Khost / AFP The US military has said it will investigate air strikes it carried out this month, which Kabul said had killed 17 “insurgents” but which local officials and witnesses said on Thursday were civilians. The US army regularly conducts air strikes in the name of “counter-terror” operations in the eastern regions that border Pakistan, which are strongholds of …

  STOCKHOLM / AP Swedish prosecutors say a 25-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of planning terror crimes abroad. The Swedish Prosecution Authority says the suspect had violated legislation that took effect April 1 that includes incitement, recruitment and training for terrorist offenses. Chief prosecutor Agnetha Hilding Qvanstrom says Thursday the investigation has just begun and no more information would …

  BRUSSELS / AP Belgium’s transport minister is under pressure to resign over a secret European Union report exposing past lapses in oversight of security at airports across the nation. The restricted EU document of last year was made public by two opposition parties. It said that oversight of security measures at the nation’s airports was flawed and there were some …