OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso – Family members gathered in Ouagadougou to remember loved ones who died a year ago in a plane crash that killed 116 people. Relatives set up a vigil and shared prayers on Friday near construction of a monument that will display the names of the victims of …

PARIS – French officials say Swiss army helicopters made a surprise cross-border incursion into France — for the sake of thirsty Swiss cows. The aerial operation to scoop up water caught authorities responsible for Rousses Lake in the Jura mountains by surprise. The helicopters also startled swimmers and fishermen enjoying …

CHICAGO – Farm Aid will have a 30th-anniversary concert featuring Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Neil Young and Dave Matthews in Chicago. Plans were announced Tuesday for the all-day Farm Aid 30 show on Sept. 19. Other performers include Mavis Staples, Kacey Musgraves and Jack Johnson. Nelson is Farm Aid’s president …

BEIRUT – An activist group and a Lebanese TV station are reporting that an Israeli drone attack in southern Syria has killed at least three pro-government gunmen. Al-Manar TV, the outlet of Lebanon’s Hezbollah group, says the strike targeted a car carrying members of the Syrian National Defense Committees near …

AMSTERDAM – Two cranes being used in the restoration of a bridge in a central Dutch city have fallen onto a row of buildings and local media report up to 20 people have been injured. Ton Koot, a spokesman for the local fire brigade in Alphen aan den Rijn, told …

KABUL, Afghanistan – An Afghan official says drone strikes have killed up to 60 insurgents, many of them allied to the Islamic State group, in recent days. Ahmad Zia Abdulzai, spokesman for the Nangarhar provincial governor, said Wednesday that the strikes took place in Nangarhar and neighboring Paktika provinces in …

ISLAMABAD – A local police official in northwestern Pakistan says the death toll from an army helicopter crash has risen to 12 and that rescuers have transported the bodies of all the victims to hospitals. Fida Khan said Friday that the helicopter suddenly went down a day earlier in the …

MOSCOW – The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe’s mission in eastern Ukraine says four of its armored cars were destroyed in an apparent arson attack. It was unclear who carried out the attack in Donetsk, the main rebel-held city. The white sport utility vehicles were parked outside the …

SRINAGAR, India – Indian officials say government troops have killed two militants in a prolonged gunbattle that also left one police officer wounded in the Indian-ruled portion of Kashmir. Senior paramilitary officer Nalin Prabhat said the gunbattle began Monday after security forces cordoned off some houses in Ratnipora village. Shooting …

Friday the Labor Department is expected to report the economy added 245,000 jobs in December. That’s down from 321,000 in November, and a slower economic growth will likely drag on jobs creation through much of 2015. After a tough winter and brief economic contraction, the economy grew at a 4.8 …