in an involuntary manslaughter case, allowing investigating magistrates …

Terrorists aligned with Al Qaeda are in control of Jaar, the historical capital of the Yemen province of Abyan, a Yemeni official briefed on the intelligence data told Fox News. Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, the terrorist group’s branch in Yemen, has taken hold of the town, along with …

Mexican businessman Juan Jose Pardo had finally seen enough of the drug killings in his country, and was increasingly worried over the safety of his wife and two children. “You feel that the problem is approaching,” he said. “We decided it’s better to start taking action instead of waiting for …