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GENEVA (AP) – Geneva police were “actively searching” for suspects in connection with an investigation into the Paris attacks last month, Swiss security officials said Thursday. Geneva’s security department said that city authorities received word on Wednesday that Swiss federal authorities had flagged “suspicious individuals who could be in Geneva …

LE BOURGET, France (AP) – The latest news related to the U.N. climate conference outside Paris, which runs through Dec. 11. All times local: 2:10 p.m. Activists have a new way of trying to increase pressure on negotiators at the Paris climate talks – with caricatures of big-headed world leaders …

JERUSALEM (AP) – A planned visit to Israel by U.S. Republican hopeful Donald Trump is turning into one big headache for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The Israeli leader, widely seen as a supporter of the Republican Party, shares much in common with Trump. But cozying up to the GOP …

LONDON (AP) – A trove of Viking jewelry and Saxon coins unearthed by an amateur treasure-hunter in a farmer’s field may help rescue an English king from obscurity. The Watlington Hoard, a collection of silver bands, ingots and 186 coins unveiled at the British Museum Thursday, dates from a tumultuous …

HOMS, Syria (AP) – Dozens of insurgents began evacuating their last stronghold in Syria’s central city of Homs Wednesday as part of a local deal with government forces that allows them safe passage to areas in the country’s north. The governor of Homs, Talal Barazzi, told The Associated Press on …

IDOMENI, Greece (AP) – A wooden smuggling boat carrying about 50 people sank Wednesday in the eastern Aegean Sea. Greek authorities said at least 12 people drowned, including six children, and 12 others were missing. In northern Greece, riot police were removing hundreds of protesting migrants from a border crossing …

PARIS (AP) – The third gunman who terrorized Paris’ Bataclan concert hall before being killed last month in the attack was identified Wednesday as a Frenchman who left for Syria in 2013. The development came after his mother received a text message announcing his death and gave a DNA sample …

ATHENS, Greece (AP) – The Latest in the influx of people into Europe. All times local: 1:45 p.m. The German government plans to issue a new identity document to migrants arriving in the country amid efforts to improve management of the influx. Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere on Wednesday presented …

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) – A Taliban assault on an airport in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar that has been underway for nearly 24 hours has killed 37 people, the Defense Ministry said Wednesday. A ministry statement said another 35 people have been wounded in the assault, which began Tuesday. …

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) – Six Afghan children drowned after a rubber dinghy carrying migrants to Greece sank off Turkey’s Aegean coast on Tuesday, the state-run news agency reported. Five other migrants, including a 12-year-old boy, were rescued from the sea off the resort of Cesme, and were found floating in …