The Czechs are voting in a two-day election for a new president to succeed Milos Zeman in the largely ceremonial postPRAGUE -- The Czechs were casting ballots in the presidential election on Saturday, picking a successor to Milos Zeman...
Ray Cordeiro, who interviewed music acts including the Beatles during a six-decade career on Hong Kong radio that earned him the title of the world’s longest-working disc jockey, has diedHONG KONG -- Ray Cordeiro, who interviewed...
The Australian cardinal who decried the papacy of Pope Francis as a “catastrophe” is receiving tributes, including from the pontiff himself, at his funeral in St. Peter's BasilicaVATICAN CITY -- The Australian cardinal who...
Police say militants have shot and killed three officers on the outskirts of the Pakistani city of PeshawarPESHAWAR, Pakistan -- Militants shot and killed three police officers on the outskirts of the Pakistani city of Peshawar, authorities...
Relief groups say airstrikes by Myanmar’s military on two villages inhabited largely by ethnic Karen have killed five civilians, including a mother and her 2-year-old daughter, and destroyed two churchesBANGKOK -- Airstrikes by Myanmar’s...
Palestinian medics say Israeli troops have shot and killed two Palestinian men during a military raid in the occupied West Bank, while a third man has died from wounds sustained in an earlier raidRAMALLAH, West Bank -- Israeli troops...
Finland’s defense minister has made a stirring argument for his country’s new gender-neutral parental leave system when he announced he would be stepping aside in few weeks to take care of his 6-month-old sonHELSINKI -- Finland’s...
Western officials say violence against civilians in Mali has risen in the year since hundreds of Russian mercenaries have started working alongside the West African country's armed forces to stem a decade-long insurgency by Islamic...
A senior Ukrainian Foreign Ministry official says President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wants to visit the United Nations to address a high-level meeting of the 193-member General Assembly on the eve of the first anniversary of Russia’s...
Iran says it has executed a dual Iranian-British national who once worked for its defense ministry, despite an international outcry over his death sentence and those of others held amid nationwide protestsDUBAI, United Arab Emirates...
Brazil’s Supreme Court has agreed to investigate whether former president Jair Bolsonaro incited the far-right mob that ransacked the country’s Congress, top court and presidential offices, a swift escalation in the probe that...
Officials in central Poland say the recent discovery of objects that were most likely hidden by their Jewish owners during World War II has provided a rare and precious findLODZ, Poland -- The discovery in central Poland of hundreds...
Thousands of supporters of Nepal’s former royal family have held a rally demanding the restoration of monarchy in the Himalayan nationKATHMANDU, Nepal -- Thousands of supporters of Nepal’s former royal family held a rally Wednesday...
Police are pressing ahead with the clearance of a condemned village in western Germany where activists are vowing to hold out against its demolition to make way for the expansion of a coal mineLUETZERATH, Germany -- Police pressed...
Officials say an explosion has occurred in a pipeline in central Lithuania carrying natural gas to the north of the country and neighboring Latvia but no supply disruptions or injuries were reportedVILNIUS, Lithuania -- An explosion...
Pope Francis’ own role in the investigation into financial wrongdoing at the Holy See is again center stageVATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis’ own role in the investigation into financial wrongdoing at the Holy See took center stage...
British author, historian and journalist Paul Johnson, who shifted his allegiances from the left to support Margaret Thatcher and Conservative causes, has died after a long illness, his son has announced on social mediaLONDON -- British...
Chancellor Olaf Scholz says Germany will continue to “weigh every step carefully” and consult with its allies on further weapons deliveries to UkraineBERLIN -- Germany will continue to “weigh every step carefully” and consult...
Georgia state lawmakers are pushing back on a state court ruling that forced some of them to testify during an investigation into whether former President Donald Trump tried to influence the 2020 election in the stateAssociated Press...
Indonesian President Joko Widodo has acknowledged that serious human rights violations occurred across the country in recent decades and vowed to compensate victims and prevent such abuses from happening again in the futureJAKARTA,...
The vast majority of U.N. Security Council members are urging Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to immediately reverse all “oppressive” restrictions on girls and womenUNITED NATIONS -- A strong majority of the U.N. Security Council...
