KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) – Reinforcements have been rushed to a besieged southern district threatened for days with takeover by Taliban fighters, Afghanistan’s acting defense minister said on Wednesday. Fighting in the Sangin district of Helmand was continuing as army and police arrived to help security forces who had been pinned …

PARIS (AP) – France’s government hardened its position toward dual-national terrorism convicts Wednesday, saying they deserved to have their citizenship revoked as part of a series of constitutional changes upholding the state of emergency imposed after the Nov. 13 attacks. In a speech presenting the proposed changes to France’s constitution, …