BERLIN (AP) – The president of Ukraine became the latest prominent politician to deny wrongdoing Wednesday after his name was linked to secretive offshore accounts arranged by a Panama law firm. The revelations have raised suspicion that such offshore entities were set up to avoid taxes, but Petro Poroshenko denied …

JOHANNESBURG (AP) – Calls are growing for South African President Jacob Zuma to resign even though parliament defeated an opposition motion to remove him because of a spending scandal. A coalition of church, academic and other groups is organizing a protest campaign against Zuma, who apologized after the country’s top …

PARIS (AP) – Your lost or stolen passport may have found a new life in the shady underworld of a crime gang or in the pocket of a terrorist plotting an attack. Like crime syndicates, terrorist networks are often globe-spanning operations, and doctored documents are the keys to unlocking borders …

BRUSSELS (AP) – The European Union is looking into a fundamental reform of its migration policies, which have heaped pressure on some nations like Greece and Italy as over a million migrants and refugees arrived in Europe over the past year. The EU Commission announced Wednesday it wants to amend …

BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) – A cease-fire has largely held Wednesday around Nagorno-Karabakh despite claims of sporadic violations after an outburst of fighting that has raised fears of an all-out war. Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry said its forces have been observing the cease-fire that was declared at midday Tuesday following three days …