CAIRO – Amnesty International says Egypt’s military failed to take necessary precautions to avoid civilian casualties during airstrikes last week against what Cairo said were militant targets in Libya. Egypt launched the strikes following the beheadings of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians in the Libyan city of Sirte by militants affiliated …

RABAT, Morocco – Morocco’s Interior Ministry has announced a ban on the import of drones and remote-controlled flying objects in general, citing security concerns. The statement Wednesday said the ban had taken effect two days earlier and was due to threats to security and property and the invasion of privacy. …

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis’ finance czar has defended the expenditures of his office following reports it had racked up a half-million euros ($575,000) in bills in the last six months. Australian Cardinal George Pell’s office has been insisting on a spending review elsewhere in the Vatican. A spokesman for …

PESHAWAR, Pakistan – Authorities say a man in Pakistan, angered by a rejected marriage proposal to his cousin, has killed 10 members of his extended family after years earlier killing four others over it. Police officer Shahid Khan says the attack happened early Sunday in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in …

Ugandan authorities arrested a man who was once detained at Guantanamo Bay on suspicion of playing a role in the death of a local prosecutor last month who handled terror cases, police said Wednesday. Jamal Kiyemba was arrested with three others as they held a meeting in a Kampala, Uganda …

ISLAMABAD – A senior government official in Pakistan says gunmen have attacked a dam construction site in southwestern Baluchistan province, killing at least 20 workers and wounding three. Commissioner Pasand Khan Buledi of Makran division says a large group of gunmen attacked a labor camp near the dam construction site …

FRANKFURT, Germany – Europe’s economic outlook is finally beginning to brighten a little. But don’t expect European Central Bank head Mario Draghi to sound all that excited when he takes the stage Wednesday for his next news conference. Draghi will sound a little cautious in order to discourage any thought …

PODGORICA, Montenegro – Police in Montenegro say they have arrested 16 people suspected of smuggling into Serbia 138 Syrian migrants who were trying to flee their war-ravaged country and reach Western Europe Police said Friday they have broken a human smuggling chain from Albania to Serbia that passes Montenegro. Tens …

WARSAW, Poland – The leader of a Polish bikers’ group says its members will greet and accompany a group of Russian bikers to ensure their ride through Poland is peaceful and safe. Some 30 Russian bikers, including a nationalist group loyal to President Vladimir Putin, plan to retrace the path …

PARIS – The Paris prosecutor’s office says a formal terror investigation has been opened after the arrest this week of a computer science student who authorities say planned an attack on a church and is suspected in the shooting death of a woman. The 24-year-old student, an Algerian identified as …