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Mysterious armed groups are on the prowl, targeting migrants in night attacks in Calais and elsewhere in northern France, sowing fear among the displaced travelers living in squalid slums and deepening concerns the city is becoming a tinderbox of anti-migrant, anti-Muslim rage that's fueling a budding nationalist movement. French riot police officers patrol in the migrant camp in Calais, north of France. Mysterious armed groups are on the prowl, targeting migrants in night attacks in Calais and other migrant haunts in northern France, sowing fear among the displaced travelers living in squalid slums in hopes of sneaking into Britain but also deepening concerns Calais is becoming a tinderbox fueled with anti-migrant rage and a breeding ground for nationalists. After months of what appear to be organized attacks, police made their first arrests Thursday, taking seven men armed with iron bars and extendable batons into custody for a suspected attack on five Iraqi Kurds at...

Italy's premier insisted Friday that his country's friendship with Egypt can only exist "if the truth emerges" about the death of an Italian doctoral student who was doing research in Cairo. A moment of Giulio Regeni's funeral in Fiumicello, Northern Italy, Friday, Feb. 12, 2016. Premier Matteo Renzi, in remarks on Italian state radio, was keeping up the political pressure on the Egyptian government to find and bring to justice whoever tortured and killed Giulio Regeni, who had been living in Cairo for a few months to research Egyptian labor movements for his doctorate from Cambridge University. (Alberto Lancia/ANSA via AP Photo) ITALY OUT Premier Matteo Renzi, in remarks on Italian state radio on the day of slain student Giulio Regeni's funeral, kept up the political pressure on the Egyptian government to find and bring to justice whoever tortured and killed the young man.

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he Latest on Pope Francis's historic meeting in Cuba with Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill and his subsequent trip to Mexico (all times local): 9:50 a.m. A spokesman for Patriarch Kirill says the head of the Russian Orthodox Church will be wearing his everyday vestments at Friday's meeting with Pope Francis. The meeting in Cuba's capital of Havana will be the first ever meeting between a pope and a head of the Russian Church, the largest Orthodox Church in the world. Kirill's spokesman Father Alexander Volkov told Russian news agencies on Friday that the Patriarch will be wearing the usual vestments he wears for church services. That consists of a black cassock and a white koukoulion, the traditional headdress of Orthodox monks. ...

Ranieri is remaining cool as the title race is heating up..   Prior to the season, the Foxes were widely considered more likely to be involved in a relegation battle, but instead find themselves five points clear after last Saturday's stunning 3-1 win at Manchester City. But Ranieri says the change in perceptions surrounding his squad does not mean the pressure is now more intense. "This time I hope the bookmakers are right. They're just words though, not points. Give me points, not words," Ranieri said "The pressure is about the other teams. Arsenal have a lot of pressure, because they spend a lot of money every year. "Why do we have pressure? Why must I feel pressure? We just continue to dream with our fans. Nobody wake us up, please. "I think we work so hard to achieve this level, we want to stay at this level. But there's no pressure for us." Leicester suffered one of their only two defeats of the season when they met Arsenal at the Kin...

When Patriarch Kirill meets Pope Francis this week, the historic event will allow the head of the Russian Orthodox Church to assert Russia's leading role in the Eastern Christian world. It may also allow Kirill, a skillful political player with close ties to President Vladimir Putin, to open a new avenue of communication for the Kremlin as it tries to escape Western isolation. two clerics who could not be more different in style — took everyone by surprise when both churches announced last Friday that they would meet at the Havana airport in Cuba on Friday in a historic step to heal the 1,000-year schism that split Christianity.