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Fear of bloody attacks becomes part of life in Europe

STOCKHOLM — Paris, Copenhagen, Brussels. In just over a year three European capitals have been ravaged by bombs and gunfire.

Former Toronto mayor Rob Ford dies after fighting cancer

TORONTO — Rob Ford, the pugnacious, populist former mayor of Toronto whose career crashed in a drug-driven, obscenity-laced debacle, died Tuesday after fighting cancer, his family said. He was 46.

At least 31 dead in bombings of Brussels airport, metro

BRUSSELS (AP) — Bombs exploded at the Brussels airport and one of the city's metro stations Tuesday, killing at least 31 people and wounding dozens, as a European capital was again locked down amid heightened security threats. The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attacks.

The two airport blasts, at least one of them blamed on a suicide bomber, left behind a chaotic scene of splattered blood in the departure lounge as windows were blown out, ceilings collapsed and travelers streamed out of the smoky building.

Witness, funeral helped lead police to Paris attacks suspect

BRUSSELS — A keen-eyed witness who spotted a pale, slender figure fleeing an apartment near a Brussels auto plant one week ago set in motion a vast police dragnet that within 72 hours led to the capture of Salah Abdeslam, the most-wanted man in Europe.

Greece sets up detention camps as refugee deal hits delays

ATHENS, Greece — Greece detained hundreds of refugees and migrants on its islands Monday, as officials in Athens and the European Union conceded a much-heralded agreement to send thousands of asylum-seekers back to Turkey is facing delays.

Seoul: North Korea fires 5 short-range projectiles

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea fired five short-range projectiles into the sea on Monday, Seoul officials said, in a continuation of weapon launches it has carried out in apparent response to ongoing South Korea-U.S. military drills it sees as a provocation.

Obama, Castro lay bare tensions on embargo, human rights

HAVANA — Laying bare a half-century of tensions, President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro prodded each other Monday over human rights and the long-standing U.S. economic embargo during an unprecedented joint news conference that stunned Cubans unaccustomed to their leaders being aggressively questioned.

Europe's No. 1 fugitive managed to elude capture for months

BRUSSELS — As the net closed in around Salah Abdeslam, Europe's No. 1 fugitive was holed up in an apartment in the place he knows best, a Brussels neighborhood favored by several of the Paris attackers.

After worst smog in 11 years, Mexico City braces for more

MEXICO CITY — Choking smog returned to the skies of Mexico City this week at levels not seen in more than a decade, prompting fears of more eye-watering days to come as efforts to curb pollution run afoul of the courts and the realities of life.

In Zika fight, Brazil bogged down by neglect, recession

CAMPINA GRANDE, Brazil — Last May, as the first cases of Zika were being detected in Brazil, cities at the front lines of the epidemic stopped receiving government shipments of insecticide to kill mosquitoes.