SHEFFIELD LAKE, Ohio – Authorities say the body of a 4-year-old boy has been recovered from Lake Erie after a massive search in northern Ohio. The mayor and police chief of the city of Sheffield Lake told reporters that Sidney Heidrick’s body was found Saturday afternoon not far from where …

SYDNEY – An Australian man appeared in court Tuesday on terror charges after police say he tried to join Kurdish-aligned forces battling the Islamic State group in Iraq. Jamie Williams, 28, was stopped by customs agents as he was boarding a flight to Qatar at Melbourne airport in December after …

Federal officials are investigating why an Allegiant Air passenger jet nearly ran out of fuel before landing at an airport that was temporarily closed to most traffic. Allegiant said Tuesday it is cooperating with the Federal Aviation Administration’s investigation of the incident. The Allegiant plane with 144 passengers landed safely …

YANGON, Myanmar – Nearly 7,000 prisoners in Myanmar, including some former military intelligence officials who had been purged by their army colleagues, have been given presidential pardons. An Information Ministry statement posted on its website said 6,966 prisoners, including 210 foreigners, will be freed from various prisons across the country …

TAMPA, Fla. – Researchers say they have positively identified the remains of a 15-year-old boy who died at a Florida reform school where guards were accused of brutality throughout its troubled history. University of South Florida anthropologist Erin Kimmerle said Tuesday the remains of Robert Stephens, who died in 1937, …

BOGOTA, Colombia – A pro-democracy foundation run by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has shut down its 13-year-old electoral observation office in Venezuela as the South American country gears up for closely watched legislative elections. In a monthly report on Venezuela’s political outlook published Wednesday, the Carter Center said it …

UNITED NATIONS – U.S. Ambassador Samantha Power says the United States is trying to determine whether the commander of the elite Quds Force in Iran’s Revolutionary Guard recently visited Russia in violation of a United Nations travel ban. Power said the travel ban requires all countries to prohibit Maj. Gen. …

BANGKOK – Thailand’s royal palace has announced that 87-year-old King Bhumibol Adulyadej is recovering from several ailments, including excess fluid in the brain and difficult breathing due to congested lungs. The Royal Household said Monday that a scan performed earlier this year found an increased level of fluid in the …

ANKARA, Turkey – Officials and reports say police in Turkey have detained a would-be Kurdish rebel suicide bomber and rounded up 12 suspected Islamic State militants as it presses ahead with a crackdown on terror groups. The regional governor’s office said police on Wednesday detained a militant of the Kurdistan …

France has a big problem. So does Great Britain. So does the rest of Europe. And so does America. The problem is the several thousand young, native-born Islamist extremists who travel abroad to fight for ISIS in Syria and Iraq, or Al Qaeda in Yemen and Pakistan, and come home …