Foreign Affairs

Afghanistan's president has appointed a council for national reconciliation, which will have final say on whether the government will sign a peace deal with the Taliban after what are expected...

Ever since Clarizza Singson appeared on a police hit list of suspected communists, the human rights worker from the impoverished Philippine island of Negros has taken precautions and trained herself...

BUDAPEST – In Hungary, 292 new coronavirus infections were reported within 24 hours on Sunday, the highest daily increase since the pandemic began in the country in March. The day...

India announced a record number of coronavirus infections for a single day as the world's second-most populous nation becomes the latest epicenter of the pandemic that has already swept through...

A man was fatally shot in the chest late Saturday night in Portland as a pro-Trump group clashed with anti-racism, anti-police brutality protesters downtown. After hearing gunfire around 8:45 p.m....

Protests against the German government's coronavirus policies continued on Sunday, after demonstrations ended in clashes with the police the day before. Politicians expressed shock after far-right protesters broke through fences...

France is walking a fine line between reviving its economy and subduing a flaring coronavirus pandemic as new infections surged to the highest since the end of March. More than...

The race to replace Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is starting to take shape as candidates declare their interest to their inner circles just days after the leader said he's...

New elections are needed in Belarus under the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the European Union's foreign-policy chief Josep Borrell said. The best solution would be to repeat...

New elections are needed in Belarus under the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the European Union's foreign-policy chief Josep Borrell said. The best solution would be to repeat...

This month Bryan Metzhua was supposed to begin seventh grade. Instead, he woke up each day at sunrise, pulled on a pair of ripped jeans and work boots, and began...

Tens of thousands of people in Belarus flooded into the streets on Sunday to demand the resignation of the country's embattled authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko, who on the same day...

On the March day that Italy recorded its single biggest jump in coronavirus fatalities, Pope Francis emerged from lockdown to offer an extraordinary prayer and plea to his flock to...

It starts with a boat ride in, and for the lucky few, ends with a kiss on the side of the trophy. The Venice Film Festival is an early stop...

A high-profile lawyer, constitutional scholar and head of the Port-au-Prince bar was gunned down Friday night in Haiti. Just hours before, he called for “another kind of country, another state”...

For Nasir Hussain, observing the Muslim month of Muharram, which marks the martyrdom of the Prophet Muhammad's grandson in the battle of Karbala, is an article of faith. But as...

Street artist Banksy has released a video with a strong political message explaining why he became involved in a search-and-rescue ship helping migrants in the Mediterranean Sea. “Like most people...

Armed with knives, some knowledge of their prey and a large dose of cruelty, attackers are going after horses and ponies in pastures across France in what may be ritual...

Far-right activists burned a Quran in the southern Swedish city of Malmo, sparking riots and unrest after more than 300 people gathered to protest, police said Saturday. Rioters set fires...

The ruler of the United Arab Emirates issued Saturday a decree formally ending the country's boycott of Israel amid a U.S.-brokered deal to normalize relations between the two countries. The...

Unable to protest on the streets, some in Zimbabwe are calling themselves “keyboard warriors” as they take to graffiti and social media to pressure a government that promised reform but...

Bhuraj Pokhrel has been preparing for India's high-stakes medical school entrance exam for three years. His father, a tea farmer, shelled out more than $2,000 for tutoring in the hope...

The ruler of the United Arab Emirates, President Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, issued a decree on Saturday formally ending a law on the boycott of Israel, after a deal...

Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko banned foreign journalists from covering the street protests in Belarus as he ratchets up the crackdown following his contested landslide victory in the Aug. 9 elections....

BERLIN – Some 38,000 people participated in a rally against coronavirus restrictions in Berlin on Saturday despite police efforts to disperse the crowds due to the risk of COVID-19 contagion....

The Italian coast guard stepped in Saturday to offer partial relief for the Louise Michel, a charity migrant rescue ship sponsored by British street artist Banksy. The Louise Michel issued...

South Korea's ruling Democratic Party picked Lee Nak-yon as its new leader Saturday, paving the way for a possible bid by the former prime minister in the 2022 presidential election....

Twenty-nine people have been confirmed dead after a restaurant collapsed on Saturday in northern China, Chinese state media reported Sunday. The deadly accident occurred in Linfen, Shanxi province during a...

Julio Mora slipped away from his parents to secretly marry Waldramina Quinteros one Febuary day. Both families disapproved. Seventy-nine years later, they're still together — he at 110 years of...

Havana will be placed under a strict curfew starting Sept. 1, as the government struggles to contain a coronavirus outbreak that threatens the island's recovery from the worldwide pandemic. Cuban...

Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling says she is returning an award from a human rights group linked to the Kennedy family after the president of the organization criticized her comments...

Scientists at Warsaw's zoo have been taking blood, saliva and other samples from the zoo's three elephants in recent days to prepare to test whether giving them hemp oil can...

For the past decade, art collector Nabil Debs has been working on turning his 19th century ancestral home in a historic neighborhood of Beirut to a hotel and art gallery....

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was a star at the closing ceremony of the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, parading before a sellout crowd at the Maracana Stadium as Nintendo...

After being forced to cancel all its spring season performances due to the coronavirus outbreak, Finland's National Opera is opening this fall with an opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart featuring...

German doctors treating Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny for a suspected poisoning say the dissident is still in an induced coma but his condition is stable and his symptoms are...

Belarus' authoritarian leader accused NATO on Friday of hatching aggressive plans as he sought to shore up his 26-year rule amid weeks of demonstrations against his reelection in a vote...

Heavy rains hit parts of Pakistan including the financial capital Karachi for a fifth straight night bringing more flooding to towns and villages and leaving at least 36 people dead,...

The Russian navy conducted major war games near Alaska involving dozens of ships and aircraft, the military said Friday, the biggest such drills in the area since Soviet times. Russia's...

The Nicaraguan government has consistently reported some of the lowest coronavirus infection numbers in Central America despite never having implemented quarantine measures. Doctors and international health organizations have expressed doubt...