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JERUSALEM – An Israeli newspaper says Israel has decided to open talks with the International Criminal Court over its preliminary investigation into Israel’s military operation in the Gaza Strip last year. The Haaretz daily reported the decision Thursday — a reversal for Israel, which has refused to cooperate with the …

BUJUMBURA, Burundi – An official in Burundi says presidential elections have been postponed by nearly a week, after a U.N. official warned the president’s decision to seek a third term could spark an explosion of violence. Presidential spokesman Gervais Abayeho said Saturday the vote will be held July 21, six …

ABUJA, Nigeria – President Muhammadu Buhari has fired all Nigeria’s military chiefs as a multinational army prepares for a fresh onslaught against the West African nation’s Islamic extremists. It was an expected development since Buhari, a former military dictator who was elected in March, has severely criticized the Nigerian military’s …

LONDON – A 15-year-old British boy pleaded guilty on Thursday to inciting terrorism by encouraging another teenager to kill police officers during a war memorial ceremony in Australia. The boy, who can’t be named because of his age, was arrested in northwest England in April. He was detained after Australian …

MOSCOW – Russian investigators say lightning has killed a construction worker in Moscow. Russian news agencies on Monday quoted investigation spokeswoman Yulia Ivanova as saying that the man was stuck by lightning in a park in the west of the city earlier on Monday and died on the spot. The …

BERLIN – Munich’s city council has refused to lift a ban on so-called “stumbling stones,” tiny plaques embedded in sidewalks to commemorate Holocaust victims outside their former homes, which are a common sight elsewhere in Germany. The opposition Greens and a smaller group on the council had sought to clear …

MADRID – Spanish police say they have sent a team of experts to the French island of Corsica to retrieve a Picasso painting owned by a Spanish banker. Authorities in Spain say the 1906 painting — “Head of a Young Woman” — is a national treasure and could not be …

SANAA, Yemen – Yemeni security and medical officials say mortar rounds fired by Shiite Houthi rebels have killed six civilians in the central city of Taiz, the country’s third largest. The security officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to brief reporters, say Thursday’s shelling came …

VIENNA – The Austrian prosecutor’s office is investigating an Islamic extremist on suspicion of murder after a video was posted showing him shooting a kneeling man to death in Syria. The video surfaced last week. Prosecutors’ spokeswoman Nina Bussek said Friday her office considers it genuine. Mohamed Mahmoud, the suspect, …

LISBON, Portugal – Portuguese authorities say Mile Mrksic, a former Serb army officer sentenced by a U.N. tribunal to 20 years in prison for his part in the 1991 torture and killings of nearly 200 Croatians during the Balkan wars, has died. He was 68. The Portuguese Prison Services Directorate, …