The death toll from the new virus in China has risen to 56 with 1,975 total cases reported. The figures reported Sunday morning cover the previous 24 hours and mark...
January 26, 2020
Spanish football was marred by a player being racially abused during a league game on Saturday, along with street clashes between rival fans outside stadiums before two matches. The league...
January 25, 2020
A Toronto hospital said Saturday it has a confirmed case of the deadly virus from China, Canada's first. Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre said it is “caring for a patient who...
January 25, 2020
A 5.0 magnitude earthquake hit southern Puerto Rico on Saturday at a shallow depth, raising concerns about unstable infrastructure in a region that has been hit by quakes every day...
January 25, 2020
Greek police say they seized nearly 1.2 tons of cocaine and arrested 8 alleged members of an international drug trafficking gang. Almost all of the cocaine, 1.18 tons, was found...
January 25, 2020
Cardiff fans were warned over alleged racist and homophobic chants in an FA Cup fourth-round game on Saturday. With the score at 1-1 between Reading and Cardiff in the 26th...
January 25, 2020
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's chief political rival confirmed Saturday he has accepted President Donald Trump's invitation to Washington, and will meet the president before the unveiling of the administration's...
January 25, 2020
A Vatican cardinal at the center of a storm over a book about celibacy and the Catholic priesthood is denouncing the “brutality” of criticism directed at him and his collaborator,...
January 25, 2020
The lead doctor treating two Paris hospital patients for the new virus in China said Saturday that the illness appears less serious than comparable outbreaks of the past and that...
January 25, 2020
Former Canadian cabinet minister Peter MacKay criticized Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Saturday as he officially announced he is running to be leader of Canada's Conservative Party. MacKay served as...
January 25, 2020
Juan Guaidó, the man who one year ago launched a bid to oust Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, arrived Saturday in Spain, where a thriving community of Venezuelans and a storm...
January 25, 2020
Four people were killed and five others were injured on Saturday in an explosion at a motel in eastern South Korea. Kim Dong-woo, an official from the fire department in...
January 25, 2020
A building that was being expanded in the Indian capital collapsed Saturday, killing five people on the main floor, including four students, an official said. The students were attending a...
January 25, 2020
A man suspected of killing six relatives in a shooting in southwestern Germany was ordered held in custody on Saturday pending a possible indictment, authorities said. The 26-year-old suspect was...
January 25, 2020
Heavy rains caused flooding and landslides in southeast Brazil, killing at least 11 people, authorities said Saturday. Two people died on Friday in Belo Horizonte, the capital of Minas Gerais...
January 25, 2020
Residents of a Bulgarian city experiencing a severe months-long water shortage gathered in front of the government headquarters Saturday demanding urgent measures to address what they described as a looming...
January 25, 2020
The Vatican on Saturday urged Iraqi President Barham Saleh to guarantee the safety of Christians and ensure they have a future place in the war-battered country. Saleh met with Pope...
January 25, 2020
The closure of Libya's major oil fields and production facilities has resulted in losses of more than $255 million in the six-day period ending Jan. 23, the country's national oil...
January 25, 2020
The United States on Saturday expressed strong backing for Bulgaria after it charged three Russian citizens with attempted murder and separately expelled two Russian diplomats accused of espionage. In a...
January 25, 2020
Iran is not ruling out negotiations with the United States even after an American drone strike that killed a top Iranian general, the country's foreign minister said in an interview...
January 25, 2020
Iraq's anti-government protests were dealt a blow after a powerful Shiite cleric withdrew his support from the movement, leading security forces to set fire to protesters' tents overnight Saturday in...
January 25, 2020
Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Saturday the country faces a grave challenge from the rapid spread of the Wuhan coronavirus, as his government continues to grapple with how to...
January 25, 2020
Dozens of rescue teams were struggling to reach survivors buried under the rubble in the eastern Turkish city of Elazig, nearly a day after a magnitude-6.8 earthquake killed at least...
January 25, 2020
Clashes erupted on Saturday between anti-government protesters and police in the Lebanese capital as the country remains in the grip of a months-long demonstrations amid a deepening economic crisis. The...
January 25, 2020
Europe's Catholic bishops are marking the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz with a statement denouncing anti-Semitism and the “manipulation" of the truth for political aims. The statement was...
January 25, 2020
The bodies of three Americans who died when a water bombing plane crashed while battling Australia's unprecedented wildfire crisis were retrieved on Saturday as their families arrived in Sydney, officials...
January 25, 2020
A new virus that started in China and is popping up around Asia hung over the first day of the Year of the Rat in much of the region. Lunar...
January 25, 2020
Turkish emergency officials said the death toll from a strong earthquake that rocked the country's east climbed to 20 people Saturday, with more than 1,000 people injured. Rescue workers were...
January 25, 2020
Bolivian interim President Jeanine Áñez, who replaced former leader Evo Morales when he left the country, on Friday announced her candidacy in the country's May 3 presidential election. When she...
January 25, 2020
China's National Health Commission has reported the number of people infected with a new virus has risen to 1,287 with 41 deaths. The commission said Saturday the latest tally comes...
January 25, 2020
The U.N. deputy chief said Friday there is an “alarming” crisis in education, pointing to the 258 million children under the age of 17 who are not going to school...
January 25, 2020
Growing up in a small rural community on Colorado's plains, Ian McBeth went to work as a ranch hand in neighboring Nebraska at 14 and was a standout athlete in...
January 24, 2020
The headline on a statement from Mexico's National Immigration Institute read: “INM rescues 800 Central American migrants who entered (Mexico) today irregularly.” For many people who watched the moments when...
January 24, 2020
Indigenous leaders in Brazil have criticized President Jair Bolsonaro for making what they describe as racist remarks. Bolsonaro said on social media Thursday that Brazil's indigenous people were becoming human...
January 24, 2020
Federal prosecutors in Mexico said Thursday they have issued an arrest warrant for suspected drug capo Dámaso López in the 2017 killing of crusading journalist Javier Valdéz. López is better...
January 24, 2020
Disney is shutting down its Shanghai theme park ahead of the Lunar New Year celebration as China attempts to stop the spread of the deadly Wuhan coronavirus. Shanghai Disney Resort...
January 24, 2020
The German soccer federation says its former president Felix Linnemann was directly responsible for sending several hundred people to be murdered at the Auschwitz extermination camp. The DFB said on...
January 24, 2020
A tanker plane that crashed and killed its three American crew members as they fought wildfires in Australia had just dropped liquid to suppress the flames, investigators said Friday. The...
January 24, 2020
Four aid workers for a French Christian charity disappeared this week in Baghdad at at time of heightened tension in Iraq, the organization said Friday, The charity, SOS Chrétiens d'Orient,...
January 24, 2020
France on Friday announced two cases of the deadly new virus from China, the first cases in Europe. The two confirmed cases were announced by the health minister, Agnes Buzyn....
