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The New England Patriots have reportedly hired the man to replace Bill Belichick. Jerod Mayo, an assistant coach in New England since 2019 and a former Patriots player, has been hired as the next head coach in Foxborough, Massachusetts, and will be introduced next week, according to multiple reports. New …

SKOPJE, Macedonia – Macedonia’s main opposition leader has withdrawn from talks to resolve a deep political crisis stemming from a wiretap scandal that has roiled the country for months.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 …

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 …

BUJUMBURA, Burundi – A civic leader in Burundi says at least 77 civilians have been killed in clashes with the security forces since the start of anti-government protests in April. Pierre Claver Mbonimpa, who heads the Association for the Protection of Human Rights and Detained Persons, said Friday that at …

LONDON – Britain’s National Crime Agency says roughly 300 possible suspects have been identified in an investigation into large-scale child sex abuse in a northern English town. Senior Investigating Office Steve Baldwin said Wednesday the scale of abuse in the city of Rotherham was horrific and that large amounts of …