Cardinal George Pell, the former Vatican finance minister who was convicted and then acquitted of sexual abuse in his native Australia, is set to publish his prison diary musing on...
June 20, 2020
China said the Galwan Valley high up in the Himalayan border region where Chinese and Indian troops engaged in a deadly brawl this week falls entirely within China, boldly renewing...
June 20, 2020
Authorities in China appeared to be winning their battle against an outbreak of coronavirus in Beijing on Saturday, but in parts of the Americas the pandemic raged unabated. Brazil surpassed...
June 20, 2020
When he was attacked by a mob for being gay, Martin Okello said the kicks and blows from his assailants came so fast that he couldn't stop them or flee....
June 20, 2020
The U.S. State Department says COVID-19 infections have been reported at its embassy in the Afghan capital and the staff who are affected include diplomats, contractors and locally employed staff....
June 20, 2020
Police are treating the stabbings of several people late Saturday in a park in the southeastern English town of Reading as possible terrorism, Sky News and other British media reported....
June 20, 2020
Russian President Vladimir Putin needs to be sure he can trust U.S. counterpart Donald Trump in the search for a nuclear arms control agreement, Interfax cited Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov...
June 20, 2020
China's top legislative body released some details of national security legislation to be imposed on Hong Kong, shedding new light on a measure that pro-democracy groups warn could undermine the...
June 20, 2020
All Germany residents should take advantage of a coronavirus app designed to "recognize and break up infection chains," urged Chancellor Angela Merkel in her weekly video message on Saturday, even...
June 20, 2020
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi has walked into a diplomatic minefield over his nation's disputed border with China. The hashtag #ModiSurrendersToChina was trending on Twitter Saturday after Modi stated no...
June 20, 2020
Swedish activist Greta Thunberg said on Saturday that she wasn't too perturbed by the challenges the coronavirus pandemic has created for the climate change protests she began. "A crisis is...
June 20, 2020
The head of the United Nations office in Haiti took her controversial call for constitutional reform in the country before the international community Friday, telling the U.N. Security Council it...
June 20, 2020
Brazil's government confirmed on Friday that the country has risen above 1 million confirmed coronavirus cases, second only to the United States. The country's health ministry said that the total...
June 19, 2020
Antonio Veciana, a Cuban anti-Castro fighter in the early 1960s who helped found the militant group Alpha 66, died Thursday in an assisted-care facility in Miami. He was 91. His...
June 19, 2020
When Eric Bihl and Kennon Jones quit their jobs, bought a boat and set sail in 2018 to circumnavigate the globe, they expected to hit a few hurdles. Getting injured...
June 19, 2020
Justin Trudeau arrived on the world stage with rock star popularity in 2015. He declared “Canada is back” and made winning a seat on the powerful U.N. Security Council a...
June 19, 2020
J.D. Salinger, the American writer best known for his 1951 novel “The Catcher in the Rye,” was honored Friday with a sculpture featuring a rye field near the Lithuanian village...
June 19, 2020
Ian Holm, an acclaimed British actor whose long career included roles in “Chariots of Fire” and “The Lord of the Rings” has died. He was 88. Holm died peacefully Friday...
June 19, 2020
The dusty streets of rural South Africa are a far cry from the bright lights of “America's Got Talent,” but that's where the members of the Ndlovu Youth Choir find...
June 19, 2020
Not much is known about Kim Yo Jong, the younger sister of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un. Her past is a hazy mystery mostly blinkered by controls the hermit...
June 19, 2020
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador acknowledged Friday that he was personally behind one of the most embarrassing episodes of his term – a manhunt in which soldiers captured and...
June 19, 2020
BEIJING – China has formally charged two Canadians with espionage after more than two years in detention, Chinese prosecutors announced on Friday. Former diplomat Michael Kovrig and businessman Michael Spavor...
June 19, 2020
China's filmmakers are making movies about the coronavirus pandemic, seeking to cast a positive light on the government's battle to contain the outbreak after criticism of their slow response at...
June 19, 2020
For generations, the people of Fasayil herded animals on the desert bluffs and palm-shaded lowlands of the Jordan Valley. Today, nearly every man in the Palestinian village works for Jewish...
June 19, 2020
For generations, the people of Fasayil herded animals on the desert bluffs and palm-shaded lowlands of the Jordan Valley. Today, nearly every man in the Palestinian village works for Jewish...
June 19, 2020
South Korea has reported 49 cases of COVID-19 as the virus continues to spread in the densely populated capital area where half of the country's 51 million people live. Figures...
June 19, 2020
South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Friday accepted the resignation of his point man on North Korea, who had asked to quit after the North destroyed a liaison office while...
June 19, 2020
South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Friday accepted the resignation of his point man on North Korea, who had asked to quit after the North destroyed a liaison office while...
June 19, 2020
India's prime minister is meeting top opposition leaders Friday as the government tries to lower tensions with China after 20 Indian soldiers were killed in a military clash in a...
June 18, 2020
Australia is under increasing cyberattack from a “sophisticated state-based cyber actor,” the Australian prime minister said Friday. Prime Minister Scott Morrison would not name the state, and he said he...
June 18, 2020
A Dutch art sleuth has received “proof-of-life” photos of a Vincent van Gogh painting stolen in late March from a Dutch museum that was closed at the time because of...
June 18, 2020
An Israeli soldier who shot and killed a Palestinian fisherman near the Gaza frontier in 2018 has been given 45 days of community service after an army investigation concluded he...
June 18, 2020
French President Emmanuel Macron marked Gen. Charles De Gaulle's famed World War II appeal to resist the Nazis on Thursday in a special ceremony intended to invoke the deep friendship...
June 18, 2020
The family of World War II forces sweetheart Vera Lynn says she has died. She was 103. The family statement says Lynn was surrounded by her close family. They did...
June 18, 2020
The family of World War II forces sweetheart Vera Lynn says she has died. She was 103. The family statement says Lynn was surrounded by her close family. They did...
June 18, 2020
A Serbian opposition leader whose group is boycotting the country's parliamentary election says taking part in the vote amid the coronaviorus pandemic and without free media in the Balkan country...
June 18, 2020
A Serbian opposition leader whose group is boycotting the country's parliamentary election says taking part in the vote amid the coronaviorus pandemic and without free media in the Balkan country...
June 18, 2020
France has accused Turkey of repeated violations of the U.N. arms embargo on conflict-torn Libya and says Ankara is an obstacle to securing a ceasefire there. The European Union has...
June 18, 2020
When health officials in Honduras announced this week that President Juan Orlando Hernandez had been hospitalized after testing positive for the coronavirus, there were the expected outpourings of support. But...
June 18, 2020
A suspect remains at large after shooting at police officers during a routine traffic stop in New Zealand on Friday morning, killing one and seriously injuring the other. The incident...
