Foreign Affairs

U.K. and European Union officials have the next seven weeks to find something that has eluded them since March: an agreement over their future relationship. After a brief summer hiatus,...

The 2020 season is continuing its tropical conveyor belt with the National Hurricane Center eyeing two more waves both having medium to high chances of developing into the next tropical...

La misma mesa que Jose Almanza uso para vender sus garapinados caseros (cacahuetes y nueces caramelizados) afuera de un restaurante en Little Village desde hace mas de 25 anos ahora...

The Japanese economy contracted at an annualized rate of 27.8% in the second quarter, as the world's third-largest economy was devastated by the novel coronavirus pandemic, a government report showed...

A controversial South Korean pastor who defied public health authorities to hold services and massive anti-government rallies despite the COVID-19 pandemic has tested positive for the coronavirus, officials said Monday....

The social media images were pitiless: the look of utter incomprehension that flashed across the face of Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko when workers at a state-owned factory – a core...

More than 15 years after the truck bomb assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in Beirut, a U.N.-backed tribunal in the Netherlands is announcing verdicts this week in...

Puerto Rico resumed its local primaries without significant issues on Sunday, a week since electoral officials suspended the event when precincts across the island did not receive ballots or began...

Mercedes Barcha, who was credited by late husband and Nobel laureate Gabriel García Márquez with making it possible for him to write his masterpiece “One Hundred Years of Solitude," has...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that a deal to establish full diplomatic ties with the United Arab Emirates proves that Israel doesn't need to retreat from occupied land...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson faced mounting calls Sunday to sort out a crisis over how crucial final grades are being awarded to high school students in England during the...

Thousands of Puerto Ricans on Sunday got a second chance to vote for the first time, a week after delayed and missing ballots marred the original primaries in a blow...

President Alexander Lukashenko, under pressure from massive protests that broke out after a questionable election that gave him a sixth term in a landslide, on Sunday vehemently rejected any possibility...

Anti-government protesters gathered in large numbers in Thailand's capital on Sunday for a rally that suggested their movement's strength may have extended beyond the college campuses where it has blossomed....

Thousands of people have gathered in a square near Belarus' main government building for a rally to support President Alexander Lukashenko, while opposition supporters whose protests have convulsed the country...

National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien will unveil a “whole-of-government” policy strategy for the Americas during an upcoming stop in South Florida on Sunday, ahead of his trip to Colombia and...

In early June, Lizzet Aguilar went on a four-day strike. She demanded that the McDonald's location in Boyle Heights where she worked provide employees with adequate protective equipment and enforce...

TEL AVIV/CAIRO – The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Israel on Sunday launched a telephone service between the two countries, days after they stunned the region by agreeing to establish...

India's bid to control its surging virus infections by increasing the use of fast but less sensitive tests could actually be making things worse for the South Asian nation. With...

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has delayed the general election by four weeks until Oct. 17 as a community outbreak of COVID-19 worsens. Ardern said Monday she delayed the...

Russian President Vladimir Putin offered support to Belarus' Alexander Lukashenko, who appealed to his neighbor for help after his claim of an election victory to extend his 26-year rule led...

Sitting in his reading room, Fadlallah Dagher gestured at a 145-year-old arched window – or what was left of it. At his side lay the remains of the window's intricate...

Here in crowded camps in South Sudan, former enemies are meant to be joining forces after a five-year civil war so they can help the shattered country recover. But they...

The biggest fear is a fishhook puncturing the inner tube that keeps them afloat far from shore. Then come sharks grabbing their catch and maybe biting their legs. And the...

Venezuelans in the United States, many of whom for years clung to the belief that they would return to their lives in their homeland, have unpacked their suitcases, acquired U.S....

Russian President Vladimir Putin has agreed to provide protest-engulfed Belarus with security assistance to counter protests if the country requests it, the president of Belarus declared Saturday after more people...

A female member of Afghanistan's peace negotiating team was lightly wounded in an assassination attempt, officials said Saturday. Tariq Arian, a spokesman for the Interior Ministry, said Fawzia Koofi, who...

The U.K. marked the 75th anniversary of the defeat of Japan in World War II on Saturday, with Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip leading tributes to those...

Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard vowed Saturday there would be dangerous consequences for the United Arab Emirates after it announced a historic deal with Israel to open up diplomatic relations. The...

In twos and threes, in small groups or alone, they came. Most walking, many crawling, ignoring bloodied knees and aching arms to climb a hill to the famed church housing...

Thousands of demonstrators in Belarus gathered Saturday at the spot in the capital where a protester died in clashes with police, calling for authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko to resign after...

The partner of a man who died in the protests engulfing Belarus says she does not believe the official account that Alexander Taraikovsky was killed when an explosive device that...

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Saturday sealed a defense cooperation deal with Polish officials that will pave the way for the redeployment of American troops from Germany to...

When Keiron Marshall was 15, he found his way out of a desperate situation with help from an unexpected source: Eric Clapton. The guitar great was host at the first...

When Keiron Marshall was 15, he found his way out of a desperate situation with help from an unexpected source: Eric Clapton. The guitar great was host at the first...

Poland and the U.S. signed an expanded defense cooperation agreement that will result in 1,000 additional U.S. personnel being sent to the Eastern European country on a rotational basis. The...

South Korean health authorities on Saturday reported new coronavirus cases in the triple digits for the second day in a row, as the country continues to see an uptick in...

Once known for fierce independence and exposing the misdeeds of the political elite, iCable has had the sting taken out of its reporting as the Chinese Communist Party tightens its...

The U.N. Security Council's rejection of a U.S. proposal to extend the arms embargo on Iran was "a disgrace," said Israel on Saturday. "Instead of allowing the terrorist regime in...

Israel struck Hamas military targets after further explosive balloons were launched from the Gaza Strip, the Israeli military said early Sunday. The Israel Defense Forces, or IDF, tweeted that Palestinians...