Foreign Affairs

Experts were closely monitoring a Mont Blanc glacier on Friday, a day after they evacuated 75 tourists and residents amid fears the glacier could soon break apart and crash into...

Soha Saade had not seen her husband since Christmas. The coronavirus pandemic had kept 44-year-old Jihad in Nigeria, where he worked far from his family in Beirut. Once travel restrictions...

The Latest on the explosion in Beirut (all times local): 12:45 p.m. The U.N. human rights office is calling for an independent investigation into the Beirut explosion, insisting that “victims'...

Rescue teams were still searching the rubble of Beirut's port for bodies on Friday, nearly three days after a massive explosion sent a wave of destruction through Lebanon's capital, killing...

I don't know how I'm still here. On Tuesday, 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate – a common fertilizer that's also highly explosive (it's Islamic State's chemical of choice) – blew...

Following Tuesday's deadly port explosion in Beirut, Lebanese officials face increasing ire from the public and a skeptical international community that has, nevertheless, promised to provide humanitarian aid to help...

BAJA CALIFORNIA, Mexico – A collective of parents who search remote areas of Baja California for the remains of their missing children found another burial site in Tecate on Friday...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand – New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern launched her campaign for a second term by reminding voters of her leadership credentials and pledging to steer the country...

The death toll from Tuesday's port explosion in Beirut has risen to 154, a Lebanese Health Ministry official said, as rescue workers struggled to remove large pieces of debris in...

Nine people were killed and 123 injured after a plane skidded off the runway in the city of Kozhikode in the Indian state of Kerala amid heavy rains on Friday,...

Russia boasts that it's about to become the first country to approve a COVID-19 vaccine, with mass vaccinations planned as early as October using shots that are yet to complete...

It began as a lighthearted conversation between two Jewish comedians, riffing on a podcast about the idiosyncrasies of their shared heritage. But after talk turned to Israel, it didn't take...

Leader Kim Jong Un visited parts of southern North Korea where days of torrential rains have flooded hundreds of houses and vast areas of agricultural land, state media reported Friday....

Africa's confirmed coronavirus cases have surpassed 1 million, but global health experts tell The Associated Press the true toll is likely several times higher. That reflects the gaping lack of...

It was one of the most powerful moments of Emmanuel Macron's lightning visit to devastated Beirut: confronted by a distraught woman in a sea of enraged residents, the French leader...

A hopeless romantic's plan to stage an over-the-top marriage proposal cost him most of his belongings this week, after the 100 candles he lit to set the mood ignited a...

Placido Domingo is back in Europe to receive a lifetime achievement award after a bout with the coronavirus, vowing in an interview with a top Italian daily newspaper to clear...

The British issue of Vogue is devoting its September issue to activism, with a cover featuring two Black activists and produced by a predominantly Black team. Editor-in-chief Edward Enninful, who...

The Dominican Republic is leading the Caribbean in COVID-19 infections, leaving the healthcare system strained and hospitals on the verge of overflow. On May 21, the government lifted the state...

A British coroner ruled Thursday that reality TV host Caroline Flack killed herself while facing an assault trial she feared would end her career and bring unbearable media scrutiny. Flack,...

With its airports closed to commercial flights and its economy tanking, Cuba has launched the first in a series of long-promised reforms meant to bolster the country's struggling private sector....

An overhaul of Haiti's archaic 185-year-old criminal laws provides stiffer penalties for rape, decriminalizes begging and, for the first time, addresses modern-era crimes like cyber security and terrorism financing while...

The Latest on the explosion in Beirut (all times local): 1:20 p.m. China says it is sending a medical team and supplies to Lebanon in the aftermath of the port...

Before the mass explosion that rocked Lebanon on Tuesday, many thought the country had already hit rock bottom. Beirut had begun to resemble the scene of a dystopian film. Thanks...

Sri Lanka's ruling party has recorded a landslide election victory and secured another five-year term, officials said on Friday. Final results announced show that incumbent Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa's Sri...

In the regular drumbeat of arrests of alleged Chinese spies, one case last month stood out. It did not involve the U.S. or another rival of China, but Russia, whose...

Beirut residents used a visit from French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday to vent their anger at the country's leadership, two days after a huge explosion in the city's port...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un directed his government agencies to act immediately to stabilize the livelihoods of residents in a city locked down over coronavirus concerns, state media reported...

When a right-wing populist party won the right to govern Poland five years ago, Piotr Grabarczyk feared “bad things” might happen to gay men like him and other LGBT people....

Pygmy hogs — the world's smallest and rarest wild pig — are under a virus lockdown. Not because of the coronavirus, but because of the first outbreak of African swine...

The dwindling witnesses to the world's first atomic bombing marked its 75th anniversary Thursday, with Hiroshima's mayor and others noting as hypocritical the Japanese government's refusal to sign a nuclear...

Hiroshima on Thursday marked the 75th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing on Aug. 6, 1945, the world's first nuclear attack. The bombing destroyed the city and killed 140,000 people,...

The Cuban government needs to move the country towards democracy and abandon its “destabilization” activities in Venezuela if it wants to improve relations with the United States, says Mara Tekach,...

A bride calmly posed and smiled during a photo shoot just before the massive explosion in Beirut knocked her over, video shows. The scene was quiet and peaceful in Lebanon's...

The Nicolás Maduro regime promoted Interior Minister Néstor Reverol to General in Chief --the highest military rank in Venezuela—even though the officer is charged by federal prosecutors in New York...

British scientists say there are more emperor penguin colonies in Antarctica than previously thought based on evidence of bird droppings spotted from space. A study published Wednesday by scientists at...

Residents of Beirut —stunned, sleepless and stoic — emerged Wednesday from the aftermath of a catastrophic explosion searching for missing relatives, bandaging their wounds and retrieving what's left of their...

French President Emmanuel Macron is traveling to Lebanon on Thursday to offer support for the troubled country after a massive, deadly explosion that has drawn global pledges of medical and...

The Latest on the explosion in Beirut (all times local): 14:10 p.m. The European Union is activating its civil protection system to round up emergency workers and equipment from across...

A British judge ruled Wednesday that the Duchess of Sussex can keep her friends' names secret while she brings a privacy invasion lawsuit against a British newspaper. High Court judge...