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BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgium's transport minister has resigned after a secret European Union report detailing lapses in airport security oversight was leaked in the wake of the deadly March 22 bombings at Brussels Airport and subway. The confidential EU document from last year was made public by two Belgian opposition parties. It says the oversight of security measures at Belgium's airports was flawed and cited serious deficiencies in the way safety checks are managed.
LESBOS, Greece (AP) — Municipal crews are pressure-hosing streets, pruning trees and touching up building facades on the Greek island of Lesbos, where Pope Francis will visit Saturday. It's a mission that human rights groups hope will highlight the plight of refugees who fled their war-ravaged homes only to be denied entry to Europe. The Vatican insists Francis' five-hour visit is purely humanitarian and religious in nature and isn't a direct criticism of the European Union's new deportation plan.
BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian state media says a government delegation has arrived to join the new round of U.N.-mediated peace talks with an umbrella opposition group that began this week in Geneva. The Damascus team is led by Syria's U.N. Ambassador Bashar Jaafari, and it comes amid an escalation in northern Aleppo province that has left 34 dead on both sides in renewed fighting.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers are leaving Washington without having made the deadline to pass a budget long-stalled in the House. There's other work left undone as well. Continuing divisions between tea party lawmakers and House GOP leaders shelved an effort to address an economic crisis in Puerto Rico. And the White House is amping up the pressure on Republicans over delays in providing money to combat the Zika virus.
GONZALES, La. (AP) — A high school band director in Louisiana is facing charges after he was found hiding in a 16-year-old girl's closet. Thirty-year-old Jeremy Conner was charged Wednesday with indecent behavior with a juvenile. Investigators say Conner had been communicating with the girl since last year.
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