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Bus with 40 children crashes in French Alps; 21 injured

PARIS — A bus carrying 40 elementary school students home from a trip to the French Alps plunged down a wooded slope into a creek Saturday, leaving the driver and his partner hospitalized with serious injuries, authorities said. Eighteen children…

Congo leader urges Macron to back sanctions against Rwanda

KINSHASA, Congo — Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi urged visiting French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday to pursue international sanctions against Rwanda for its alleged military support to the M23 rebellion. Macron said he was waiting for the end of several…

Mediterranean countries push for EU solidarity on migration

VALLETTA, Malta — Less than a week after a deadly migrant shipwreck off Italy, five European Union countries on the Mediterranean Sea pushed back Saturday against their northern neighbors for not accepting asylum-seekers under a voluntary relocation initiative. The ministers…

UK says Falklands are British as Argentina seeks new talks

LONDON — Britain has reasserted its sovereignty over the Falkland Islands after Argentina pulled out of a cooperation agreement and demanded new talks over the South Atlantic territory that sparked a 1982 war between the two countries. The pronouncement came…

Civilians flee embattled town as Ukrainian pullout looms

KHROMOVE, Ukraine — Pressure mounted Saturday on Ukrainian troops and civilians hunkering down in Bakhmut, as Kyiv's forces tried to help residents flee amid what Western analysts say may be preparations for a Ukrainian withdrawal from the eastern city that…