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Terror suspect wanted in US wins Irish case, walks free

DUBLIN – An Algerian-born terror suspect wanted in the United States walked free from a Dublin court Thursday after winning a two-year legal battle against extradition. American authorities had sought to convict Ali Charaf Damache, 50, on two counts of conspiring to develop a European terror cell and to aid …

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German police: 14 Indonesian students rescued by helicopter after being stranded on Alps hike

BERLIN – Police in the southern German region of Bavaria say their biggest-ever helicopter rescue operation saved 14 Indonesian students who misjudged the weather during a spring hike in the Alps. The 23- to 25-year-old-students called for help late Sunday after becoming lost amid heavy snowfall at an altitude of …

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Germany starts paying additional financial assistance to child survivors of Holocaust

BERLIN – Child survivors of the Holocaust have begun receiving additional financial assistance from Germany under a landmark agreement reached last year. The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany said Wednesday the $190 million fund represents symbolic financial compensation to acknowledge the unique trauma and hardship endured by child …

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