MADRID – Spanish police have searched the family house of the Moroccan man arrested for trying to stage an attack on a high-speed train traveling to Paris late last month. A police spokesman said the house of Ayoub El-Khazzani ‘s parents in the southern city of Aleciras was searched Tuesday …

UNITED NATIONS – Russia is holding up Security Council approval of a proposed new international body to assign blame for chemical attacks in Syria’s deadly conflict for the first time. Russia’s U.N. Ambassador Vitaly Churkin, who holds the council presidency in September, told reporters Wednesday that Russia had questions about …

BANGKOK – A Thai court sentenced four men to life in prison on Friday for a grenade attack on a political rally in Bangkok last year that killed three people, including two children, and injured 21 others. The court originally issued death sentences to the men for murder and other …

BERLIN – A union representing Lufthansa pilots has called a one-day strike at the German airline’s long-distance and cargo operations on Tuesday — the latest in a string of walkouts. The Vereinigung Cockpit union has hit various Lufthansa units with more than a dozen short-term walkouts over recent months. The …

No time is a good time for an epic humanitarian crisis. But Europe today seems woefully unprepared for the human wave from the Maghreb, the Horn of Africa and reaching all the way to Afghanistan. I was overseas for much of the last few weeks and had a chance to …

BEIJING – A Chinese man reportedly held hostage by the Islamic State group worked in advertising and TV production and describes himself as a free spirit and reader of Greek philosophy. The radical group released a poster on Wednesday with an image of the man, identified as Fan Jinghui, and …

MOSCOW – Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is visiting Russia-occupied Crimea in a sign of symbolic support of his close friend, Russian President Vladimir Putin. Berlusconi has previously hosted Putin’s family at his villa on the Italian island of Sardinia. The two spent a weekend together at a vacation …

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Brandon Allen earned the starting quarterback position at Arkansas with a stellar spring practice under first-year coach Bret Bielema. Allen has largely struggled since then, including a 4-of-12 passing effort for 30 yards in the Razorbacks’ 52-7 loss to South Carolina last week. Despite Allen’s struggles — …

LOS ANGELES – When Shelly Sterling was approached by former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer about buying the Los Angeles Clippers, the wife of disgraced NBA team owner Donald Sterling did not know who he was. But in before long she wound up convincing him that the team was worth an …

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Playing with a team-first mentality has been critical to the success of top-ranked Kentucky’s platoon system. But playing selflessly has also allowed several Wildcats to shine at different points. Freshman guard Devin Booker has been the only repeat scoring leader for a 7-0 Kentucky squad that has …