TOKYO – Japan has issued a tsunami advisory after a magnitude-6.9 earthquake struck off its northeastern coast. The quake struck shortly after 8 a.m. Japan time Tuesday at a depth of about 6 miles. The Japan Meteorological Agency issued an advisory for a possible 3-foot tsunami. Japanese broadcaster NHK warned …

MOSCOW – Russia’s leading opposition figure Alexei Navalny has been sentenced to 15 days in police custody for handing out leaflets in the subway. A district court in Moscow ruled Thursday that Navalny, an anti-corruption crusader who spearheaded protests against President Vladimir Putin’s rule, violated the law when he campaigned …

BEIJING – Local Chinese authorities say three people have died and six were hospitalized after being poisoned by gas in an illegal gold mine. The official Xinhua News Agency says rescuers were dispatched to the mine in Songxian County in the central province of Henan on Saturday after a tipoff …

KATHMANDU, Nepal – A mountaineering official says Nepal’s government is close to extending the permits for individuals who had to abandon their attempts to climb Mount Everest after last year’s deadly avalanche. Chief of the Mountaineering Department Puspa Raj Katuwal said Thursday a proposal has been sent to the Cabinet …

ATHENS, Greece – Greek police say they have arrested two people allegedly belonging to armed anarchist group Conspiracy Nuclei of Fire. The two men, aged 39 and 28, were arrested Saturday, according to police chief police Dimitrios Tsaknakis. Tsaknakis says the older man’s DNA was found in two letter bombs, …

LONDON – British police say a 16-year-old girl has been arrested on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts. Greater Manchester Police said Sunday the girl was arrested following a police raid at her Manchester home on Friday. The girl has not been named and she has been freed on bail until …

UNITED NATIONS – Russia and Venezuela have objected to a draft United Nations resolution that would ban arms shipments to leaders of Yemen’s Houthi Shiite rebels and the country’s former president and his son to try to halt their military campaign against supporters of the embattled president. U.N. diplomats said …

NAIROBI, Kenya – Kenya’s Deputy President William Ruto says the government has given the United Nations High Commission for Refugees three months to close a refugee camp and send the 400,000 Somalis living there back to their country. The Kenyan government says the Dadaab refugee camp in eastern Kenya has …

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan’s interior minister says security forces have arrested a key suspect in the slaying of a prominent Pakistani politician who was stabbed to death in broad daylight in London in 2010. The slain politician, Imran Farooq, was a senior leader of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, one of Pakistan’s …

TEHRAN, Iran – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is harshly criticizing Saudi Arabia, warning that the Saudi royal family in Riyadh will harvest the hatred it is sowing in Yemen through its airstrike campaign. Since March 26, the Saudi-led coalition has been attacking Shiite rebels known as Houthis and allied fighters …