BRUSSELS (AP) – Sebastien Bellin, a 6-foot-9 (205-centimeter) giant once celebrated for his skills on the basketball court, is today better known as the man who was photographed lying bloody on the floor of Brussels’ main airport after the March 22 bombings. But as he recovers at the Erasmus Hospital …

PARIS (AP) – French police arrested a suspected gunman Thursday after shots were fired near Parisian cafes targeted in November’s attacks. No injuries were reported but the incident rattled nerves in a city still on edge. Paris police spokeswoman Johana Primevert says officers deployed after shots rang out. A suspect …

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) – Glenn Martin was sitting in a bar with his college buddies 35 years ago when they got to wondering: What ever happened to flying cars and jetpacks? The next day, the New Zealander began looking for answers in the science library, triggering a lifelong quest …

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 …

BEIJING (AP) – China’s Foreign Ministry on Tuesday denounced as “groundless” reports based on documents leaked from a Panama-based law firm that name relatives of current and retired Chinese politicians, including President Xi Jinping, as owning offshore companies. Spokesman Hong Lei said he would not discuss the reports further and …

BRUSSELS (AP) – In the days since Islamic State suicide bombers attacked the Brussels airport, survivor Walter Benjamin has been plugging away on Facebook from his hospital room, sharing his story, telling loved ones not to worry. He has met the king of Belgium, the queen and the country’s chief …