China demanded Monday that a major Danish newspaper, which angered Muslims worldwide by publishing drawings of the Prophet Muhammad in 2006, apologizes for a cartoon on the new virus outbreak...
January 28, 2020
Western powers said Tuesday they would not get involved in mediation between Kosovo's two main winning parties in the last election that have yet not concluded coalition talks. A statement...
January 28, 2020
The population of Jewish settlements in the West Bank surged by more than 3% in 2019, well above the growth rate of Israel's overall population, a settler group said Tuesday....
January 28, 2020
Former Greece football captain Theo Zagorakis has been expelled from the country's conservative group of European Parliament members following a public dispute over his former club team PAOK. Zagorakis, 48,...
January 28, 2020
A massive explosion and fire triggered by a gas cylinder explosion engulfed a small perfume factory in eastern Pakistan on Tuesday, killing at least 11 people, rescuer workers and police...
January 28, 2020
A wildfire sparked by a military helicopter helping firefighting efforts was blazing out of control and threatening homes on the outskirts of Australia's capital on Tuesday as fire danger escalated...
January 28, 2020
Repression has intensified in Burundi as the country prepares to hold elections, according to a human rights research group. Abductions and killings target the government's political opponents in rural areas...
January 28, 2020
Former military Gen. Amadou Haya Sanogo, who overthrew Mali's president in 2012, was released on bail Tuesday as he awaits a long-delayed trial on charges he had 21 soldiers killed...
January 28, 2020
Tribal clashes in Sudan's West Darfur province forced more than 11,000 people to flee into neighboring Chad over the past month, the U.N. refugee agency said Tuesday. Clashes between Arabs...
January 28, 2020
A moderate earthquake shook buildings in western Turkey on Tuesday, sending people running into the streets for safety, Turkish media reports said. Authorities said there were no immediate reports of...
January 28, 2020
An Iranian military drone crash landed in the southwestern province of Khuzestan, the country's semi-official Tasnim news agency reported Tuesday. A video Tasnim posted on Twitter showed the Iranian-made Shahed-129...
January 28, 2020
Syrian government forces enveloped three sides of a key rebel-held town in the country's northwest, and were also advancing against insurgent positions west of the city of Aleppo, state media...
January 28, 2020
Puerto Rico opened only 20% of its public schools on Tuesday following a strong earthquake that delayed the start of classes by nearly three weeks as fears linger over the...
January 28, 2020
The U.N. food agency said Tuesday that one of its warehouses in the Houthi-controlled part of Yemen had been looted. The World Food Program statement described the culprits simply as...
January 28, 2020
The Latest on the Trump administration's release of its Mideast peace plan (all times local): 1 p.m. The Israeli military is deploying security reinforcements in the occupied West Bank ahead...
January 28, 2020
The Latest on the outbreak of a new virus from China (all times local): 6:50 p.m. Japan is sending its first chartered flight to China to evacuate Japanese citizens from...
January 28, 2020
Former Central African Republic President Francois Bozize insists he has returned from exile with peaceful intentions, even as concerns are growing that he will run in the upcoming presidential election....
January 28, 2020
A security guard fired three warning shots when several dozen migrants tried to enter Hungary Tuesday through a border crossing with Serbia, Hungarian police said. Police said they were able...
January 28, 2020
Qatar's ruling emir accepted the resignation of the country's prime minister on Tuesday and appointed in his place another member from the ruling Al Thani family who has deep experience...
January 28, 2020
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin is visiting a Jewish high school in Berlin as part of a three-day trip to Germany. Rivlin and German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier were meeting on Tuesday...
January 28, 2020
Suspected Islamic extremists attacked a busy market in Burkina Faso and killed more than 30 people over the weekend, authorities said, as the West African country's security situation deteriorates. The...
January 28, 2020
As hundreds of Americans prepare to evacuate Wuhan, the central Chinese city at the heart of a new virus outbreak that has killed over 100, San Francisco native Doug Perez...
January 28, 2020
The vice president of the European Commission, Vera Jourova, is in Poland for talks with parliament and justice officials regarding recently adopted legislation that restricts judges and the mounting conflict...
January 28, 2020
Divers in Croatia have found the body of a second crew member who died when a military helicopter crashed into the Adriatic Sea, the defense ministry said Tuesday. The body...
January 28, 2020
Panic and pollution drive the market for protective face masks, so business is booming in Asia, where fear of the virus from China is straining supplies and helping make mask-wearing...
January 28, 2020
Six former members of Catalonia's regional government have been escorted from prison to attend a hearing at the regional parliament in Barcelona. Ex-regional vice-president Oriol Junqueras and five other former...
January 28, 2020
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu withdrew his request for immunity from prosecution on Tuesday, hours before parliamentary proceedings were set to begin. In a statement issued on his official Facebook...
January 28, 2020
Roger Federer was not going to go gently, of course, no matter how daunting the number of match points -- his opponent accumulated seven! -- no matter how achy his...
January 28, 2020
A German court is expected to rule Tuesday on whether a hostel on the grounds of the North Korean embassy in Berlin violates international sanctions against the East Asian nation....
January 28, 2020
Taliban militants attacked a police base in northern Afghanistan, killing 11, possibly with help from at least one of the policemen inside, local government officials said Tuesday. The insurgents first...
January 28, 2020
The normally bustling supermarket in Wuhan was deserted, looking more foreign than ever. Khamis Hassan Bakari walked the aisles and saw just two other shoppers, and fear sank in. “Everybody...
January 28, 2020
Authorities in Germany have confirmed the country's first case of the new virus that emerged in central China. The health ministry in the southern state of Bavaria said late Monday...
January 28, 2020
The Latest on the outbreak of a new virus from China (all times local): ___ 2 p.m. North Korea said it's taking “emergency steps” to prevent the spread of a...
January 28, 2020
The Islamic State group's self-styled “caliphate” across parts of Iraq and Syria seemed largely defeated last year, with the loss of its territory, the killing of its founder in a...
January 28, 2020
A vast swarm of desert locusts descended on Embu County in Kenya on January 27, as the UN Food and Agriculture Organization warned that the country, and its neighbors, faced...
January 28, 2020
Ricky Martin's wide smile began to fade as the Puerto Rican superstar talked about his next album. It's influenced by the U.S. territory's political turmoil as people struggle to recover...
January 28, 2020
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Tuesday that New Zealand's general election will be held on Sept. 19. Ardern, who leads a liberal government, will be seeking a second term in...
January 28, 2020
Prosecutors asked El Salvador's congress Monday to lift the immunity from prosecution of a legislator who they allege was involved in secret talks with street gangs seeking to influence the...
January 28, 2020
China on Tuesday reported 25 more deaths from a new viral disease as the U.S. government prepared to evacuate Americans from the city at the center of the outbreak. Authorities...
January 28, 2020
A Mexican soldier was killed and a general wounded Monday when traffickers opened fire on a military patrol that sought to intercept a drug plane as it landed on a...
