UN aviation agency seeks global approach to laptop ban

MONTREAL, Canada - A United Nations agency has launched an effort to craft global guidance for the use of laptops and other portable electronics in passenger aircraft cabins after selective bans by the United States and the United Kingdom upset airline passengers as well as Middle Eastern carriers.

Merkel's conservative party could govern with Greens, poll says

BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives could form a three-way coalition with the liberal Free Democrats, or FDP, and the pro-environment Greens after a September parliamentary election, a poll released by the Forsa Institute on Wednesday showed.

Trump fires FBI Director Comey

WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump has fired James Comey, director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the White House said in a statement on Tuesday.

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Healthcare triumph gives Trump reason to rejoice

NEW YORK - President Donald Trump had already planned a celebration as he returned to his hometown on Thursday for the first time since his inauguration.

Polls pointing to Macron landslide

PARIS - Centrist French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron extended his lead in the polls over his far-right rival Marine Le Pen on Friday, the final day of a tumultuous election campaign that has turned the country's politics upside down.

Bogus refugee case angers Germans

BERLIN - The bizarre case of a German soldier who registered as a Syrian refugee has exposed failings in Germany's handling of a mass influx of over a million asylum seekers while angering the public

Conservatives on a roll in UK local voting

LONDON - The United Kingdom's governing Conservative Party made strong gains in local elections on Friday, suggesting Prime Minister Theresa May's strategy to leave the European Union is winning over voters who should hand her an easy victory in a parliamentary election on June 8.

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Peace-loving public might be Abe's greatest challenge

TOKYO - In a recent televised statement, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said he hoped to see a revised version of the country's pacifist Constitution take effect from 2020.

South Korean media demands renunciation

SEOUL - South Korean media outlets have sharply criticized Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's attempts to revise his nation's pacifist Constitution and are demanding a complete renunciation of war.

Delta 'sorry' for deplaning family

LOS ANGELES - Delta Air Lines apologized on Thursday after a couple said they were kicked off an overbooked flight with their two toddlers so their seats could be given to waiting passengers, the latest US airline to apologize over similar incidents.