BERLIN / AP Police have detained about 400 leftists who were protesting against the national convention of the populist Alternative for Germany party in Stuttgart. German news agency dpa reported that protesters were shouting “refugees can stay, Nazis must go,” as some 2,000 party members arrived at the convention center on Saturday morning. Protesters temporarily blocked a nearby highway ...

  SEOUL / AP The American-led UN command on Saturday dismissed as unsubstantiated accusations from North Korea that US troops at a border village tried to provoke its frontline troops with “disgusting acts.” A North Korean military statement warned US soldiers to stop what it called “hooliganism” at the inter-Korean border village of Panmunjom or they’ll meet a “dog’s death ...

  Ukraine / AFP Two Ukrainian soldiers were killed in fresh fighting between government forces and pro-Russian rebels in the east even as a new truce took effect, Kiev said on Saturday. “As a result of hostilities, over the past 24 hours two Ukrainian soldiers have been killed and four others wounded,” Ukraine’s military spokesman Andriy Lysenko told journalists. The ...