Foreign Affairs

North African neighbors Tunisia and Algeria both announced the make-up Thursday of new governments, with an unprecedentedly high number of women put forward by the Tunisian prime minister in waiting....

Shootings in the greater Rio de Janeiro metro area dropped nearly 24 percent in 2019, according to data published Thursday. There were 7,363 shootings in 2019, down from 9,642 in...

Another inmate was killed Thursday at a prison in northern Mexico where 16 inmates died during a riot on New Year's Eve. Security officials in Zacatecas state said a new...

Libya's forces based in the country's east say they have called on citizens to take up arms against Turkish troops if they deploy to fight against them in the country's...

The possibility of a new government in Spain moved closer Thursday when a small party said it will abstain in upcoming confidence votes in parliament. The decision by the Catalan...

Croatia will try to help launch blocked European Union membership talks with Albania and North Macedonia while the country holds the EU presidency for the next six months, Prime Minister...

Kenyan officials say four people were killed on Thursday when a convoy of passenger buses was fired on by Islamic extremists in the country's eastern coastal area. Somalia's al-Shabab rebels...

Hundreds of mourners and government officials in Mogadishu gathered at the capital's Police School on Thursday to mourn the 79 people killed by a tragic truck bomb last week. Somali...

Israel's Supreme Court on Thursday declined to weigh in on whether Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu can return to his post now that he has been indicted, postponing any ruling on...

Austrian conservative leader Sebastian Kurz says his party's coalition deal with the Greens, who are set to join the Alpine country's government for the first time, offers “the best of...

A video from Egypt showing a woman enduring a mob sexual assault on New Year's Eve was deemed authentic by the country's police Thursday. The viral video has reignited long-running...

Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has a new role: chancellor at Queen's University in Belfast, the capital of Northern Ireland. The university said Thursday that Clinton was appointed...

Bahrain has appointed the head of the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council as the country's next foreign minister, state media reported Thursday. The Bahrain News Agency reported that Bahrain's king named...

A lawyer for the Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont said Belgian judicial authorities have suspended the arrest warrant against him due to his immunity as a European lawmaker. Paul Beckaert...

Kenya police say three people were killed when a passenger bus was ambushed by gunmen suspected to be Islamic extremists in Lamu county in the country's eastern coastal area. A...

Three women are under investigation in Germany for launching paper sky lanterns for the new year which apparently ignited a devastating fire that killed more than 30 animals at a...

In a story December 31, 2019, about an Eritrean migrant making sketches about detention centers in Libya, The Associated Press erroneously reported that he escaped forced military conscription in Ethiopia....

Hong Kong's Law Society and Bar Association on Thursday condemned abusive graffiti sprayed by protesters on a court building that insulted a judge by name. The groups called that “an...

The Islamic State group is claiming responsibility for an attack on a police post in southern Russia. Russian officials say one police officer was killed and three were injured when...

An Egyptian journalist known for his critical views of the government said on Thursday that police raided his parents' house the previous night and arrested his brother. Mohamed el-Garhy tweeted...

Severe flooding and landslides triggered by torrential rain in Indonesia's capital have killed 17 people and displaced tens of thousands, a disaster official said Thursday. Monsoon rains and rising rivers...

A one-week state of emergency was announced on Thursday for the Australian state of New South Wales as fire conditions are expected to worsen in the country's southeast coast starting...

Last month, Australia's unprecedented wildfire crisis prompted Prime Minister Scott Morrison to cut short a vacation to Hawaii. It also abruptly ended his political honeymoon. Eight months after being lauded...

Last month, Australia's unprecedented wildfire crisis prompted Prime Minister Scott Morrison to cut short a vacation to Hawaii. It also abruptly ended his political honeymoon. Eight months after being lauded...

On Oct. 1, as the People's Republic of China celebrated its birthday, Canaan Wong and his friends were dodging tear gas. Adherents of the pro-democracy movement that has convulsed Hong...

Juan Carlos Quiroz was working late in Mexico City on March 16, 2017, when his older sister called with distressing news. That afternoon, in the family's hometown a few hours...

Turkey's parliament is to vote on Thursday on whether to send Turkish troops to Libya, to back the U.N.-supported government in Tripoli that is battling forces loyal to a rival...

Two Sudanese sisters, Seham and Ekhlas Bashir, were walking their children home from elementary school in a Cairo neighborhood when a group of Egyptian teenagers crowded around them. They boys...

A factory caught fire and collapsed in the Indian capital Thursday and several people were feared trapped, a fire official said. Rescue work was in progress in Peera Garhi area...

Taiwan's top military official was reported among at least 11 survivors of a Blackhawk helicopter crash Thursday morning in mountains outside the capital. Two people were missing in the crash...

Japan's Emperor Naruhito waved to cheering, flag-waving crowds from a palace balcony Thursday in his first New Year's greeting since ascending to the throne. Naruhito and his wife Masako were...

Thousands of tourists fled Australia's wildfire-ravaged eastern coast Thursday ahead of worsening conditions as the military started to evacuate people trapped on the shore further south. Cooler weather since Tuesday...

Authorities in Puerto Rico on Wednesday identified a couple they say died when their catamaran caught on fire at a marina in the island's southwest region. Police said the victims...

Several thousand people on Wednesday held protests in Montenegro against a religious property bill that is opposed by the Serbian Orthodox Church and Russia. The church insists that the law...

Ukrainian far-right supporters have held a torchlight procession in the capital to mark the birthday of a nationalist leader who sided with the Nazis during part of World War II....

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday he would seek immunity from corruption charges, likely delaying any trial until after March elections, when he hopes to have a majority coalition...

Haitian President Jovenel Moïse broke with tradition on Wednesday and celebrated the country's independence day in the capital for security reasons following months of political turmoil. Moïse, whose government has...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he will ask parliament to grant him immunity from corruption charges, a step that is expected to delay his trial for months. The step...

Venice's mayor says police are investigating an anti-Semitic attack in which youths punched a left-wing Italian politician in the city's St. Mark's Square. Mayor Luigi Brugnaro tweeted Wednesday that fascist-like...

Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador closed out 2019 with a parting shot at his predecessors, saying imprisoned drug kingpin Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán Loera had had the same power...