The mother of Austin Tice, the journalist held captive in Syria for more than seven years, said Monday that while she was “reasonably hopeful” her son might soon be released,...
January 27, 2020
The Miami-based headquarters of the Alianza Martiana group, whose members have close ties to the Cuban government, was vandalized early Monday morning, according to Miami Police and Max Lesnik, president...
January 27, 2020
After years of court battles, Belgium's former King Albert II is no longer fighting a claim that he is the father of artist and sculptor Delphine Boel, bringing a major...
January 27, 2020
A drastic escalation in fighting between the Saudi-led military coalition and Houthi rebels in Yemen has killed and wounded hundreds of people over the past week, officials and tribal leaders...
January 27, 2020
Over 30,000 people have been displaced by heavy rains in southeast Brazil that also killed 54 people and left 18 missing. The storms in recent days caused floods and landslides,...
January 27, 2020
Foul play is now suspected in the mysterious disappearance of Zuza, a satellite-tagged tiger shark that was lauded just weeks ago for boldly traveling from Australia to Papua New Guinea....
January 27, 2020
The United Nations revealed on Monday chilling new details about an airstrike that smashed into a migrant detention center in Libya, killing at least 50 people. The July attack, which...
January 27, 2020
Germany's foreign minister called Monday for countries that break the U.N. embargo on arms exports to Libya to face consequences. Heiko Maas told reporters he was “under no illusion” that...
January 27, 2020
Firms involved in building work on London tower bloc that caught fire have sidestepped any responsibility for the 2017 tragedy that killed 72 people, a lawyer for the inquiry said....
January 27, 2020
A Russian court has convicted three adherents of the Jehovah's Witnesses of participating in a religion banned for extremism, the latest move against the denomination. Russia banned the Jehovah's Witnesses...
January 27, 2020
French President Emmanuel Macron will make his first official visit to Poland next week, a trip considered crucial for the development of France's ties with European partners, his office said...
January 27, 2020
Two baby pandas born at Berlin's zoo have been chipped and checked in preparation for their first public outing in a few days, officials said Monday. The zoo said the...
January 27, 2020
Kosovo prosecutors on Monday filed terrorism charges against a local woman for allegedly joining the Islamic State group in Syria. A statement from the prosecutors' office said the suspect, only...
January 27, 2020
For a city already familiar with losing a basketball hero, Kobe Bryant's death made a particularly strong impact in the Italian town of Rieti. Nicknamed “the center of Italy” for...
January 27, 2020
The Islamic State group vowed in an audio message released Monday that the extremists will start a new phase of attacks that will focus on Israel and blasted the U.S....
January 27, 2020
Gambia's police have arrested 137 people amid protests calling for the president to step down after three years in power, the government said Monday. Security forces used tear gas Sunday...
January 27, 2020
The United Nations revealed on Monday chilling new details about an airstrike that smashed into a migrant detention center in Libya, killing at least 50 people. The July attack, which...
January 27, 2020
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin on Monday invited his Polish counterpart for talks in Jerusalem aimed to boost bilateral relations following tensions over Poland's World War II history. Rivlin spoke in...
January 27, 2020
A Croatian army helicopter on Monday plunged into the Adriatic Sea, killing one crew member while the search is underway for the other, the country's defense minister said. Damir Krsticevic...
January 27, 2020
Ethiopians are expressing anger and frustration over several university students, most of them female, who remain missing after their kidnapping two months ago. A growing social media campaign echoes the...
January 27, 2020
Kobe Bryant was “an outstanding and true Olympic champion,” IOC President Thomas Bach said Monday. The basketball great, who was killed in a helicopter crash near Los Angeles on Sunday,...
January 27, 2020
A Japanese man was expelled from Russia after being accused of looking for military secrets, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Monday. The ministry said in a statement carried by Russian...
January 27, 2020
The Catalan regional parliament is stripping the president of the prosperous but troubled northeastern region of his lawmaker's seat because he disobeyed Spain's strict rules on election propaganda. Monday's move...
January 27, 2020
An Egyptian court on Monday sentenced eight people to life in prison, after they were convicted of joining a local affiliate of the Islamic State group spearheading an insurgency in...
January 27, 2020
Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh on Monday denounced the long-anticipated Trump administration peace proposal ahead of its unveiling this week, saying it “doesn't constitute a basis for resolving the conflict.”...
January 27, 2020
An international drug operation involving authorities from six countries captured a yacht carrying almost 2 metric tons of cocaine in the middle of an Atlantic storm. Portugal's navy and air...
January 27, 2020
The Czech government on Monday approved a Defense Ministry plan to deploy up to 60 troops as part of France's anti-terror mission in Africa. The service members will join Operation...
January 27, 2020
A car carrying Syrians crashed early Monday in northern Greece, police said, injuring all 14 people in the vehicle that is believed to have crossed the border clandestinely . Police...
January 27, 2020
Mongolia's official news agency says the country's Cabinet on Monday closed border crossings with China and suspended university classes to prevent the spread of a new viral disease. There are...
January 27, 2020
In the country where he grew up, Kobe Bryant will be mourned for an entire week. The Italian basketball federation said Monday it has ordered a minute's silence to be...
January 27, 2020
A passenger plane from Afghanistan's Ariana Airlines crashed Monday in a Taliban-held area of Ghazni province, local officials said. Arif Noori, spokesman for the provincial governor, said the plane went...
January 27, 2020
Slovenia's prime minister announced his resignation on Monday and has urged the country to hold an early general election. Prime Minister Marjan Sarec says he's resigning due to the crumbling...
January 27, 2020
A nighttime rocket attack on the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad injured at least one embassy personnel member, staffers there said Monday. The two staff members, who spoke on condition of...
January 27, 2020
Survivors of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp gathered Monday for commemorations marking the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the camp, using the testimony of survivors to warn about the signs...
January 27, 2020
Italian voters have thwarted right-wing opposition leader Matteo Salvini's hopes of turning an election in a key northern region into a springboard for regaining national power. Nearly complete results Monday...
January 27, 2020
Turkish emergency teams drilled through the rubble Monday, searching for the last two missing quake victims believed trapped beneath a collapsed building after eastern Turkey was slammed by a powerful...
January 27, 2020
Pakistani security forces on Monday arrested the leader of a human rights group that has accused the military of committing widespread abuses in its war on terror, Manzoor Pashteen was...
January 27, 2020
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck off of the South Pacific island nation of the Solomon Islands on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The quake struck 105 kilometers (65 miles)...
January 27, 2020
Countries with citizens in the central Chinese city that's the epicenter of a viral outbreak are planning evacuations as the number of illnesses grow and China takes drastic measures to...
January 27, 2020
Kobe Bryant was a hugely popular figure in Asia, no more so than in China where basketball rivals soccer as the most popular sport. However, his death Sunday in a...
