Several people with autism and intellectual disabilities have been legally euthanized in the Netherlands in recent years because they said they could not lead normal livesLONDON -- Several people with autism and intellectual disabilities...
A Russian missile attack that hit a crowded pizza restaurant in an eastern Ukrainian city killed at least nine people, including three childrenKYIV, Ukraine -- A Russian missile attack that hit a crowded pizza restaurant in an eastern...
France’s government has announced heightened police presence around Paris and other big cities and called for calm after scattered violence over the death of a 17-year-old delivery driverNANTERRE, France -- France’s government...
A court in Thailand has acquitted a student activist and four other people of impeding the motorcade of the country’s queen during pro-democracy demonstrations in 2020, an offense that could have seen them sentenced to 16 years in...
El Salvador's president has registered for reelection in next February’s contest even though legal experts and opposition figures say the country’s constitution prohibits itSAN SALVADOR, El Salvador -- El Salvador President...
Canadian officials say rainfall likely won’t be enough to extinguish the wildfires ravaging northern Quebec, but the wet weather could give firefighters a chance to get ahead of the flames as the country surpassed the record for...
The smoke emissions from the wildfires burning in Canada has reached the highest-ever recorded in the country as plumes make their way across the Atlantic to Europe. The amount of smoke being emitted from the wildfires burning in Canada...
Former oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky told ABC News the opposition must prepare to exploit future uprisings.Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the exiled former oligarch and one of Vladimir Putin's best-known critics, has campaigned for years...
A late-life masterpiece by Austrian artist Gustav Klimt has sold for 85.3 million pounds ($108.4 million), in London, making it the most expensive artwork ever auctioned in EuropeLONDON -- A late-life masterpiece by Austrian artist...
A still-life fresco recently discovered in the Pompeii archaeological site features a flatbread with colorful toppings that looks like a pizza, which was only believed to have been invented many centuries laterMILAN -- A still-life...
German authorities are investigating a video showing a man in neo-Nazi clothing handing balloons to kindergartners a day after the country’s main far-right party won control of a county administrationBERLIN -- German authorities...
Bill Taylor, the former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine, spoke with ABC News Live Monday about the weekend's activity in Russia and its effects on the ongoing conflict. The attempted rebellion over the weekend against President Vladimir...
Muslim pilgrims gathered on the rocky hill Mount Arafat outside Mecca for a day of prayer on the second day of the annual Hajj pilgrimageARAFAT, Saudi Arabia -- They came in the dark of night, in the thousands, to clamber up the rocky...
The United Nations human rights office says Russian forces carried out widespread and systematic torture of civilians who were detained in connection with its attack on Ukraine, and summarily executed dozens of themBERLIN -- Russian...
Russian authorities say they have closed a criminal investigation into the armed rebellion led by mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, with no charges against him or any of the other participantsRussian authorities said Tuesday they...
China’s muted reaction to the Wagner mercenary group uprising against Russia’s military belies Beijing’s growing anxieties over the war in Ukraine and how this affects the global balance of powerBEIJING -- China’s muted reaction...
Honduras has started an El Salvador-style mass sweep of prisons and arrested a suspect in a pool-hall shooting last week that killed 11 peopleTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras -- Authorities in Honduras forced inmates to sit half-naked in tight...
Some convicts recruited by Russia's private military contractor Wagner to fight in the war in Ukraine are coming home and committing new crimesTALLINN, Estonia -- When Ivan Rossomakhin returned home from the war in Ukraine three...
Japan announced Tuesday a decision to reinstate South Korea as a preferred nation with fast-track trade status from July 21, virtually ending a four-year economic row that was strained during their bitter historic disputesTOKYO --...
A court in Thailand is to deliver a verdict Wednesday in the case of five people accused of impeding the queen’s motorcade during a pro-democracy march in 2020BANGKOK -- A Thai court is to deliver a verdict Wednesday in the case...
The United Nations says it has documented a significant level of civilian casualties from attacks in Afghanistan since the Taliban takeover in August 2021ISLAMABAD -- The United Nations said Tuesday it has documented a significant...
