Serbians are voting in a presidential runoff election pitting pro-Western incumbent Boris Tadic against nationalist Tomislav Nikolic for the right to lead a nation struggling to shed the legacy of the Balkan wars and the effects of 24-percent unemployment. Tadic, who is seeking a third term, finished slightly ahead of Nikolic earlier this month in a first round election.  But neither contender approached the majority needed to win the election, and Nikolic's populist Serbian ...

A 6.0-magnitude earthquake has rattled northern Italy, killing at least four people, injuring dozens and damaging buildings. ​​The U.S. Geological Survey says the quake was centered about 35 kilometers north-northwest of the city of Bologna at a depth of 5 kilometers. ​​It struck about 4 a.m. local time Sunday, sending panic-stricken residents running into the streets. Three people died when a ceramics factory collapsed in the town of Sant'Agostino.  Another person ...

JERUSALEM - There is growing concern in Israel about an influx of tens of thousands of migrants from Africa.  The flood of illegal African migrants entering Israel topped the agenda at the weekly Cabinet meeting in Jerusalem. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned the migrants are “threatening the fabric of Israeli society, its national security and its national identity.” The issue has become the center of a heated national debate, after a series of violent crimes and ...

A former Libyan intelligence officer convicted of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing has died of cancer in Tripoli, nearly three years after Scottish authorities released him from prison on compassionate grounds. Relatives of Abdel Baset al-Megrahi say he died at his home on Sunday at the age of 60. He was the only man convicted in the attack on Pan Am flight 103 that destroyed a U.S. passenger jet over the Scottish town of Lockerbie, killing 270 people, including 11 on the ground. A Scottish ...