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BARCELONA, Spain — Spain's confrontation with its independence-seeking region of Catalonia intensified Monday when a judge ordered the leaders of two pro-independence groups jailed while they are investigated on possible sedition charges for organizing demonstrations before the region's disputed secession vote.

SAN FRANCISCO — More than a thousand Google employees have signed a letter protesting the company's secretive plan to build a search engine that...

TOKYO — A 7-year-old boy is missing in a Japanese forest after his parents reportedly made him get out of the car as punishment.

NAGANO, Japan (AP) — More victims and more damage have been found in typhoon-hit areas of central and northern Japan, where rescue crews are searching for people still missing.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un held discussions with Russia's defense minister on strengthening "strategic and tactical coordination" between...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virgina — A car plowed into a crowd of people peacefully protesting a white nationalist rally Saturday in a Virginia college town, killing...

JOHANNESBURG — Nigeria on Monday announced the imminent closure of the international airport at Abuja, the capital, for six weeks to repair the runway.

CABOURG, France (AP) — French student Marion Nivard starting writing last year to a World War II veteran in Britain, thanking him...

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish forces at the border with Belarus used water cannons and tear gas Tuesday against stone-throwing migrants, as Warsaw accused Belarusian authorities of giving smoke grenades and other weapons to those trying to cross the frontier.