BERLIN (AP) – The Latest on a train crash in Germany that has caused deaths and injuries (all times local): 12:25 p.m. German police say the death toll from a head-on train crash in the southern state of Bavaria has risen to nine. Federal police spokesman Rainer Scharf told The …

HONG KONG (AP) – Hong Kong’s Lunar New Year celebration descended into chaos as protesters and police, who fired warning shots into the air, clashed over a street market selling fishballs and other local holiday delicacies, with dozens injured and arrested. The violence is the worst in Hong Kong since …

In Japan, the prime minister said North Korea would be committing a “grave, provocative act” if it followed through on plans to launch a long-range rocket. South Korea warned of “searing consequences” if the launch went ahead. Moscow and Washington, which rarely agree on much of anything these days, both …