The newly appointed U.S. official charged with overseeing disaster recovery in Puerto Rico said Tuesday that while the pace of federally funded projects to help hurricane and earthquake victims has...
February 25, 2020
Spain's Constitutional Court on Tuesday overturned a previous verdict that found a rapper guilty of exalting terrorism and humiliating victims of attacks in tweets. César Montana Lehmann of the Def...
February 25, 2020
A lawyer for Julian Assange complained Tuesday that the WikiLeaks founder was handcuffed 11 times, stripped naked twice and had court papers taken away on the first day of a...
February 25, 2020
The recent killing of a person believed to be a transgender woman that has shocked and angered many in Puerto Rico is likely a hate crime, Gov. Wanda Vázquez said...
February 25, 2020
Shiite shrines that attract tens of millions of visitors annually have come under focus in Iran as the country grapples with the spread of the coronavirus. The outbreak of the...
February 25, 2020
A large, oddly serpentine shape photographed in the water off Australia's Hinchinbrook Island National Park has prompted a social media debate among people scrambling for explanations. The photo, taken by...
February 25, 2020
A former independence fighter in Kosovo said Tuesday that he would not submit to questioning by a Netherlands-based court investigating crimes against ethnic Serbs during and after the country's 1998-99...
February 25, 2020
Information about the coronavirus outbreak is not immune from Chinese censors. But more and more citizens are dodging censorship by creating a digital archive of deleted posts. They told us...
February 25, 2020
Life expectancy for English women in the most deprived communities outside London declined over the last 10 years and stalled a century-long trend toward longer lives, according to a report...
February 25, 2020
Malawi is expected to go to the polls for a fresh presidential election on May 19 after a court overturned last year's vote, citing widespread irregularities. Parliament on Monday set...
February 25, 2020
French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said his government is backing Greece's request to make emergency spending on the migrant crisis exempt from official fiscal calculations. He also pledged Tuesday...
February 25, 2020
A scathing new report reveals that dozens of HIV-positive women were forced or coerced into sterilization after giving birth at public hospitals in South Africa. The Commission for Gender Equality's...
February 25, 2020
Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has expressed her skepticism about Bernie Sanders but says she will support the Democratic nominee regardless of who it is. Clinton, who beat...
February 25, 2020
The U.N.'s Food and Agriculture Organization says a small group of desert locusts has entered Congo, marking the first time the voracious insects have been seen in the Central African...
February 25, 2020
A Christian woman acquitted of blasphemy after spending eight years on death row in Pakistan, and who faced death threats from Islamic extremists, said she is going to request asylum...
February 25, 2020
Austrian public broadcaster ORF reports that authorities have confirmed the first COVID-19 cases in the Alpine country. ORF quoted authorities in the western state of Tyrol saying Tuesday that one...
February 25, 2020
Malaysia's ruling alliance collapsed this week after 94-year-old Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad resigned and dozens of lawmakers defected in an audacious attempt to form a new government. The political earthquake...
February 25, 2020
Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian leader who for nearly 30 years was the resolute face of stability in the Mideast before being forced by the military to resign after 18-day nationwide...
February 25, 2020
Egypt's state TV says the country's former President Hosni Mubarak, ousted in the 2011 Arab Sprin uprising, has died at 91. Mubarak, who was in power for almost three decades,...
February 25, 2020
Look at the little girl in the picture. In her serious demeanor, a front for fear — and in her story — you might find, Senator Bernie Sanders, some of...
February 25, 2020
Thich Quang Do, a Buddhist monk who became the public face of religious dissent in Vietnam while the Communist government kept him in prison or under house arrest for more...
February 25, 2020
A tourist hotel on the Canary Island hotel of Tenerife was placed in quarantine Tuesday after an Italian doctor staying there tested positive for the new virus from China that...
February 25, 2020
The field of candidates hoping to take over leadership of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's party narrowed Tuesday, as one top contender announced that he was bowing out of the race...
February 25, 2020
A woman wearing vinyl gloves on a subway train. Guests donning masks at a sparcely attended wedding ceremony. People feverishly stocking up on instant noodles and rice. Friends calling each...
February 25, 2020
Two Turkish soldiers have been killed in fighting in Libya, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday as he also defended Ankara's move to also send Syrian opposition fighters to...
February 25, 2020
Dick Pound, the longest-serving member of the IOC, estimates there's a three-month window to decide the fate of the Tokyo Olympics, which are being threatened by the fast-spreading virus from...
February 25, 2020
The team world championships in table tennis scheduled in South Korea is the latest sports event postponed because of the virus outbreak from China. The International Table Tennis Federation on...
February 25, 2020
Turkey's president announced Tuesday that a Russian delegation would arrive the following day to resume talks aimed at easing tensions in northwestern Syria. He also said no consensus was reached...
February 25, 2020
Thirty-five people, including 18 children, remained in the hospital Tuesday, the day after a man drove his car into a crowd celebrating Carnival in central Germany. Police continued to look...
February 25, 2020
Hosni Mubarak, who became Egypt's longest-serving ruler in more than 150 years before being forced from office by a popular uprising, has died. He was 91. His death was announced...
February 25, 2020
Abdullah Mohammed would do anything for his daughter, even forcing himself to laugh with her at the sound of bombs to help her overcome her fear. In Idlib, that's a...
February 25, 2020
At least seven people, including a police officer, were killed and dozens were injured in clashes between hundreds of supporters and opponents of a new citizenship law in India that...
February 25, 2020
Floods that have crippled much of Indonesia's capital worsened Tuesday, inundating thousands of homes and buildings, including the presidential palace, and paralyzing transport networks, officials and witnesses said. Overnight rains...
February 25, 2020
Beauty salon operator Shelly Chen flew from Taiwan to her hometown in China last month to see her aging parents for the Lunar New Year holiday. Two days later, their...
February 25, 2020
Clashes have broken out overnight on the Greek islands of Lesbos and Chios, where residents tried to prevent the arrival of riot police and excavating machines to be used to...
February 25, 2020
After months of resisting pressure to hand over the premiership to his named successor, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad finally quit this week. But in a confounding twist, the 94-year-old...
February 25, 2020
Queues wrapped around city blocks to buy masks in South Korea's fourth-largest city of Daegu on February 24 as the number of deaths and confirmed cases of coronavirus increased in...
February 25, 2020
The U.N. envoy for Somalia urged the country's leaders on Monday to take “bold steps” to ensure that 2020 sets the fragile Horn of Africa country on a trajectory to...
February 25, 2020
Guatemala's former chief prosecutor said Monday she has been granted asylum in the United States, in the face of charges filed in her home country that she claims are retaliation...
February 25, 2020
China reported 508 new cases Tuesday in an outbreak of a viral illness that has spread to the Middle East and Europe. Another 71 deaths were reported, 68 of them...
