At least five people have died after a boat carrying West African migrants ran into trouble in the Atlantic Ocean. Dozens more are feared dead. Spain’s Maritime Rescue Service said Thursday that …
The Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo is spreading faster than efforts to track and contain it. And the virus has likely not yet peaked. This is according to Africa’s top public health agency on …
British police are working to recover 70,000 pints of stolen Guinness. The Cheshire Constabulary said Thursday that two trailer truckloads of the beer, worth $155,000, were taken from a depot near …
Norwegian authorities have seized a Russian vessel in the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard. The seizure on Wednesday is part of a global effort by Ukraine’s Naftogaz to enforce a $4.22 billion …
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Young Orthodox Christians gathered in Romania's capital for a candlelit procession, part of the annual International Meeting of Orthodox Youth.
The body of former Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic, who died last week while serving a life sentence for genocide, will be flown to Serbia on Thursday. President Aleksandar Vucic announced …
A Lebanese man held prisoner in Israel has been released, marking the first such handover since the latest Israel-Hezbollah conflict began six months ago. The International Committee of the Red Cross …
Many Venezuelans see the deal giving the United States control of roughly one-fifth of their country's oil reserves as a surrender. The deal holds the potential to generate billions of dollars for an …
France has recorded its hottest summer since measurements began over a century ago, according to the environment minister. Firefighters have been battling wildfires across the country, even in …
Oil prices have slipped after recent gains, with Brent crude trading near $95 a barrel. Asian shares advanced on Thursday and U.S. futures edged higher. Renewed fighting between the U.S. and Iran …
Renewed fighting has erupted between government forces and militias near Somalia’s southwestern city of Baidoa. Somalia’s Defense Ministry says government forces responded to an attack by …
Lisbon’s iconic funicular streetcars remain halted, with safety questions still unanswered a year after a tragic derailment killed 16 people. Lisbon city council inaugurated a memorial for the …
Dozens are missing and at least 5 are dead after migrant boat is found in the Atlantic Ocean, Spanish rescuers say.
Japanese scientist Hideki Shirakawa, co-winner of the 2000 Nobel Prize in chemistry, has died at 90. Shirakawa, along with American scientists Alan Heeger and Alan MacDiarmid, discovered that plastic …
A Hong Kong court on Thursday rejected the appeal brought by a 94-year-old Roman Catholic cardinal and four others over their convictions for failing to register a now-defunct fund that aimed to help …
A Lebanese man held prisoner in Israel has been released and handed over to Lebanese authorities, officials say.
More than 2,000 people in Finland are participating in the largest civil defense drill in Europe since the end of World War II. The scenario involves cyberattacks disrupting critical infrastructure …
Premier Giorgia Meloni’s conservative administration became Italy’s longest-serving uninterrupted government since World War II at 1,413 days on Thursday. That surpasses the record set by the …
LAEM CHABANG (AP) — The USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier docked at a port in eastern Thailand on Wednesday after its grueling deployment in the Middle East.
Thousands of young Orthodox Christians have taken part in a candlelit procession in Romania's capital, part of the International Meeting of Orthodox Youth. The four-day gathering brings together …