Beverly Pepper, a fixture of the Roman “Dolce Vita” and renowned American sculptor who made Italy her home and backdrop to many of her monumental steel creations, has died. She...
February 7, 2020
Malawi's electoral commission on Friday filed an appeal against this week's court ruling that nullified last year's presidential election and ordered a new vote within 150 days because of widespread...
February 7, 2020
Russia's Defense Ministry said Friday that Israeli air forces nearly shot down a passenger jetliner in Syria during a missile strike on the suburbs of Damascus a day earlier. The...
February 7, 2020
A British doctor who sexually assaulted two dozen female patients was sentenced to at least 15 years in prison Friday by a judge who accused him of wanting to “control...
February 7, 2020
Spain and Italy want to forge a new strategic alliance that can shape the European Union's future policies on migration, the two countries' foreign ministers said Friday. Spain's Arancha González...
February 7, 2020
Two French researchers held for months in a Tehran prison on charges of violating Iran's state security laws have petitioned prison authorities to allow them to get married, their lawyer...
February 7, 2020
The U.S. Agency for International Development is pushing back against claims by Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro that millions of U.S. aid dollars have gone to personally enrich his chief political...
February 7, 2020
Mexicans will no longer have to worry about where to park a Boeing Dreamliner when the government raffles off the luxurious presidential jet: the air force will keep it. In...
February 7, 2020
Russia Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is expected to meet with Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro Friday at a time when Washington is stepping up threats against nations that continue to provide...
February 7, 2020
A Dutch organization that carries out euthanasia received 3,122 requests last year, a 22% increase from the year before, the Euthanasia Expertise Center said Friday. “Every work day, 13 people...
February 7, 2020
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's party grappled Friday with the fallout from a state governor's election with both its support and votes from a far-right party, vowing not to work “directly...
February 7, 2020
Britain is set for another royal wedding. Buckingham Palace announced Friday that Queen Elizabeth II's granddaughter Princess Beatrice will marry in London on May 29. The palace says 31-year-old Beatrice...
February 7, 2020
The U.N. weather agency said Friday that an Argentine research base on the northern tip of Antarctica is reporting a temperature that, if confirmed, could be a record high for...
February 7, 2020
Greek police arrested seven people and were searching for another two on suspicion of planning or carrying out attacks on migrants on the island of Lesbos, authorities said Friday. Police...
February 7, 2020
Iraq's most powerful Shiite cleric called for security forces to protect anti-government protesters in a Friday sermon, after weeks of violence in Baghdad and southern Iraq, and amid seething tensions...
February 7, 2020
The European Union's enlargement commissioner on Friday urged dialogue in EU-hopeful Montenegro over a contentious religious rights law that has fueled tensions in the Balkan country. Oliver Varhelyi also said...
February 7, 2020
Pope Francis will release his eagerly-awaited document on the Amazon next Wednesday, with attention focused on whether he will approve calls by the region's bishops to ordain married men to...
February 7, 2020
Ireland's elections are usually two-horse races. But this time there's a third contender, as a party with historic links to the Irish Republican Army soars in the polls. As Irish...
February 7, 2020
Several Turkish armored vehicles and tanks entered rebel-controlled northwestern Syria early on Friday, the latest reinforcements sent in by Ankara amid a Syrian government offensive that this week brought the...
February 7, 2020
The European commissioner for human rights urged Moscow Friday to investigate a violent assault on a journalist and a lawyer in Russia's province of Chechnya. Elena Milashina, from the independent...
February 7, 2020
A U.K. woman who as a teenager ran away to join the Islamic State group lost a legal challenge Friday aimed at restoring her citizenship, which was revoked on national...
February 7, 2020
French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday advocated a more coordinated European Union defense strategy in which France, the bloc's only post-Brexit nuclear power, and its arsenal would hold a central...
February 7, 2020
India's prime minister said on Friday that his government will continue its peace push in the insurgency-wracked northeastern region bordering China and Myanmar where accords with key rebel groups have...
February 7, 2020
Russia has repatriated 26 Russian children from Syria and plans to take dozens more home in the future, a Kremlin official said Friday. Presidential children's rights ombudswoman Anna Kuznetsova visited...
February 7, 2020
The death of a doctor who was reprimanded for warning about China's new virus triggered an outpouring Friday of praise for him and fury that communist authorities put politics above...
February 7, 2020
Egypt on Friday freed a pro-democracy activist who spent over four years in prison and rose to local prominence as one of the faces of the country's 2011 uprising, his...
February 7, 2020
On this one, you don't need to choose sides. You can cheer for Nancy Pelosi, for Donald Trump, and for Juan Guaidó, the courageous Venezuelan lawmaker most Americans outside of...
February 7, 2020
The Maldives government plans to increase security for tourists after suspected Islamic extremists stabbed three foreigners in the Indian Ocean nation. The National Security Council was working with the police...
February 7, 2020
Russian authorities have added over 200 Jehovah's Witnesses to a register of extremists and terrorists, the organization said in a statement Friday. The latest move in a crackdown on the...
February 7, 2020
The Palestinians on Friday rejected U.S. allegations of incitement after a day of clashes and attacks left three Palestinians dead and more than a dozen Israelis wounded. They instead linked...
February 7, 2020
Serbian authorities early on Friday put on buses several hundred migrants who have been camped at the border with Hungary and returned them to asylum centers further inside the country....
February 7, 2020
Two French-Iranian researchers held for months in a Tehran prison on charges of violating Iran's state security laws have petitioned prison authorities to allow them to get married, their lawyer...
February 7, 2020
Indian authorities have arrested two former top elected officials of the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir under a controversial law that allows authorities to imprison someone for up to two...
February 7, 2020
The Legion of Christ religious order, discredited years ago by its pedophile founder, has elected an American priest as its new superior as it seeks to recover from new sex...
February 7, 2020
It might have seemed to be one of the more innocuous elements in President Donald Trump's deeply divisive Middle East peace initiative: the suggestion that a densely populated Arab region...
February 7, 2020
Campaigning for a crucial state election in India's capital has reached a fever pitch as members of the Hindu nationalist-led government call for violence against minority Muslims and invoke the...
February 7, 2020
Song Shuli of the national health commission expressed the commission's "deep condolence" over the death of a Chinese doctor who was targeted by authorities for sounding an early warning about...
February 7, 2020
Heavy rains lashed parts of eastern Australian on Friday, causing some flooding in Sydney and bringing relief to firefighters still dealing with dozens of bush fires in parts of New...
February 7, 2020
Russia's foreign minister said Thursday that Moscow maintains its position there should be a “national dialogue without previous conditions” in Venezuela to resolve the South American nation's protracted political crisis....
February 7, 2020
The Latest on a virus outbreak that began in China (all times local): 10:10 a.m. Art Basel Hong Kong, a major cultural and business event for the city, has been...
