Bolivia heads into an Oct. 19 runoff between centrist Rodrigo Paz Pereira and right-wing ex-president Jorge “Tuto” Quiroga after nearly 20 years of socialist rule. Indigenous and environmental …
U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee says he blames a recent breakdown in Gaza ceasefire talks on the decision by some European leaders to recognize Palestinian statehood. Huckabee made the …
A local official says the death toll from a shooting at a mosque and attacks on several nearby villages in northwestern Nigeria has risen to 50. Gunmen stormed the mosque in Katsina state during …
Syrian state media and a war monitor say a U.S.-led coalition has captured a senior member of the Islamic State group in northwest Syria. It was not immediately clear if the man taken early Wednesday …
State media in Myanmar say the military has regained control of a strategic town in eastern Kayah state from the opposition’s armed forces after nearly two years. The recapture of Demoso in Kayah …
Top diplomats from Pakistan, China, and Afghanistan are meeting in Kabul for a trilateral summit. The meeting, set for Wednesday, aims to boost political, regional, and economic cooperation. …
NATO defense chiefs are holding a virtual meeting to discuss security guarantees for Ukraine as part of efforts to end Russia's war on its neighbor. Italian Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone says 32 …
A car of the Maya Train in Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula derailed after an automated switch tripped while the train was passing. Officials said Wednesday that the incident happened Tuesday in Izamal. …
The Polish news agency says an unidentified flying object has crashed and exploded in a cornfield in the country's east. Local police received found burned debris near the village of Osiny. The …
Asian shares have retreated, tracking a decline on Wall Street led by technology shares including Nvidia and other stars that have been riding the mania surrounding artificial-intelligence. …
South African prosecutors have accused a well-known rhino breeder of operating a global rhino horn smuggling network alongside five other people. John Hume owns one of the world’s largest rhino …
The members of Kiruna Church primarily worship in Swedish, their country’s main language. But this Lutheran church some 200 kilometers above the Arctic Circle seeks to incorporate the region’s …
Boxer Julio César Chávez Jr. has been deported to Mexico following his arrest in the U.S. for overstaying his visa and lying on a green card application. Chávez was handed over by authorities and …
Rwanda-backed rebels have killed at least 140 people in eastern Congo in July, according to a rights group. Human Rights Watch said the victims, mostly Hutus, were attacked near Virunga National Park …
The son of a former Taiwanese legislator has been sentenced to more than two years in prison for illegally supplying fuel oil to North Korea. A district court in Kaohsiung sentenced Huang Chung-wei …
German prosecutors have announced terrorism charges against a man who they say may have planned to attack the Israeli Embassy in Berlin. He was arrested at the capital’s airport in February before …
When rebels stormed into a village last month in Sudan, they gunned down civilians in their homes or as they tried to flee. At least 200 people were killed in the village of Shag al-Num, including …
Israel announces final approval for controversial settlement project that would effectively divide West Bank.
Higher food and airfare prices pushed U.K. inflation above expectations in July. The development has tempered market expectations that the Bank of England will cut interest rates again this year. The …
Pakistan has issued a flood alert for some southern districts, warning of torrential rains, as rescue teams continued searching for missing people in the northwest, where severe floods have killed …