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Croatian customs authorities say they have prevented the smuggling of 715 live turtles, a protected species in the European Union's newest member state.

Mohammad Yassin says there are no words to describe the horror of migrant life in an abandoned warehouse in central Belgrade, home to hundreds of people trapped in Serbia en route to the European Union.

German businesses remained optimistic in November following the election in the U.S. of Donald Trump as president, but began showing possible signs of concern about the future, a closely-watched survey showed Thursday.

Environmentalists are displaying hundreds of colorful origami birds outside the Spanish Parliament to demand greater government action to protect a national park that provides habitat for migrating birds.

Indonesian military officials say they have lost contact with an army helicopter carrying four people in Borneo.

The international monitoring mission in eastern Ukraine says it has recorded a sharp rise in cease-fire violations following several days of lower activity.

The head of a Congo army operation against rebels in the country's east says it has freed 26 people held by a Uganda-based rebel group.

A Peruvian farmer is suing German energy giant RWE, alleging it's contributing to climate change that is threatening his home.

The Latest on the conflict in Syria (all times local): 3:30 p.m.

The Latest on Hurricane Otto (all times local): 6:15 a.m.

The European Union's legislature is asking the bloc to freeze membership negotiations with Turkey over the government's heavy-handed crackdown following a failed coup in July.

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko is pressing top European Union officials to keep sanctions pressure up on Russia while the EU seeks reassurance that Ukraine is doing its utmost to battle corruption.

An Egyptian appeals court has reduced the sentence against a poet accused of contempt of Islam to a six-month suspended prison term.

Three Turkish soldiers were killed and 10 were wounded in northern Syria on Thursday in what the Turkish military said was a pre-dawn airstrike believed to have been carried out by Syrian government forces.

Russia's domestic security agency says it has arrested a retired navy officer in Crimea accused of spying for Ukraine.

A senior Iraqi commander says his troops have driven Islamic State militants from three more neighborhoods in the northern city of Mosul.

In an exceptional move, French anti-terrorism authorities are keeping five men in custody without charge in an investigation into a new plot to attack France.

Greek ferries have suspended their routes to and from the country's islands due to a 24-hour seamen's strike protesting pension cuts and other measures arising from Greece's bailout commitments.

U.K. Independence Party acting leader Nigel Farage has predicted a political earthquake in Britain if the government of Prime Minister Theresa May fails to leave the European Union before the 2020 general election.

Russia's counterterrorism agency says two suspected militants and two special forces officers have been killed in a gunbattle in the nation's volatile North Caucasus.