TYRE, Lebanon (AP) — A basketball court at a public school in Tyre, Lebanon, has become a shelter, lined with rooms for children and families displaced from villages that were destroyed or remain …
The Pentagon is pressing NATO allies to show how they're upping their defense of Europe as the U.S. focuses on security challenges elsewhere. The U.S. has started reducing its forces in Europe, where …
The official in charge of President Donald Trump’s ceasefire plan for Gaza is criticizing Israel for its attacks on the war-battered Palestinian territory and warning that the alternative to the …
The U.S. Justice Department has charged over 80 people in the takedown of a violent Puerto Rican gang. Federal prosecutors say the gang, known as “Los Baja Deo,” trafficked fentanyl, cocaine and …
UEFA is preparing a criminal complaint against FIFA President Gianni Infantino in Swiss courts for possible financial mismanagement over his failed plan to sell future World Cup profits to private …
Mount Kailash, a Himalayan peak in Tibet, is sacred to several religious traditions and draws pilgrims from across the region. Pilgrims traditionally walk around the mountain rather than climb it, …
Scientists say a deadly flash flood in Nepal on Wednesday was likely caused by a glacier chunk breaking off and temporarily damming a river. This may have led to a surge of water downstream, killing …
Teachers at the epicenter of Congo's Ebola outbreak are calling for a delayed reopening of schools due to the ongoing Ebola outbreak. Schools are set to resume on September 1, but the outbreak …
HEBRON, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian potters in the Israeli-occupied West Bank use generations-old skills to make clay wares sold across the territory. Despite rising costs, cheap imports and …
Ibrahim Gusau has resigned as president of the Nigeria Football Federation after mounting pressure that followed the country’s failure to qualify for major tournaments. The federation says its …
Saint Fanourios, the Orthodox Christian patron saint of lost things, is honored each August 27 with prayers and traditional orange-flavored cake. Known as “The Revealer,” Fanourios is believed to …
Asian stocks are mixed after a retreat on Wall Street following the latest round of updates on U.S. inflation and economic growth. But U.S. futures were trading higher early Thursday, after …
The U.N. tribunal in The Hague, Netherlands, confirms ex-Bosnian Serb commander Ratko Mladic has died.
High-level investigators are visiting the hospital nursery in Pakistan's capital where a fast-moving fire killed 14 newborns. Grieving families and the public sought answers about the cause of the …
Ratko Mladic, Bosnian Serb general who oversaw atrocities in Bosnia in the 1990s, dies in prison at 84, state TV says.
A South Korean police officer's alleged falsification of documents in two missing person cases has exposed gaps in police oversight and fueled public distrust. The officer was identified only as Bu …
Tanzania’s governing party has expelled the vice president who resigned this week. It was an act of retaliation that will further test the East African nation’s credentials as a place of relative …
Nepal's police say the death toll in massive flash floods has risen to at least 353.
Canadian military spending is surging, with companies expanding into defense contracting. Wuxly, known for luxury parkas, is now making high-tech military gear. The Canadian government is investing …
Britons who saw Professor Jason Arday’s life and death dissected by weeks of headlines covering allegations about his academic qualifications and personal accomplishments can now read his version …