An official says Germany has summoned the Russian ambassador following accusations of sabotage, cyberattacks and election interference. Germany has also accused Moscow of perpetrating disinformation …
Chile is heading into a high-stakes presidential runoff defined by sharply contrasting visions of the country’s recent past and visions for its future. Voters go to the polls on Sunday. …
A senior Kremlin official says Russian police and the National Guard will remain in eastern Ukraine’s Donbas even if a peace settlement ends the war. This stance is likely to be rejected by Kyiv. …
Local authorities report that a multistory building under construction collapsed on a Hindu temple in Verulam, South Africa, killing at least one person and trapping several others. The collapse …
Thailand’s Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul received royal permission Friday to dissolve Parliament, setting up general elections early next year. The election for the House of Representatives …
The Auschwitz museum has introduced a new permanent exhibition showcasing items from the concentration camp. These include animal-shaped stencils that a woman made from a shoe and a paper bag used as …
Prosecutors in Turkey's capital say five people have been detained over a sex harassment scandal that has hit the country’s parliament. Allegations that young female interns working in the kitchens …
The Atlantic hurricane season may be over. But thousands of people in Haiti and beyond are still looking for food and struggling to rebuild their lives nearly two months after Hurricane Melissa …
New footage shows six Israeli hostages celebrating Hanukkah while held captive in a Gaza tunnel months before they were killed. Israel says all six were killed by Hamas last August, shortly before …
Jihadist insurgents in northern Mozambique have launched new attacks in recent weeks, beheading civilians, burning villages and leaving children orphaned and forced to seek help alone. The United …
Japan has issued a tsunami advisory after a 6.7 magnitude earthquake shook the country’s northeast. The quake occurred off the east coast of Aomori prefecture, in the north of Honshu, the main …
Iran arrests Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi, her supporters say.
Australian accident investigators have released dramatic images showing a skydiver's parachute entangled on an airplane's tail, leaving him dangling at 15,000 feet. The incident happened in September …
Bulgaria's Parliament has approved the resignation of Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov's coalition government amid nationwide anti-corruption protests. On Friday, the 240-seat chamber voted 127-0 to …
International Criminal Court judges and prosecutors are trying to live and work under the same financial and travel restrictions brought against Russian President Vladimir Putin and Osama bin Laden. …
Mexicans' devotion to Our Lady of Guadalupe — an apparition of the Virgin Mary — extends beyond religion. It became central to Mexico’s identity after the movement for independence began in …
Archaeologists in Britain say they have found the earliest known evidence of deliberate fire-making, dating to around 400,000 years ago. The findings published in the journal Nature predate previous …
A strike called by Portugal’s two main trade union confederations is expected to cause severe flight and rail disruptions, shutter many government services, and force the cancellation of medical …
A childhood polio survivor in Afghanistan has set up a small sock factory that employs other disabled people. The factory in Herat helps to provide them with an income. A combination of decades of …
Global online forum Reddit has filed a court challenge to Australia’s world-first law that bans Australian children younger than 16 from holding accounts on the world’s most popular social …