MEXICO CITY – Mexico’s Federal Telecommunications Institute has announced that one of two companies to which it awarded a new television channel last month has not followed through with a required payment. The agency said late Friday that Radio Centro had decided not to make the payment for the 20-year …

BRUSSELS – A European Union-appointed investigator has cleared the EU’s justice and police mission in Kosovo of conspiring to cover up allegations of corruption against one of its judges. Investigator Jean-Paul Jaque’s report released Tuesday found that no member of the so-called EULEX mission working in Kosovo or in Brussels …

ISTANBUL – Turkish Airlines’ CEO says that pilots may not be as prone to destructive behavior like that of the Germanwings pilot believed to have intentionally crashed a flight last month — if only they get married. At an event Thursday, Temel Kotil told new Turkish Airlines pilots that the …

DHARMSALA, India – The Tibetan government-in-exile wants supporters to help pressure China to release the 11th Panchan Lama, a Buddhist leader who is believed to have been in Chinese custody since his disappearance as a child 20 years ago, the government’s spokesman said Tuesday. Exiles say Chinese authorities abducted Gedhun …

TORONTO – A Canadian judge has ordered the release of a former Guantanamo Bay inmate while he appeals his conviction for war crimes, including killing a U.S. soldier. The judge, June Ross, said Friday that the terms of Omar Khadr’s release will be determined May 5. Toronto-born Khadr is in …

BAMAKO, Mali – The U.N. peacekeeping mission in Mali says its forces have come under attack near the northern city of Timbuktu. The U.N. mission said Tuesday that some of its vehicles came under fire early in the morning. The violence comes just a day after clashes erupted in the …

HELSINKI – Lithuania says it has summoned Russia’s ambassador to complain about repeated Russian naval activities that are disrupting “peaceful shipping and economic activity” in Lithuanian waters. Lithuania’s Foreign Ministry said Friday that it was particularly concerned about the Russian navy’s attempts to interfere with the ongoing construction of an …

SYDNEY – Australia’s central bank cut its benchmark interest rate to a record low of 2 percent in a bid to jolt the nation’s economy which is weighed by falling commodity prices and weakening demand from China. The Reserve Bank of Australia’s quarter percentage point rate cut on Tuesday was …

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