North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's prolonged public absence has led to rumors of ill health and worries about how it could influence the future of what one analyst calls...
April 27, 2020
Since targeting Venezuelan corruption in 2017, South Florida federal authorities have seized $450 million in bank accounts — luxury properties, show horses, high-end watches and a super-yacht — that belonged...
April 27, 2020
The Dutch national birthday party for their king was a muted affair Monday, dubbed King's Day at Home because of coronavirus restrictions. King Willem-Alexander was celebrating his 53rd birthday with...
April 27, 2020
Gen. Khalifa Haftar, who has been leading Libya's eastern-based forces, said Monday that he will no longer recognize a United Nations-brokered 2015 power-sharing deal. In a televised address, Haftar said...
April 27, 2020
A British court on Monday postponed U.S. extradition proceedings for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange amid concerns that COVID-19 social distancing rules would make it impossible to open a hearing on...
April 27, 2020
Top South Korean officials said they know Kim Jong Un's location, in the strongest remarks yet from Seoul since the North Korean leader disappeared from public view more than two...
April 27, 2020
Prime Minister Boris Johnson, in his first public statement since returning to work, urged the British people not to let up on the social distancing measures that he said were...
April 27, 2020
The Day of the Sun – the April 15 holiday celebrating Kim Jong Un's late grandfather, Kim Il Sung – has long been the most important date on North Korea's...
April 27, 2020
Prince Harry is making good on his promise to honor his duty to the Commonwealth even as he adjusts to his new life in the United States. Nearly a month...
April 27, 2020
A top South Korean official said his country remains confident that there have been no “unusual developments” in North Korea, suggesting that rumors about the health of leader Kim Jong...
April 27, 2020
The holy month of Ramadan is underway, and the Central Jamia Mosque Ghamkol Sharif in Birmingham should be full of worshippers. But this year, the main arrivals are the dead....
April 27, 2020
The Tokyo Olympics were postponed a month ago. But there are still more questions than answers about the new opening on July 23, 2021, and what form those games will...
April 27, 2020
A Saudi-led coalition mired in a yearslong war in Yemen on Monday urged Emirati-backed separatists to honor terms of a Riyadh peace deal and return control of Aden to the...
April 26, 2020
Greeted by relieved parents, pet dogs, flares and a cloud of orange smoke, a group of 25 Dutch high school students with very little sailing experience ended a trans-Atlantic voyage...
April 26, 2020
The itch to dance, to break out of coronavirus lockdown and bust a few moves in the fresh air, out on the street, has proved too strong for some to...
April 26, 2020
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is returning to work after recovering from a coronavirus infection that put him in intensive care, with his government facing growing criticism over the deaths...
April 26, 2020
Joining more than 1,000 others, Djemba Diatite stood for hours in line to feed her growing family, grateful for handouts of fruits, vegetables and soap. It was her first time...
April 26, 2020
The number of new confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany held below 2,000 for a second day as government officials warned against a premature easing of restrictions in Europe's biggest economy....
April 26, 2020
Of all the family members who could eventually take the reins from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, his sister seems like the obvious choice. Kim Yo Jong, in her...
April 26, 2020
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is "alive and well," according to South Korean intelligence. The update comes after days of rumors that Kim was near death or had died...
April 26, 2020
The Chinese city of Wuhan, site of the initial coronavirus outbreak, has no COVID-19 patients in its hospitals for the first time since the pandemic began in earnest at the...
April 26, 2020
Italy is set to ease a number of coronavirus-related restrictions from May 4 onward, allowing citizens to do more outdoor sports and exercise near their homes, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte...
April 26, 2020
When Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman unveiled plans for Neom, a futuristic megacity on the Red Sea coast, residents rejoiced. Jobs and investment would surely accompany the $500...
April 26, 2020
Hong Kong police dispersed more than 100 protesters who had congregated on a couple floors in a shopping mall Sunday in defiance of a regulation banning groups of more than...
April 26, 2020
The grisly scenes of bodies left on the streets of the Ecuadorian city of Guayaquil seemed dystopian even in the era of coronavirus. "This peaceful city received a bomb from...
April 26, 2020
Yemen's southern separatists on Sunday broke a peace deal with the country's internationally recognized government and claimed sole control of the regional capital of Aden, threatening to resume fighting between...
April 26, 2020
A train likely belonging to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been parked at his compound on the country's east coast since last week, satellite imagery showed, amid speculation...
April 25, 2020
Several thousand Israelis rallied Saturday to demonstrate against a unity government deal reached last week that leaves Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in power as he prepares to go on trial...
April 25, 2020
Veterans of Italy's anti-Fascist World War II resistance have held marches throughout Italy every April 25 since 1945, to honor the uprising that helped end their country's Nazi occupation. This...
April 25, 2020
A tentative easing around the world of coronavirus lockdowns gathered pace Saturday with the reopening in India of neighborhood stores that many of the country's 1.3 billion people rely on...
April 25, 2020
Canada shouldn't reopen its economy until there is enough personal protective equipment for businesses to fight the coronavirus, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Saturday. "I don't think we should be...
April 25, 2020
The head of the Korean Friendship Association, a group that says it receives official information from North Korea, called news reports that Kim Jong Un is gravely ill untrue. Alejandro...
April 25, 2020
Catching COVID-19 once may not protect you from getting it again, according to the World Health Organization, a finding that could jeopardize efforts to allow people to return to work...
April 25, 2020
Egyptian police arrested the organizers of a march celebrating the holy Muslim month of Ramadan for violating a coronavirus curfew, Egyptian media reported on Saturday. Footage posted online showed dozens...
April 25, 2020
Britain's Boris Johnson will return to work on Monday and take charge of the U.K.'s handling of the pandemic, a month after he was struck down by the coronavirus. The...
April 25, 2020
Despite guidelines discouraging public gatherings because of the coronavirus pandemic, thousands of Israelis massed in central Tel Aviv on Saturday to protest the policies of the government of Benjamin Netanyahu....
April 25, 2020
A Russian cargo ship docked with the International Space Station, delivering more than 2.5 tons of food, fuel, equipment for experiments and other supplies on Saturday. The uncrewed Russian Progress...
April 25, 2020
The World Health Organization is doing its job properly in the midst of the novel coronavirus crisis, said Russia on Saturday, batting back U.S. criticism of the international agency. "I...
April 25, 2020
The European Union's foreign and diplomatic wing said there's evidence of a "coordinated push" by official Chinese sources to deflect blame for the coronavirus pandemic and promote its response to...
April 25, 2020
India's government is blaming an Islamic missionary meeting for a surge in coronavirus cases, triggering a wave of violence, business boycotts and hate speech toward Muslims that experts warn could...
