Temperatures are rising in Japan and summer is coming fastTOKYO -- Temperatures are rising in Japan and summer is coming fast. Cherry blossoms are blooming sooner than ever before, chiffon-pink that’s traditionally heralded spring...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has vowed to enhance his nuclear arsenal in “practical and offensive” waysSEOUL, South Korea -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed to enhance his nuclear arsenal in more “practical and offensive”...
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva finishes the first 100 days of his third term as Brazil’s president on Monday and his return to power has been marked by efforts to reinstate his past social policies and undo his predecessor’s legacyBRASILIA,...
The U.S. military says a rocket attack has targeted a base in eastern Syria housing American troops causing no injuries or damageBEIRUT -- A rocket attack Monday targeted a base in eastern Syria where U.S. troops are based causing...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reversed his decision to fire his defense minister over criticism of the government’s contentious plan to overhaul the judiciaryJERUSALEM -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...
Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has apologized after a video showing him kissing a child on the lips triggered criticismDHARAMSALA, India -- Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama apologized Monday after a video showing him...
India is surpassing China’s population this monthIndia will surpass China's population this month. Or maybe in July. Or, perhaps it's happened already?Demographers are unsure exactly when India will take the title as the...
Officials say demonstrators opposing the Good Friday peace agreement that ended three decades of hostilities in Northern Ireland have firebombed a police car in Londonderry during a march on the agreement’s 25th anniversaryLONDONDERRY,...
More than 200 Russian and Ukrainian soldiers have returned home in a prisoner swapKYIV, Ukraine -- More than 200 Russian and Ukrainian soldiers have returned home in a prisoner swap, the warring countries said Monday.Russia’s Defense...
Comments by French President Emmanuel Macron over Europe’s priorities on Taiwan have raised questions over the EU’s relationship with both the U.S. and China, on the eve of his planned speech on the bloc’s sovereignty in The...
The Taliban have banned families and women from restaurants with gardens or green spaces in Afghanistan’s northwestern Herat provinceKABUL, Afghanistan -- The Taliban have banned families and women from restaurants with gardens or...
A migrant boat adrift in the Mediterranean with about 400 people on board was in "huge danger" amid high waves on Monday, Sea-Watch International said. LONDON and ROME -- A migrant boat adrift in the Mediterranean with about...
A human rights group says two prominent Chinese human rights lawyers have been sentenced to more than a decade in prisonBEIJING -- Two prominent Chinese human rights lawyers have been sentenced to more than a decade in prison, Human...
Britain is bracing for a four-day walkout by tens of thousands of doctors at the state-funded health care systemLONDON -- Britain is bracing for a four-day walkout by tens of thousands of doctors at the state-funded health care system...
French local authorities say the death toll from Sunday’s avalanche in the French Alps has risen to six, including two mountain guidesPARIS -- The death toll from Sunday's avalanche in the French Alps rose to six, including...
Romanian prosecutors have carried out forensic searches of electronic devices in the case of Andrew Tate, the divisive internet personality who is under house arrest on suspicion of organized crime and human trafficking, his lawyer...
French authorities said the death toll rose to four people after two bodies were found Monday in the rubble following an explosion that collapsed a building in the southern French city of MarseilleMARSEILLE -- Two bodies were found...
The Palestinian Health Ministry says a 15-year-old boy was killed by Israeli fire during an army raid in the occupied West BankJERUSALEM -- The Palestinian Health Ministry said a 15-year-old boy was killed by Israeli fire during an...
Pope Francis on Saturday accepted a resignation request from a German bishop who asked to step down because of his mistakes in handling sexual abuse casesBERLIN -- Pope Francis on Saturday accepted a resignation request from a German...
It was a cold night 50 years ago when an Israeli commando team led by a man disguised as a woman infiltrated a posh Beirut neighborhood and shot and killed three top officials from the Palestine Liberation Organization in their apartmentsBEIRUT...
The South African government has terminated the national state of disaster it declared two months ago to deal with an electricity crisis, although there are no signs that the power problems are endingCAPE TOWN, South Africa -- The...
