Aviation authorities say a small plane has crashed in a neighborhood in the central Colombian city of Medellín, killing eight people on boardMEDELLIN, Colombia -- A small plane crashed Monday in a neighborhood in the central Colombian...
Seven decades after Britain detonated a nuclear bomb in the Indian Ocean, troops who took part in the country’s atomic weapons tests are being recognized with a medalLONDON -- Seven decades after Britain detonated a nuclear bomb...
An underwater volcano that erupted on Jan. 15 in the Tongan archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean was the “largest ever recorded” with modern equipment. A New Zealand-led team of marine geologists investigating an underwater volcano...
Ukrainian authorities have started evacuating civilians from the recently-liberated areas of the Kherson and the Mykolaiv regionsKYIV, Ukraine -- Ukrainian authorities have started evacuating civilians from the recently-liberated areas...
Turkish officials say suspected Kurdish militants in Syria have fired rockets into a border town in Turkey, killing three people and wounding 10 othersANKARA, Turkey -- Suspected Kurdish militants in Syria fired rockets across the...
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev easily won a new seven-year term in a snap election in which the second biggest choice by voters was to reject all six candidates, the country’s central elections commission said MondayASTANA,...
Iran says its latest strikes on Kurdish opposition bases in northern Iraq were necessary to protect the country’s borders, while Kurdish officials condemned the missile and drone attacks as unprovoked aggressionERBIL, Iraq -- Iran...
The lack of electricity turned Anastasia Pyrozhenko’s apartment into a deathtrapKYIV, Ukraine -- When the power is out, as it so often is, the high-rise apartment overlooking Ukraine’s war-torn capital feels like a deathtrap. No...
A senior official with the International Committee of the Red Cross says that Afghans will struggle for their lives as the country braces for its second winter under Taliban rule and faces plummeting humanitarian conditionsKABUL, Afghanistan...
Malaysia’s longest-ruling coalition says it has not decided which bloc to support after weekend elections left neither with enough seats to form a government on its own, and it would ask the nation’s king to give it more timeKUALA...
New Zealand lawmakers will take a vote on whether to lower the nation’s voting age from 18 to 16WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- New Zealand lawmakers will take a vote on whether to lower the national voting age from 18 to 16, Prime Minister...
North Korea’s foreign minister has called U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres “a puppet of the United States” for joining U.S.-led condemnation of the North’s recent intercontinental ballistic missile testSEOUL, South Korea...
Sporadic violence and lower-than-expected turnout have marred Nepal’s parliamentary elections, which many hoped would bring political stability in the Himalayan nation that has changed 13 governments in the last 16 yearsKATHMANDU,...
Canada has expanded its economic sanctions freezing the Canadian assets of Haitian political elites to now include former president Michel Martelly and former prime ministers Laurent Lamothe and Jean-Henry CéantDJERBA, Tunisia --...
Powerful explosions from shelling have hit Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region, the site of Europe’s largest nuclear power plantKYIV, Ukraine -- Powerful explosions from shelling shook Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region, the site of...
Malaysia’s next government appears to be leaning to the religious right as a coalition of Malay nationalists won support of an influential bloc after tightly fought general elections failed to produce a clear winnerKUALA LUMPUR,...
The British government is denying a report that it is seeking a “Swiss-style” relationship with the European Union that would remove many of the economic barriers erected by BrexitLONDON -- The British government on Sunday denied...
A housewife who became a human rights campaigner when her two sons vanished after being arrested under Argentina’s military dictatorship has diedBUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- Hebe de Bonafini, who became a human rights campaigner when...
After two weeks of U.N. climate talks, negotiators agreed to one big decision, to create a fund to help developing countries suffering the impacts of climate changeSHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt -- After two weeks of haggling, officials on...
Pope Francis is honoring his northern Italian roots by celebrating a special Mass in his father’s hometownASTI, Italy -- Pope Francis honored his northern Italian roots on Sunday by celebrating a special Mass in his father’s hometown...
Towering clouds of ash and glowing lava are spewing from two volcanoes on Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula and scientists say major eruptions could be on the wayMOSCOW -- Towering clouds of ash and glowing lava are spewing from two...
