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TIRANA, Albania – Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is visiting Albania to discuss increasing economic ties with the small Balkan nation, heading a delegation of about 100 businessmen as he arrived in the capital for meetings with Albanian government officials. Turkey is one of Albania’s main trading partners and investors. …

JOHANNESBURG – The remains of an American pilot who died in a plane crash in Cameroon last year are still in the cockpit even though villagers discovered the wreckage of his anti-poaching aircraft more than a month ago, officials and the pilot’s family said. The discovery of pilot Bill Fitzpatrick …

MADRID – Spain’s Constitutional Court has struck down a decree by a regional government that tried to protect people in economic difficulty by allowing empty houses owned by banks to be temporarily confiscated for use as homes. The country’s top court ruled Tuesday in favor of an appeal by Spain’s …

HONG KONG – Hong Kong regulators are investigating a leading Chinese solar panel maker owned by billionaire Li Hejun after its shares took a sudden and unexplained plunge. The Securities and Futures Commission’s announcement Thursday came a day after Li was quoted in Chinese state media saying there was no …

SINGAPORE – China vigorously defended its South China Sea land reclamation projects in the face of persistent criticism from U.S. leaders at an international security summit Saturday as the standoff in the Asia-Pacific region shows few signs of abating. U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter and other officials sharply condemned the …

KINSHASA, Congo – Officials say at least six people are dead following an attack on the largest airport in eastern Congo. Government spokesman Lambert Mende says that heavily armed gunmen broke into the Goma airport early Tuesday. Mende said two Congolese soldiers were killed during the attack, and four assailants …

Military officials have identified the service members who were on board the U.S. Air Force CV-22 Osprey that crashed last week off the shore of Yakushima Island, Japan. An Air Force spokesperson said after days of “intensive, 24/7 search and rescue operations” for the eight Airmen involved in the crash …

Passengers on an international flight experienced severe turbulence Tuesday, which left around 14 people injured. The incident happened on Emirates flight EK421 from Perth to Dubai when the plane began shaking violently, according to The West Australian. Around 14 people were injured when the plane hit severe turbulence as the …

BEIJING – A women’s rights organization connected to five feminist activists whose detentions prompted international concern earlier this year says it has been forced to shut down permanently because of mounting pressure from authorities. Founder Wu Rongrong said Friday that she was “sad beyond words” at the closure of Weizhiming …

KABUL, Afghanistan – Teachers in the Afghan capital are on strike in support of demands for higher pay and improved conditions. Fazel Ahmad Fazel, the head of Afghanistan’s Teachers’ Council, said Sunday that schools in the capital Kabul have been closed for a week and that some teachers have held …