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In a blow to French leader Emmanuel Macron, his former government spokesman pulled out of the race to become mayor of Paris on Friday, after French media reports of leaks onto the internet of compromising sexual images.

Search teams in Indonesia on Friday found the bodies of a dozen soldiers killed when their helicopter crashed eight months ago in the country’s easternmost province of Papua where separatist rebels are active, officials said.

Growth ground to a halt at the end of the year in Germany, Europe?s largest economy, as manufacturing remained in a slump and exports fell.

A gold rush is underway in an area of northern Mali where al-Qaida-linked fighters are active, raising concerns that profits from artisanal mining could benefit not only the local economy but also Islamic extremists.

France’s Renault saw its sales and earnings drop last year and says 2020 will be tough due to the need for investment in new technologies at a time when the market is shrinking.

German authorities are searching sites linked to five people on suspicion that they formed a 'right-wing terrorist organization? and planned to carry out attacks against politicians and minorities.

Two Jehovah’s Witnesses have been convicted of extremism in Russia and four more arrested, one of whom reported being tortured in custody, the religious group said Friday.

A since-fired sheriff’s deputy who police in Georgia said killed a graduate student he believed was having an affair with his wife was indicted on seven felony charges.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar smiled as he rattled off the names of his former high school teammates and opponents.