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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 …

KHARTOUM, Sudan – Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir says South Sudan is supporting and hosting Sudanese rebels inside its territory, and has warned Juba to disarm them or face repercussions. In a speech to pro-government militias in South Darfur state quoted Tuesday by the official Sudanese Media Center, al-Bashir says that …

BEIJING – Manufacturing in China barely grew in April, continuing sluggish recent performance in the world’s second biggest economy. Data compiled by the country’s National Bureau of Statistics and the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing showed Friday that the manufacturing purchasing managers’ index came in at 50.1 in April, …

BEIRUT – Syria’s state media is reporting that government forces are attacking Muslim militants on the outskirts of the northwestern town of Jisr al-Shughour. State TV said says government forces have closed all roads leading to the town, which was captured by Muslim militants late last month. The Britain-based Syrian …

BERLIN – The attorney for a former SS sergeant being tried on 300,000 counts of accessory to murder for serving as a guard at the Auschwitz death camp says his client plans to make another statement to the court. As the Lueneburg state court trial opened last month, Oskar Groening …

MADRID – Spanish police have arrested 16 people suspected of praising and encouraging terror acts by three radical Spanish groups. An Interior Ministry statement on Tuesday said the arrested used Internet social networks to praise past attacks against police and call for fresh ones against politicians, police and others. Other …

CANBERRA, Australia – Pope Francis’ finance minister has denied an allegation that he offered a bribe to a victim of clergy abuse to protect a pedophile priest. The allegation against Cardinal George Pell was made under oath on Wednesday at a government inquiry known as the Royal Commission into Institutional …

BEIJING – China is contributing 600 personnel, including 49 from the military, to multinational disaster relief exercises in Malaysia, the first time it has taken part in such an effort. The Defense Ministry says China’s contribution will include experts from the foreign and civil affairs ministry, along with local government …