Bulgaria's prime minister has sacked his environment minister after he was charged with deliberate mismanagement of water supplies for a city in western Bulgaria. Ex-minister Neno Dimov is blaming the...
January 10, 2020
The Trump administration said it will suspend charter flights to all destinations in Cuba except the international airport in Havana. This is the most recent in a series of sanctions...
January 10, 2020
The Trump administration announced Friday it will suspend charter flights to all destinations in Cuba except the international airport in Havana, the most recent in a series of sanctions against...
January 10, 2020
The Trump administration is banning charter flights to Cuban cities besides Havana in a new tightening of U.S. restrictions on the island. In October, the administration banned commercial flights to...
January 10, 2020
At least two people were killed at an elementary school in northern Mexico Friday, authorities said. Regional public security coordinator Adelaido Flores told Milenio TV that an armed student had...
January 10, 2020
As allegations swirl and denials clash over what caused the fatal crash of a Ukrainian airliner in Iran this week, Ukraine's president is caught in the middle. Volodymyr Zelenskiy on...
January 10, 2020
A Spanish Supreme Court judge asked the European Parliament on Friday to strip the Catalonia region's ex-leader and another fugitive Catalan politician of the legal immunity they have as EU...
January 10, 2020
A powerful explosion ripped through a mosque in southwest Pakistan during Friday evening prayers, killing a senior police officer and at least eight civilians, police said. The bombing also wounded...
January 10, 2020
A new community has popped up in this earthquake-damaged town in southwest Puerto Rico: it houses 300 people, a dozen police officers and one macaw. Cries of “Uno!” filled the...
January 10, 2020
Contenders to be Malta's next leader are pledging to restore the country's reputation abroad as the beleaguered prime minister of the European Union member nation prepares to step down. Prime...
January 10, 2020
Killings, rapes and other violence by an armed ethnic group targeting rivals in Congo's northeast may amount to crimes against humanity, the United Nations said Friday. More than 700 people...
January 10, 2020
Video of U.S. President Donald Trump saying he had a hand in the latest Nobel Peace Prize has gone viral in Ethiopia after Trump asserted that he had “made a...
January 10, 2020
Syrian warplanes bombed a major rebel stronghold in the country's northwest on Friday, less than 24 hours after a cease-fire went into effect there, opposition activists said. Nevertheless, activists reported...
January 10, 2020
The political neutrality of the Olympics would be undercut if an athlete took a knee in protest on the medal podium at this year's Tokyo Games, IOC President Thomas Bach...
January 10, 2020
Two inmates wearing fake suicide belts attacked and wounded a guard at a maximum-security prison in England, police said Friday. Detectives are treating the incident as a terrorist attack. The...
January 10, 2020
In the pitch black, pre-dawn sky on the outskirts of the Iranian capital Tehran, a tiny fast-moving light can be seen racing up through the trees, as someone films from...
January 10, 2020
A car carrying migrants who had crossed into Greece from neighboring Turkey crashed into another vehicle following a high-speed chase across the north of the country early Friday, leaving 13...
January 10, 2020
Queen Elizabeth II has moved quickly to take control of the crisis surrounding the decision by Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, to distance themselves from the royal...
January 10, 2020
A decade after a devastating earthquake hit Haiti, former President Bill Clinton and his wife, Hillary, the former U.S. secretary of state, are routinely portrayed in some quarters as the...
January 10, 2020
The Interim Haiti Recovery Commission, backed by the United States government and co-chaired by former President Bill Clinton, was supposed to be Haiti's chance to “build back better” after its...
January 10, 2020
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton once enjoyed a bright legacy in Haiti, where he championed democracy. Then the 2010 earthquake hit and he became co-chair of the Interim Haiti Recovery...
January 10, 2020
Egypt is blaming Ethiopia for the failure of the latest round of talks on the construction of a controversial Nile dam, a critical issue for Cairo as it seeks to...
January 10, 2020
Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi has told the U.S. secretary of state to send a delegation to Iraq tasked with formulating the mechanism for the withdrawal of U.S troops from...
January 10, 2020
The Chinese paddlefish's sharp, protruding snout made it one of the largest freshwater species in the world. Since scientists declared it extinct in a research paper published last week, Chinese...
January 10, 2020
Northern Ireland's main political parties are meeting Friday to decide whether to accept a deal to restore the Belfast-based government that collapsed three years ago. Northern Ireland's 1.8 million people...
January 10, 2020
European foreign affairs ministers and the NATO secretary general are gathering in Brussels for an emergency meeting during which they are expected to reiterate their support for the nuclear deal...
January 10, 2020
South Korea said Friday it conveyed a message by President Donald Trump to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un wishing him a happy birthday, which is believed to be Jan....
January 10, 2020
The jihadists who killed Wabwa Ampougovni's son and two grandchildren wanted them to suffer: They cut the backs of their necks before slitting their throats, leaving them to a slow...
January 10, 2020
The Western allegation that Iran shot down a Ukrainian jetliner and killed 176 people offers a grim echo for the Islamic Republic, which found itself the victim of an accidental...
January 10, 2020
NIAMEY, Niger – Suspected Islamist militants attacked a military camp in western Niger on Thursday night killing at least 31 soldiers, the defense ministry said. The attack targeted a military...
January 10, 2020
The U.S. has repeatedly blasted China's efforts to quell Hong Kong's unrest, passing legislation and issuing regular statements. By comparison, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is getting off easy. In...
January 10, 2020
The latest on Iran-related developments (all times local): 10:10 a.m. Iranian authorities have given Ukrainian investigators access to the fragments of the plane that crashed earlier this week and they...
January 10, 2020
The worst had passed, it seemed, and the United States and Iran no longer appeared poised at the edge of war. “All is well!” President Donald Trump tweeted Tuesday night,...
January 10, 2020
Unidentified planes struck targets in Syria near the border with Israel on Friday, reports said, amid soaring tensions in the region between the U.S. and Iran. The Syrian Observatory for...
January 10, 2020
Japan's prime minister will go ahead with a planned visit to the Middle East this weekend despite the crisis in the region, a spokesman said Friday. Japan is also expected...
January 10, 2020
Iran's state media say authorities have invited Boeing to take part in the investigation into a Ukrainian jetliner that crashed, killing all 176 people on board. The move came after...
January 10, 2020
Taiwan's ruling party is crying foul over alleged Chinese attempts to sway the self-governing island's presidential election on Saturday. The Democratic Progressive Party, known as the DPP, rushed through a...
January 10, 2020
Relatives of nine U.S. dual-national women and children killed in northern Mexico in November said Thursday U.S. authorities told them they have two suspects under detention in the United States....
January 10, 2020
A masked gunman walked into a shopping mall in central Thailand and opened fire, killing three people including a 2 year-old, robbed a gold shop then escaped, police said Friday....
January 10, 2020
Further deadlock and heightened pressure from China is the likely outcome if Taiwan's independence-leading President Tsai Ing-wen wins a second term this weekend, as is widely predicted. Tsai had been...
