ATHENS, Greece (AP) – Turkey is under growing pressure to consider a major escalation in migrant deportations from Greece, a top European Union official said Thursday, amid preparations for a highly anticipated summit of EU and Turkish leaders next week. European Council President Donald Tusk ended a six-nation tour of …

JOHANNESBURG (AP) – A hotel owner in Mozambique says the sandbank where a possible piece of a missing Malaysian airliner was found is in waters with treacherous currents and is not normally visited by tourists. Tony Manna, who owns a beachfront hotel in the Mozambican town of Vilankulo, said Friday …

TOKYO (AP) – The new U.N. sanctions on North Korea are out and they are going to pinch Pyongyang hard. But they also beg a big question – since sanctions thus far have failed to persuade North Korea to roll over and give up its nukes, are more, but tougher, …

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered his military to be ready to launch nuclear strikes at any time, state media reported Friday, an escalation in rhetoric targeting Seoul and Washington that may not reflect the country’s actual nuclear capacity. The threats are part of …

PARIS (AP) – The Latest on Syria’s conflict (all times local): 2 p.m. France’s president says discussions about a political transition in Syria will “accelerate” with the cease-fire that has held for a week across the war-wracked country. Francois Hollande, after speaking with the leaders of Russia, Germany, Britain and …