Iranian state television on Tuesday claimed that a Washington-based Lebanese citizen missing in Tehran since September is actually an American spy now in the custody of authorities.

However, those who know Nizar Zakka -- who holds permanent-resident status in the United States -- said an image of him in army-style fatigues shown on Iranian state TV came from him recently taking part in a homecoming parade as an alumnus of his military high school in Georgia.

Libya's internationally recognized government says Italian vessels entered the country's territorial waters without permission and vowed to use "all means" to protect its sovereignty.

It says three Italian vessels were spotted off the coast of the eastern city of Benghazi early Sunday. The ships are likely part of an international effort to stem the flow of migrants crossing the Mediterranean to Europe.

Al Molinaro, the loveable character actor with the hangdog face who was known to millions of TV viewers for playing Murray the cop on "The Odd Couple" and malt shop owner Al Delvecchio on "Happy Days," died Friday at Verdugo Hills Hospital in Glendale, his son Michael Molinaro said.

He died of complications of gallstone problems, his son said. He was 96.

About a quarter through the new and uneven Broadway revival of "Therese Raquin," you begin to wonder why Keira Knightley has put herself through this.

Her Broadway debut seems to be about playing a lonely, detached and diffident girl in a slow-moving parlor play. She looks wan. She gazes through windows. She generally moons about.

Canadian pop star Justin Bieber says he stopped a concert in Oslo after one song because fans got in his way as he tried to wipe up liquid on stage.

On Instagram, he wrote that he "chose to end the show as the people in the front row would not listen." Videos posted on social media show a visibly irritated Bieber saying "Gimme me a second. Guys, I am done. I am not gonna do the show."

For the usually reserved Japanese, Halloween has become the perfect excuse to act wild in strange outfits.

The spooky celebration is consuming the energy, fashion sense and wallets of people for the entire month of October, not just kids but also adults on the prowl with colorful parades, costume parties and pumpkin-inspired desserts, dress-up and decor everywhere.

A fish and wild game supper is featuring some Vermont road kill on the menu.

New York's WPTZ-TV reports (http://bit.ly/1XzjhoS ) Hotel Vermont will offer three animals injured or killed on the road as it hosts the Wild About Vermont event on November 7. The event will feature a game supper with donations from hunters and fishermen in the state.

Iran confirmed Wednesday that it will take part in international talks aimed at resolving the Syria conflict for the first time as a diplomatic push to end the war gains momentum.

Iran's Foreign Minister Javad Zarif will join his counterparts from Russia, the United States, Saudi Arabia and Turkey in Vienna on Friday for negotiations it is hoped could help staunch almost five years of bloodshed.  

It is the world's largest producer of milk and also the largest consumer. And for good reason. Because in India, milk is not just the morning glass you drink before you sprint out of the house. Its uses go far beyond the dietary and nutritional.

By the end of 2014, India was producing 140 million metric tons of milk per year — roughly 50 percent more than the United States, the second-biggest producer.

Bracing for a tsunami like the one that devastated Japanese communities during a 2011 mega-earthquake, coastal communities from British Columbia to California have been grappling with how to protect people from a similar catastrophe.

One of those towns is constructing the nation's first structure built as a vertical tsunami refuge.