K-pop superstar group BTS has canceled a series of planned concerts in Seoul in April due to concerns about a soaring viral outbreak in South Korea. The band's management agency...
February 27, 2020
The United States and key Western allies on Thursday demanded an immediate cease-fire in Syria's last opposition stronghold in northwestern Idlib which is facing what the U.N. calls an “unfolding...
February 27, 2020
Signs of anxiety appeared Thursday among Brazilians after Latin America's first case of the new coronavirus was confirmed in Sao Paulo, and the number of suspected cases skyrocketed, even as...
February 27, 2020
As the coronavirus outbreak continues to spread, there have been growing concerns over how dangerous the infection is and if it'll be designated a pandemic. The virus, which originated in...
February 27, 2020
The number of tourists and Cuban-Americans visiting Cuba fell almost 20 percent in January compared to the same period last year, according to official figures published Thursday by the National...
February 27, 2020
A Turkish official said early Friday 22 Turkish soldiers have been killed in an air strike by Syrian government forces. Rahmi Dogan, the governor of Hatay, the Turkish province bordering...
February 27, 2020
The Dominican Republic celebrated Independence Day on Thursday amid mass protests and the call for officials to step down, as the Caribbean nation is scrambling to put together new municipal...
February 27, 2020
The European Union on Thursday slapped sanctions on two senior members of the Turkish Petroleum Corporation and accused them of responsibility for illegal drilling in waters off the Mediterranean island...
February 27, 2020
House Democrats voted Thursday to quash a resolution by Miami Republican Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart condemning Bernie Sanders' recent comments that praised aspects of Fidel Castro's Cuba. The proposal by Diaz-Balart...
February 27, 2020
Nine Turkish soldiers were killed in an air strike in northeast Syria late Thursday, a Turkish official said. Hatay Governor Rahmi Dogan said other soldiers were severely wounded in the...
February 27, 2020
Mourners are placing lit candles and bouquets of flowers on the Moscow bridge where Russian opposition figure Boris Nemtsov was gunned down five years ago. People in the small Thursday...
February 27, 2020
French authorities on Thursday reported twenty new cases of people infected with the new virus in the past 24 hours, bringing the total in the country to 38, including two...
February 27, 2020
Kosovo's new prime minister said Thursday his government will partially lift a 100% tariff imposed on Serbian goods, in a goodwill move aimed to help restart suspended talks with Serbia...
February 27, 2020
Former French Prime Minister Francois Fillon said Thursday that he wants to “make the truth be known” at his fraud trial in Paris. Fillon is facing charges after he used...
February 27, 2020
Canada said Thursday it won't provide security for Prince Harry and his wife Meghan when they step back from royal duties. Mary-Liz Power, a spokeswoman for Canada's public safety minister,...
February 27, 2020
Powerful wind in Paris sent a tree crashing down onto a car near the Eiffel Tower on Thursday, killing the driver. The man driving the car on the picturesque embankment...
February 27, 2020
The U.S. Department of Justice announced Wednesday that the agency has created a new section in its immigration office that would attempt to strip immigrant criminals of their citizenship. The...
February 27, 2020
Israel is moving forward on plans to build more than 1,700 homes for settlers in the West Bank, the settlement watchdog Peace Now said Thursday. Peace Now said the housing...
February 27, 2020
For years, Ibrahim al-Dabba has been saving up money to make the umrah pilgrimage to Islam's holiest sites in Saudi Arabia, which for many Palestinians is the only way to...
February 27, 2020
African leaders have decided to work on deploying 3,000 troops to West Africa's troubled Sahel region as extremist attacks surge, an African Union official said Thursday. The force would be...
February 27, 2020
Prague has renamed a square in front of the Russian Embassy after Boris Nemtsov, honoring the slain Russian opposition leader. The change did not immediately draw an angry response from...
February 27, 2020
A two-seater jet from Spain's aerobatic demonstration team crashed into the sea Thursday in an area next to a salty-water lagoon in the eastern coastal province of Murcia, the Spanish...
February 27, 2020
Russia's chief military officer met with his French counterpart Thursday and raised concern about NATO's activities near the Russian border. Russian Chief of General Staff Valery Gerasimov said Moscow has...
February 27, 2020
Saudi Arabia's unprecedented decision to halt the umrah pilgrimage amid the global outbreak of a new virus could prevent millions of Muslims from undertaking a major religious rite that many...
February 27, 2020
The cruise ship MSC Meraviglia, turned away by two nations due to fears of a virus outbreak, is being allowed to dock at Mexico's Caribbean island of Cozumel and passengers...
February 27, 2020
Australian university professor Timothy Weeks, who was held captive for three years by the Taliban, arrived Thursday in Qatar in the Middle East to witness the signing of a peace...
February 27, 2020
Police in northern Thailand said the bodies of seven people believed to be drug smugglers were found Thursday in a reservoir in an area under military control. Police in Chiang...
February 27, 2020
In the Middle East, even virus outbreaks are political. The coronavirus has killed 26 people in Iran -- the highest toll outside of China where it originated. Many of the...
February 27, 2020
Libya's U.N.-backed government says 21 civilians have been killed, including at least 13 children, since Jan. 9 casting doubt on a fragile cease-fire the Tripoli-based government and rival factions in...
February 27, 2020
The Legion of Christ religious order is promising accountability and transparency following damaging new revelations of sex abuse and cover-up that have undermined its credibility a decade after its pedophile...
February 27, 2020
With tourism tanking and panic rising, Italy is changing how it reports coronavirus cases and who will get tested in ways that could lower the country's caseload even as an...
February 27, 2020
The United Nations' human rights chief expressed regret Thursday over the Sri Lankan government's decision to withdraw its co-sponsorship of a 2015 resolution backing an investigation into alleged human rights...
February 27, 2020
A border patrol in North Macedonia has detained 40 migrants found crammed into a van near a central town, and arrested the driver on suspicion of trafficking them, police said...
February 27, 2020
Demonstrators gathered Thursday for a fourth consecutive day on the eastern Greek islands of Lesbos and Chios to protest government plans to build new migrant detention centers. The protests come...
February 27, 2020
An Israeli drone fired a missile at a car in southern Syria on Thursday, killing one person, Syrian state TV reported. The state-run media outlet gave no further details on...
February 27, 2020
Filmmaker Roman Polanski is skipping the awards ceremony for France's equivalent of the Oscars - where his latest movie leads this year's nominations - because of protests prompted by a...
February 27, 2020
The president of Belarus said Thursday that his country is "being forced into integration” with Russia and insisted that real integration of the two countries' economies implied “sovereignty and independence”...
February 27, 2020
Russian President Vladimir Putin said he had rejected an offer to use body doubles for personal protection during a conflict with Chechnya. Speaking in an interview with the news agency...
February 27, 2020
Malaysian interim leader Mahathir Mohamad said Thursday that Parliament will pick a new prime minister next week following the collapse of the ruling alliance, and that snap elections will be...
February 27, 2020
Israel's ambassador to Spain has denounced a Carnival parade routine in a small town that featured men and women dressed up like Jewish Holocaust victims and Nazi soldiers. Rodica Radian-Gordon...
