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CHISINAU, Moldova — Moldova's national police force has opened a homicide investigation after an opposition leader in the Russia-backed breakaway region of Transnistria was found fatally shot at his home, authorities said Monday. The police force said it was taking…

LONDON — A pod of 55 pilot whales have died after they were found washed ashore on a beach in Scotland in the worst mass whale stranding in the area, marine experts said Monday. Marine rescuers, the coast guard and…

BERLIN — The longtime secretary to the late Pope Benedict XVI won't be given a permanent job in the German archdiocese where he has settled, but will lead regular services at Freiburg's cathedral and can take on “individual assignments” such…

MOSCOW — A Russian warplane crashed into the sea on Monday during a training mission in southern Russia and its pilot died after bailing out, authorities said. The regional administration of the Krasnodar region said that the Su-25 ground attack…

ISLAMABAD — Taliban authorities have further increased restrictions on women and girls in Afghanistan in recent months, including in education and employment, the U.N. said in a report on the human rights situation issued Monday. Taliban’s Ministry of Public Health…

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Singapore's speaker of parliament and another lawmaker from the ruling party have resigned over their yearslong extramarital affair, the country’s prime minister said Monday. The pair had refused to end the affair despite being advised to…