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MADRID – Nineteen former leaders from Latin America and Spain are pressuring Venezuela to release opposition politicians who have been detained. In a statement released by the foundation of former Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar, the leaders called for the politicians’ immediate release and for groups like the Organization …

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia – Saudi Arabian aviation authorities say they prevented an Iranian plane carrying 260 religious pilgrims from entering the kingdom’s airspace because the aircraft lacked appropriate permissions. The General Authority of Civil Aviation announced the move in a statement carried by the official Saudi Press Agency on Thursday. …

JERUSALEM – As the international community moves to finalize a nuclear deal with Iran, Israel’s prime minister says crippling sanctions should be maintained against the Islamic Republic until the country ends its regional “aggression.” Benjamin Netanyahu has harshly criticized the U.S.-led framework deal with Iran, which offers relief from sanctions …

BERLIN – The German government plans to introduce legislation allowing phone and Internet records to be retained for up to 10 weeks, a new effort to push through a crime-fighting measure that has run into trouble in European courts. The European Union’s top court last year scrapped EU legislation allowing …

KUWAIT CITY – Kuwait’s state news agency says the state-run Kuwait Oil Co. has discovered four new oil fields. The Kuwait News Agency quoted KOC’s CEO Hashim Hashim on Sunday as saying that the discovery of these fields will “fortify Kuwait’s standing as an international producer of oil.” Hashim said …

MOSCOW – Russian investigators opened a new corruption case Wednesday against subcontractors building a space center where workers have gone unpaid for months and have appealed directly to President Vladimir Putin for help. The Vostochny Cosmodrome, under construction in a remote area in the Far East, is a priority project …

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis has led prayers in St. Peter’s Square for the dead and displaced from the massive earthquake in Nepal and surrounding areas. Francis called for assistance for the survivors during his weekly Sunday blessing. He said he was praying for the victims, the injured and “all …

ATHENS, Greece – Lawmakers from Greece’s new left-wing government have voted to reinstate the country’s public broadcaster, ERT, which was abruptly shut down two years ago as part of austerity measures. Parliament voted early Wednesday to re-hire more than 1,500 ERT workers and incorporate a protest TV station operated online …

KATHMANDU, Nepal – An official says rescuers have found three survivors in a mountainous village in Nepal, eight days since the earthquake. Surya Prasad Upadhaya, a government administrator, says two men and a woman were pulled out Sunday from near Syauli village. They have been taken to a nearby military …

MOSCOW – A third charge has been filed against a Ukrainian military officer who has been behind bars in Moscow for nearly a year over the deaths of two Russian journalists in Ukraine. Nadezhda Savchenko, who worked as a spotter for Ukrainian troops fighting separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine, had …