Israel, Greece sign tourism deal to boost economies

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JERUSALEM — Israeli and Greek officials agreed Monday to clear the way for vaccinated tourists to travel between their Mediterranean nations in a bid...

Spain: Catalan vote to test pandemic’s impact on separatism

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BARCELONA, Spain — Over 5 million voters will be called to the polls on Sunday in Spain’s northeast Catalonia for an election that will...

Oscars shortlist includes ‘Collective’ and ‘MLK/FBI’

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An expose about government corruption around a Bucharest nightclub fire, a look into the extent of the FBI’s surveillance of Martin Luther King Jr....

Pope hails Colombia for giving needy Venezuelans protection

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VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Sunday praised Colombia for its recent decision to grant protection to Venezuelans who fled their homeland’s economic hardships,...

In Denmark, some school classes resume amid lockdown easing

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COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Danish schools on Monday resumed teaching younger children — from pre-school to the fourth grade — as Denmark has seen a...

IAEA: Iran has started producing uranium metal

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BERLIN — The United Nations’ atomic watchdog agency said Wednesday its inspectors have confirmed that Iran has begun the production of uranium metal —...

AP Interview: Salvador Illa, Catalonia’s quiet gamechanger

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BARCELONA, Spain — As the head of Spain’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, Salvador Illa transformed from a mostly unknown, bespectacled civil servant into...

US gun maker Colt bought by Czech company

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PRAGUE — Czech firearms company Ceska Zbrojovka has signed a deal to acquire Colt, the American gun maker that helped develop revolvers in the...

Lockdowns weigh on German beer sales, hurt small brewers

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COLOGNE, Germany — Bars have been closed for more than three months, Carnival celebrations are canceled, and it's not clear when things will get...

Avalanche kills mountain climber in southern Bosnia

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SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — An avalanche killed a mountain climber in southern Bosnia on Sunday, authorities said. ...