By LORNE COOK, JUSTIN SPIKE and KAREL JANICEK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union on Thursday approved a 90-billion-euro ($106-billion) loan package to help Ukraine meet its economic and military needs for two years after oil began flowing through a key pipeline to Hungary ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa's top police official was suspended by the president on Thursday after he was charged with breaking finance laws related to an allegedly corrupt police contract. Fannie Masemola appeared in court on Tuesday and was set to return alongside 12 other senior ...

By JON GAMBRELL and JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. military on Thursday seized another tanker associated with the smuggling of Iranian oil, ratcheting up a standoff with Iran a day after its paramilitary Revolutionary Guards took control of two ...

By HUIZHONG WU and KANIS LEUNG Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — China's role as an unofficial mediator in the latest war in the Middle East is drawing attention across the world as it seeks to project the image of being a responsible global power while U.S. actions are straining its ...

LONDON (AP) — Opponents of smoking got a breath of fresh air as Parliament passed a bill that will put cigarettes out of reach for future generations. "The end of smoking, and the devastating harm it causes, is no longer uncertain — it's inevitable," Hazel Cheeseman, chief executive of ...

By MEGAN JANETSKY and MARTÍN SILVA REY Associated Press SAN JUAN TEOTIHUACAN, Mexico (AP) — Officers with bomb-sniffing dogs circled cars and searched bags of tourists filing into historic pyramids outside of Mexico City on Wednesday just days after a man opened fire on tourists. The ...