STOCKHOLM – Tempering expectations on a global climate deal in Paris this year, the U.N.’s top climate diplomat has warned against assuming the pact will “miraculously solve climate change.” As negotiators prepare for a new round of talks in Geneva next week, U.N. climate chief Christiana Figueres said Thursday the …

PARIS – The ATP has dropped its investigation into Tunisian player Malek Jaziri’s withdrawal ahead of a possible match against an Israeli opponent. The ATP says it is “fully satisfied” that Jaziri withdrew because of a legitimate injury and “this matter is considered closed.” Jaziri retired from his first-round match …

GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba – Lawyers for a Saudi prisoner charged in the Sept. 11 terrorist attack on the U.S. are seeking access to his medical records and to allow him to meet with officials from his government. The attorneys for Mustafa Hawsawi say he’s seriously ill and want …

KAMPALA, Uganda – Human Rights Watch says South Sudan’s military is actively recruiting boys into the armed forces despite assurances to the contrary. The rights watchdog said in a statement Monday that boys as young as 13 have been recruited as soldiers, often by force, in South Sudan’s oil-producing state …

OSLO, Norway – After a series of attacks against Jews in Europe, young Muslims in Norway plan to form a “ring of peace” around a synagogue in Oslo. In a Facebook invitation for the event Saturday, organizers say “Muslims want to show that we strongly reject any type of anti-Semitism …

Saudi Arabia says it is onboard fighting terror now and that after last week’s Riyadh attacks, it is ready to crack down. The Saudis weren’t so keen on going after these thugs when they were blowing up our buildings. But I’m encouraged they’re a little bit more so now that …

SKOPJE, Macedonia – Macedonia’s leftwing opposition leader claims that more than 100 journalists were among the victims of alleged mass wire-tapping by the country’s government and secret police chief. Zoran Zaev on Wednesday published what he said were excerpts of taped conversations by journalists in both state-run and independent outlets, …

COPENHAGEN, Denmark – A man suspected of providing a bullet-proof jacket to the gunman who killed two people in attacks in Copenhagen has been jailed for 26 days. The 18-year-old man, who cannot be named under a court order, reportedly is the younger brother of Omar El-Hussein, who killed a …

If you can bury bodies, who says it’s such a stretch to bury weapons? I began asking myself that question upon hearing, yet again, that they’ve uncovered still more mass graves in Iraq. This past weekend, 72 bodies recovered from a shallow mass grave 13 miles northwest of Najaf. It …

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia – Saudi Arabia’s state news agency says a drive-by shooting near the kingdom’s capital, Riyadh, killed two policemen. The Saudi Press Agency says gunmen opened fire from a car at a police patrol east of Riyadh in the early hours on Wednesday. The shooting resulted in the …