Salvage crews are waiting for a chance to board a cargo ship loaded with cars that has been burning for more than two days off the northern Dutch coastTHE HAGUE, Netherlands -- Salvage crews were waiting Friday for a chance to board...
A Chinese rights lawyer stripped of his license for taking on sensitive cases has been arrested in Laos while fleeing ChinaBEIJING -- A Chinese rights lawyer stripped of his license for taking on sensitive cases has been arrested in...
Sudan's Darfur region became synonymous with genocide and war crimes two decades agoCAIRO -- Amna al-Nour narrowly escaped death twice. The first was when militias torched her family’s home in Sudan’s Darfur region. The second...
Access to the presidency has been sealed off, “all institutions” suspended, and Niger’s borders closed Soldiers in Niger have announced they have ousted the West African nation’s democratically elected president, Mohamed Bazoum,...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un shared center stage with senior delegates from Russia and China as he rolled out his most powerful nuclear-capable missiles in a military paradeSEOUL, South Korea -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was...
China has demanded that the United States invite Hong Kong’s leader to an economic conference following a news report that Chief Executive John Lee would be barred due to his role in crushing the city’s pro-democracy movementHONG...
Sweden’s prime minister says that police have received several permit applications for the burning of religious texts in the country next weekSTOCKHOLM -- Sweden’s prime minister said Thursday that police have received several...
Japan has stepped up its alarm over China’s assertiveness in the region, its growing military ties to Russia and its claims on Taiwan in a defense paper that is the first under Tokyo’s new security strategy calling for a major...
Fierce fighting is raging in southeastern Ukraine, where a Western official says Kyiv has launched a major push and Russian President Vladimir Putin says “hostilities have intensified significantly.”KYIV, Ukraine -- Fierce fighting...
When death threats forced Irish pop singer Sinead O’Connor to call off a peace concert in Jerusalem in the summer of 1997, a young man named Itamar Ben-Gvir took credit for the campaign against herJERUSALEM -- Death threats forced...
The truce that stopped the bloodshed in the Korean War turns 70 on Thursday and the two Koreas are marking the anniversary in starkly different ways, underscoring their deepening nuclear tensionsSEOUL, South Korea -- The truce that...
Sometime this summer, if President Vladimir Putin can be believed, Russia moved some of its short-range nuclear weapons into Belarus, closer to Ukraine and onto the doorstep of NATO’s members in Central and Eastern EuropeSometime...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke to ABC News' George Stephanopoulos in an interview Thursday on "Good Morning America."LONDON -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that his plan to...
Russian emergency officials say a helicopter has crashed in Siberia, killing four and injuring 10 of those on boardMOSCOW -- A helicopter crashed in the Siberia region of Russia on Thursday, killing four of the people on board and...
Thousands of Shiite Muslims have been allowed to hold a religious procession marking the Muslim month of Muharram in Indian-controlled Kashmir's main city for the first time since an anti-India rebellion broke out in the disputed...
At least 21 people have died and 40 others were rescued after a Philippine passenger boat overturned after being lashed by strong winds in Laguna Lake southeast of ManilaMANILA, Philippines -- At least 21 people died and 40 others...
Shell has reported that it earned nearly $5.1 billion in the second quarterLONDON -- Shell reported Thursday that it earned nearly $5.1 billion in the second quarter, nearly half what the oil and natural gas giant pulled in during...
Russian President Vladimir Putin has told leaders and officials from most African countries that his nation is making full efforts to avert a global food crisis despite concerns that its withdrawal from a deal allowing grain shipments...
A London judge has allowed Prince Harry’s lawsuit against the publisher of The Sun tabloid to go to trial on claims the newspaper used unlawful methods to gather information about himLONDON -- Prince Harry’s lawsuit accusing the...
A prominent journalist in Belarus has been sentenced to six years in prison, the latest step in a years-long crackdown on opposition figures, independent journalists and human rights activistsTALLINN, Estonia -- A prominent journalist...
Kuwait says it executed five prisoners including an inmate convicted over the bombing of a Shiite mosque in 2015 that killed 27 people and was claimed by the Islamic State groupDUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Kuwait said Thursday it...