Italian police have arrested a Slovak fugitive after he showed up in Milan to support his national hockey team at the Winter Olympics. Police said the man had been on the run for 16 years. Italian …
Fears are rising of the outbreak of another war that could spread into a regional conflict in the Middle East as U.S. President Donald Trump raises the pressure on on Iran to give up its nuclear …
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party claims it won the country’s first election since the 2024 uprising, positioning itself to form the next government and potentially reshape Bangladesh’s political …
Puerto Rico this week is making its mark on some of the world’s biggest stages: the Super Bowl halftime show and -- with a single athlete -- the slopes of the Winter Games. But the question of who …
UK High Court rules government’s decision to ban protest group Palestine Action as a terrorist organization is unlawful.
A small army keeps every Olympics running around the clock. At the Milan Cortina Winter Games, some 18,000 volunteers and 1,600 local organizing committee staff are spread out across northern Italy. …
Tarique Rahman is poised to lead Bangladesh after his Bangladesh Nationalist Party scored an election victory. Rahman came back from London last December after 17 years of self-imposed exile. …
Thailand has begun using a birth control vaccine on elephants in the wild to try curb a growing problem where human and animal populations encroach on each other. They say the problem has increased …
Sports activities, workshops and encounters with athletes are bringing thousands of students into churches and oratories across Milan as part of the “Tour of Sports Values” during the 2026 Winter …
The Vatican has warned a breakaway traditionalist Catholic group that it risked renewed schism if it goes ahead with plans to consecrate new bishops without papal consent. Vatican doctrine office …
A report shows that Africa has emerged as the world's fastest-growing solar market even as global growth slowed last year, driven by a 60% surge in imports of solar panels from China. An industry …
The Great Omari Mosque in Gaza City was hit by an Israeli strike during the war with Hamas. It is one of dozens of heritage sites that were damaged or destroyed during the war. With major military …
Zimbabweans are embracing inventive expressions of romance shaped by economic realities as Valentine’s Day approaches. Money bouquets fashioned from U.S. dollar bills are increasingly rivaling …
The sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un says it was “sensible” for a South Korean official to express regret for alleged civilian drone flights over North Korea but warned of counterattacks …
Activists say the death toll from a crackdown over Iran’s nationwide protests has reached at least 7,002 with many more people still feared dead. The U.S.-based Human Rights Activists News Agency …
Ukrainian artist Iryna Prots, who painted the helmet that led to skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych being barred from the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics, says the tribute to over 20 athletes killed …
The U.N. General Assembly has voted overwhelmingly to approve a 40-member global scientific panel on the impacts and risks of artificial intelligence, with the United States strongly objecting. U.N. …
Guatemala is filling top justice jobs that could shape the rule of law and test its democracy. On Thursday, the bar association is picking the first new magistrate for the Constitutional Court. …
The U.S. ambassador to the Dominican Republic says she has closed the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration office in the Caribbean country. Ambassador Leah F. Campos did not provide details except to …
The families of the victims of the mass shooting in a remote Canadian town are grappling with unrelenting grief as details emerge about those killed in the country’s deadliest mass shooting in …