Serbian voters resoundingly endorse leader's pro-EU policies and other top stories.

• Serbian voters resoundingly endorse leader's pro-EU policies

  

  BELGRADE Serbia's pro-western Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic won a resounding endorsement in Sunday's general election for his policy of pursuing European Union membership, securing four more years in power with a parliamentary majority.But he will have to contend with a resurgent ultra-nationalist opposition which rejects integration with the EU and demands closer ties with Russia.Vucic went to the polls two years early, saying he wanted a clear mandate from Serbia's 6.7 million voters for r..

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• Israel Frees Palestinian Girl, 12, Who Tried to Stab Guard

  

  Photo Dima al-Wawi, 12, was comforted by her mother, Sabha al-Wawi, at a checkpoint near the West Bank town of Tulkarm on Sunday after her release from an Israeli prison for trying to stab a security guard. Credit Majdi Mohammed/Associated Press HALHOUL, West Bank — The Israeli prison service on Sunday released the youngest known Palestinian inmate, a 12-year-old girl who had tried to stab a security guard at a Jewish settlement.The girl, Dima al-Wawi, was freed six wee..

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• Yemeni Troops Advance Into Al Mukalla

  

  Yemeni forces backed by troops from the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia have advanced into the al-Qaeda-held city of Al Mukalla and killed more than 800 fighters there, a Saudi-led military coalition said Monday. The coalition’s operation against al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, known as AQAP, seeks to check the terrorist group’s...

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• Obama To Send Up to 250 More US Troops to Syria

  

  President Barack Obama will announce on Monday he plans to send as many as 250 additional U.S. troops to Syria, a sharp increase in the American presence working with local Syrian forces fighting Islamic State militants, U.S. officials said. The deployment, which will increase U.S. forces in Syria to about 300, aims to accelerate recent gains against Islamic State and appears to reflect growing confidence in the ability of U.S.-backed forces inside Syria and Iraq to claw back territory from the..

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• Missing Mexican Students Suffered a Night of 'Terror,' Investigators Say

  

  As the convoy resumed its northward course through the city, police bullets hit the buses. The students threw themselves flat on the floor but ordered the drivers to keep going.Near the beltway, however, the police had blocked the road with a vehicle. Several students got off the buses and tried to lift the cruiser out of the roadway, but officers posted on the highway opened fire on the group, forcing the students to seek cover behind the buses. Investigators later counted 30 bullet holes in o..

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