ATHENS, Greece – Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis will travel to Washington to meet with International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde and unspecified US Treasury officials, the Greek government has announced. Varoufakis will meet Lagarde Sunday evening and the Treasury officials Monday. Greece is locked into difficult negotiations with …

NEW DELHI – Every evening, hundreds of millions of Indian women hover over crude stoves making dinner for their families. They feed the flames with polluting fuels like kerosene or cow dung, and breathe the acrid smoke wafting from the fires. The smoke, containing high concentrations of tiny particles known …

ANKARA, Turkey – Turkey’s military says Kurdish rebels have fired on troops in eastern Turkey, wounding four soldiers and touching off clashes between the military and the rebels. The military said the attack occurred Saturday near the village of Yukari Tutek, in Agri province, where troops were dispatched to police …

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia – A Sumatran elephant has been found dead in Indonesia’s Aceh province with its tusks cut off, raising suspicion it was killed by poachers. The carcass of the estimated 25-year-old male elephant was discovered Monday inside a palm oil plantation in Karang Hampa village in West Aceh …

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia – A wealthy military general charged with murdering a fellow tycoon over a business dispute was taken into police custody Friday. Thong Sarath was sent to police headquarters in Phnom Penh after being taken into custody in the eastern province of Svay Rieng, National Police spokesman Gen. …

BAYDA, Libya – A spokesman for Libya’s internationally recognized government says the chaos in his country has allowed human traffickers to proliferate. Hatem al-Aribi said Tuesday that the smuggling of migrants to Europe via Libya generates massive amounts of illicit money, some of which ends up in the hands of …

BAGHDAD – An Iraqi official says security forces have recaptured a key bridge from Islamic State group militants in Ramadi, the capital of western Anbar. Anbar police Col. Mahadi Abbas says the forces recaptured the al-Houz bridge on the Euphrates river on Friday, after fierce clashes with IS militants in …

TEL AVIV, Israel – Hundreds of people are protesting in Tel Aviv against Israel’s housing policies for its Arab citizens. Protests by Israel’s Arabs occur frequently, but seldom have they taken place in Tel Aviv, in a central square that typically hosts demonstrations for causes championed by Jewish Israelis. In …

ISLAMABAD – Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has praised the country’s armed forces for defeating militants in the North Waziristan tribal area, which was once considered the main base for the Pakistani Taliban. In his televised speech during a rare Friday visit, Sharif encouraged people to return to their homes. …

UNITED NATIONS – The U.N. confirms that Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will go to Moscow to attend Victory Day events this weekend. Spokesman Stephane Dujarric told reporters Monday that Ban’s meetings in Moscow are not yet finalized. He’s attending events marking the 70th anniversary of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany …