The crunch of young locusts comes with nearly every step. The worst outbreak of the voracious insects in Kenya in 70 years is far from over, and their newest generation...
July 5, 2020
The festering dispute between France and Turkey over a naval standoff in the Mediterranean Sea has shone a glaring searchlight on NATO's struggle to keep order among its ranks and...
July 5, 2020
As scandal-plagued Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stands trial for corruption, his 28-year-old son has emerged as a driving force in a counterattack against critics and the state institutions prosecuting the...
July 4, 2020
Johnny Depp's lawyers have failed to stop the American actor's ex-wife, Amber Heard, from attending his libel trial against the British tabloid newspaper The Sun until she is called to...
July 4, 2020
The July Fourth holiday hurts me every year. Waving flags seems out of place, and wearing anything stars and stripes makes me feel like Apollo Creed in "Rocky." Lee Greenwood's...
July 4, 2020
The July Fourth holiday hurts me every year. Waving flags seems out of place, and wearing anything stars and stripes makes me feel like Apollo Creed in "Rocky." Lee Greenwood's...
July 4, 2020
Heavy rain in southern Japan triggered flooding and mudslides on Saturday, leaving more than a dozen people presumed dead, about 10 missing and dozens stranded on rooftops waiting to be...
July 4, 2020
Heavy rain in southern Japan triggered flooding and mudslides on Saturday, leaving more than a dozen people presumed dead, about 10 missing and dozens stranded on rooftops waiting to be...
July 4, 2020
In the 20 years since he left his native Senegal, Biram Fall has never slept in the streets. This week, when he ran out of savings after failing to find...
July 4, 2020
Pubs across England were reopening Saturday in an effort at normal life, while South Africa signaled anything but — reporting another record daily high in confirmed coronavirus cases as the...
July 4, 2020
MELBOURNE, Australia – The U.S. is sending the USS Ronald Reagan and USS Nimitz aircraft carriers to the South China Sea for military exercises as China ramps up its own...
July 4, 2020
In appointing a relatively unknown figure to be his new head of government, Emmanuel Macron is sending out a clear message: His solution to turning around the flagging presidency is...
July 4, 2020
North Korea is ruling out more talks with the U.S., saying the American authorities are using the idea as a mere political tool. "We do not feel any need to...
July 4, 2020
The World Health Organization reported Saturday an increase of 212,326 cases of COVID-19 in 24 hours, a global daily record. The health organization reported over 10.9 million confirmed COVID-19 cases...
July 4, 2020
Mexico reported a daily rise of 523 COVID-19 deaths, bringing the total to 30,366 and making it the world's fifth-deadliest country for the disease. Total cases rose by a record...
July 4, 2020
At least seven people were dead and nine unaccounted for after torrential rains triggered landslides and flooding in southwestern Japan, local media reported on Sunday. Fourteen others were feared dead...
July 4, 2020
At least seven people were dead and nine unaccounted for after torrential rains triggered landslides and flooding in southwestern Japan, local media reported on Sunday. Fourteen others were feared dead...
July 4, 2020
As the coronavirus spreads in Africa, it threatens in multiple ways those who earn their living on the streets — people like Mignonne, a 25-year-old sex worker with HIV. The...
July 4, 2020
Alaa Arnous and his family found the photo of his father Mohammed online last week, the first proof of his fate since he was seized by Syrian government forces seven...
July 4, 2020
Alaa Arnous and his family found the photo of his father Mohammed online last week, the first proof of his fate since he was seized by Syrian government forces seven...
July 3, 2020
After decades in a French museum, the skulls of 24 Algerians decapitated for resisting French colonial forces were formally repatriated to Algeria on Friday in an elaborate ceremony led by...
July 3, 2020
British historian and TV presenter David Starkey relinquished his honorary fellowship at a University of Cambridge college Friday after he drew outrage for his comments about Black people and whether...
July 3, 2020
Prince Royce dice que un diagnóstico de COVID-19 lo hizo despertar, y ahora quiere que otros despierten también. El astro de la bachata reveló que se está recuperando del virus...
July 3, 2020
Christopher Columbus has been decapitated, defaced, or quietly removed for his own good from pedestals across the United States in the wake of the protests for racial justice sweeping the...
July 3, 2020
About a year ago, Sangita Gaikwad's teenage daughter Mona introduced her to TikTok. Like many first-time users of the quirky video-sharing app, Gaikwad, a homemaker in a farming village in...
July 3, 2020
Legislation setting out Germany's transition away from coal, and promising billions of euros in aid for the regions whose economies rely on it, was approved by both houses of parliament...
July 3, 2020
Emmanuel Macron made an unexpected choice to inject momentum into his presidency: tapping a conservative and former aide of ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy, Jean Castex. After a disastrous showing in June...
July 3, 2020
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is suspending Canada's extradition treaty with Hong Kong and limiting weapon sales to the former British colony as China tightens its control over the territory. Trudeau...
July 3, 2020
Construction on the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline has begun in Canada, and the premier of the nation's top oil-producing province says the project's momentum may make it difficult for...
July 3, 2020
A day after Russians approved an effectual ban on gay marriage as part of sweeping amendments to the constitution, Vladimir Putin signaled to supporters it was open season on the...
July 3, 2020
A Hong Kong medic has become the first person to be charged under a sweeping national security law that Beijing imposed on the territory earlier this week. The defendant, 23-year-old...
July 3, 2020
The Mexican state of Sonora is temporarily shutting its border with neighboring Arizona to prevent an influx of coronavirus infections over the Fourth of July holiday weekend. Sonora Gov. Claudia...
July 3, 2020
Israel is fortifying its national survey of exposure to the coronavirus as a second wave of infections threatens to plunge the country back into lockdown. The buttressed program will begin...
July 3, 2020
South Korea's President Moon Jae-in shook up his security team and appointed veterans in North Korea relations after Kim Jung Un's regime blew up a joint liaison that once served...
July 3, 2020
Britain will exempt travelers from Germany, France, Spain and Italy from its coronavirus quarantine rule for international arrivals, the government said on Friday. They are among 59 countries and territories...
July 3, 2020
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi made an unannounced visit Friday to a military base in remote Ladakh region bordering China where the soldiers of the two countries have been facing...
July 3, 2020
Prominent Hong Kong democracy activist Nathan Law has left the city for an undisclosed location, he revealed on his Facebook page shortly after testifying at a U.S. congressional hearing about...
July 3, 2020
As nearby nations grapple with uncontrolled spread of the novel coronavirus, the poor, landlocked nation of Paraguay appears to be controlling the disease, with just a few thousand confirmed cases...
July 3, 2020
Saroj Khan, a top Bollywood choreographer, died of cardiac arrest in a Mumbai hospital early Friday, her family said. She was 71. The three-time National Award winner was hospitalized last...
July 2, 2020
Noha, an Egyptian engineer, should feel lucky after winning a visa lottery that randomly selects people from a pool of more than 14 million applications for about 55,000 green cards...
