African nations have prepared a draft resolution at the U.N.'s top human rights body that singles out the United States and would launch intense international scrutiny of systemic racism against...
June 16, 2020
At least three Indian soldiers, including a senior army officer, were killed in a confrontation with Chinese troops along their disputed frontier high in the Himalayas where thousands of soldiers...
June 16, 2020
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro used the Supreme Court to take over two of the country's most important opposition parties, laying the groundwork for congressional elections in December. The high court...
June 16, 2020
The United States is set to impose sanctions aimed at preventing Syrian President Bashar Assad "from securing a military victory" and steering him back to United Nations-led talks, the U.S....
June 16, 2020
The death toll from a "violent face-off" with Chinese troops on the disputed Himalayan border rose to 20, according to the Indian army, in one of the most serious clashes...
June 16, 2020
A low-cost, widely used anti-inflammatory drug improved survival in patients with COVID-19, the first treatment to show life-saving promise months into the pandemic. Deaths among patients who needed breathing assistance...
June 16, 2020
A low-cost, widely used anti-inflammatory drug improved survival in patients with COVID-19, the first treatment to show life-saving promise months into the pandemic. Deaths among patients who needed breathing assistance...
June 16, 2020
North Korea destroyed an inter-Korean liaison office on its side of the border Tuesday, South Korea said, shortly after threatening military action in the region over anti-Pyongyang leaflets sent into...
June 16, 2020
All neighborhoods in Beijing have been ordered to implement "closed management" to stem the spread of a new coronavirus outbreak centered around the city's largest agricultural market, state media reported...
June 16, 2020
The Indian army said Tuesday that three of its personnel were killed in a border skirmish with Chinese troops, the first deadly clash along the two Asian giants' disputed frontier...
June 16, 2020
All neighborhoods in Beijing have been ordered to implement "closed management" to stem the spread of a new coronavirus outbreak centered around the city's largest agricultural market, state media reported...
June 16, 2020
In a dramatic display of antagonism toward South Korea, North Korea on Tuesday blew up a liaison office built with much fanfare two years ago near the border between the...
June 16, 2020
A steroid called dexamethasone should be given to patients affected by COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, British researchers reported on Tuesday. Tests on 2,104 patients showed that...
June 16, 2020
A low-cost, widely used anti-inflammatory drug improved survival in patients with COVID-19, the first treatment to show life-saving promise months into the pandemic. Deaths among patients who needed breathing assistance...
June 16, 2020
Chinese authorities were reimposing some travel restrictions in the capital Tuesday as they worked to contain a new coronavirus outbreak and prevent it spreading more widely in a country that...
June 16, 2020
North Korea's military on Tuesday threatened to move back into zones that were demilitarized under inter-Korean peace agreements as the country continued to dial up pressure on rival South Korea...
June 15, 2020
The Organization of American States is calling on the head of Guyana's elections commission to declare the country's opposition the winner of the disputed March 2 regional and presidential vote,...
June 15, 2020
The Organization of American States is calling on the head of Guyana's elections commission to declare the country's opposition the winner of the disputed March 2 regional and presidential vote,...
June 15, 2020
Under pressure from police, the French government has backed away from a ban on chokeholds during arrests. France's interior minister announced a week ago that the maneuver would be abandoned,...
June 15, 2020
A Colombian businessman wanted in Miami on charges of swindling $350 million from the Venezuelan government by paying off officials to secure building contracts for low-income housing is awaiting extradition...
June 15, 2020
After 12 long weeks of closed borders due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Jamaica began welcoming back tourists — and hundreds of its nationals — Monday as the country reopened both...
June 15, 2020
Less than a week after France banned police chokeholds, the government responded to growing officer discontent by announcing it would test stun guns for wider use, adding to the ranks...
June 15, 2020
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will establish a commission to look at racial equality in the U.K., a move that comes after two weeks of protests spurred by the death...
June 15, 2020
A Russian court on Monday sentenced an American businessman to 16 years in prison on spying charges, a sentence that he and his brother rejected as being political. The Moscow...
June 15, 2020
A Russian court sentenced an American to 16 years in prison on spying charges a sentence he rejected as political. The Moscow City Court on Monday read out the conviction...
June 15, 2020
An American has been sentenced to 16 years in prison by a Russian court on spying charges. The Moscow City Court on Monday convicted Paul Whelan on charges of espionage...
June 15, 2020
Some 1.7 billion people have at least one underlying health condition that "could increase their risk of severe COVID-19 if infected," according to a British medical journal. Estimates published in...
June 15, 2020
North Korean state media said Kim Jong Un's regime is reviewing a plan to send its army into the Demilitarized Zone separating the country from South Korea. "Our army is...
June 15, 2020
The sale of dog meat for consumption is technically illegal in Indonesia, but visitors wouldn't be able to tell walking through the crowded central market in Tomohon. Butchers in this...
June 15, 2020
Tens of thousands took to the streets demanding justice and were met by heavily armed police and soldiers, with images of blood-spattered protesters going viral. "I can't see!" emerged as...
June 15, 2020
Borders opened up across Europe on Monday after three months of coronavirus closures that began so chaotically in March. But many restrictions persist, it's unclear how keen Europeans will be...
June 15, 2020
China's capital was bracing Monday for a resurgence of the coronavirus after more than 100 new cases were reported in recent days in a city that hadn't seen a case...
June 15, 2020
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is on trial for accepting gifts from wealthy friends. But that has not stopped him from seeking another gift from a wealthy friend to pay...
June 15, 2020
A year after shutting down the U.S. Embassy in Caracas, Washington's top diplomat in Venezuela has found a way to slip back inside the South American nation — at least...
June 15, 2020
The first thing noticeable about Izhaar Hussain Shaikh is the fatigue marking his youthful face. The second thing is that his phone constantly buzzes. The 30-year-old ambulance driver works for...
June 14, 2020
Natalie Bin Narkprasert's business was in Paris. But she was locked down by COVID-19 restrictions and stuck in Thailand. Her heart was in Thailand, too — and it ached for...
June 14, 2020
Holding handmade signs that read “Black Lives Matter,” hundreds of people marched peacefully in Tokyo on Sunday, highlighting the outrage over the death of George Floyd even in a country...
June 14, 2020
Europe is taking a big step toward a new normality as many countries open borders to fellow Europeans after three months of coronavirus lockdowns — but even though Europeans love...
June 14, 2020
Popular Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput was found dead at his Mumbai residence on Sunday, police and Indian media reports said. Initial reports citing police said the 34-year-old actor was...
June 14, 2020
After more than a year of thinly-veiled threats to start pulling U.S. troops out of Germany unless Berlin increases its defense spending, President Donald Trump appears to be proceeding with...
