An appeals court in Mauritania handed down a 15-year prison sentence and a $3 million fine to former President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz on Wednesday. He had appealed a five-year sentence. Aziz helped …
Officials in the French Caribbean island of Martinique have found the body of a missing hiker who was part of a group of nine swept away by a swollen river. One of the other hikers also died and …
French Prime Minister François Bayrou has denied covering up decades of abuse at a Catholic school where several of his children studied, telling a parliamentary commission he had “hidden …
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — Mourners wept, raised their arms and marched behind the flag-draped casket of former President José Mujica on Wednesday as thousands bid a poignant farewell to the …
Kim Kardashian appeared in a Paris courtroom Tuesday to testify in the trial over the 2016 armed robbery that upended her life. The reality star and business mogul gave emotional testimony about the …
When the leader of Syria shook hands with U.S. President Donald Trump, it was a striking moment for a man who was an al-Qaida fighter in Iraq and was detained by the American military. Ahmad …
An explosion at a chemical plant near the Spanish city of Seville has sent up a huge pillar of smoke. Authorities on Wednesday urged nearby residents to stay indoors. Emergency services say no …
A 2-year-old girl separated from her parents by deportation has arrived in Venezuela where her mother was deported from the United States. The South American country has repeatedly denounced the move …
Clinging almost impossibly to a sheer cliff in northern Greece, the Monastery of Simonos Petra, also known as Simonopetra — or Simon’s Rock — transcends country-based branches of the Christian …
Gary Lineker, the former England soccer player and a leading sports broadcaster on the BBC, has “apologized unreservedly” for reposting an Instagram story about Zionism which featured a picture …
A top European court says the European Commission was wrong to refuse The New York Times access to text messages sent between President Ursula von der Leyen and a pharmaceutical boss during the …
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said arson attacks on properties linked to him represent “an attack on all of us, on democracy and the values that we stand for.” The remarks by Starmer were …
Asian shares are mostly higher as a cautious sense of relief spreads through regional markets after the U.S. and China agreed to a 90-day pause in their trade war to allow for negotiations. U.S. …
New German Chancellor Friedrich Merz says he will work to bring Europe and the U.S. together in their approach to Ukraine. He also said Wednesday he will enable his country to build Europe’s …
Cambodia’s armed forces have launched their latest — and largest — Golden Dragon joint military exercise with China. Land, sea and air operations are planned over the next two weeks. The …
President Donald Trump’s trip to Qatar is off to a flying start. Qatar didn’t bother waiting for Trump to land before setting out to impress him with a fighter jet escort Wednesday. Like Saudi …
Hungary’s ruling Fidesz party is introducing a bill that would allow the government to monitor, restrict, and penalize organizations it deems a threat to national sovereignty. The measure is a …
A British Bank of America analyst has been sentenced to a decade in a Saudi Arabian prison apparently over a since-deleted social media post. Ahmed al-Doush was sentenced Monday after being accused …
Mali’s media regulatory body says it is banning a French television channel in the country due to “defamatory remarks” it made about a pro-democracy demonstration in the capital earlier this …
German prosecutors say three Ukrainian nationals have been arrested in Germany and Switzerland on suspicion of agreeing to send parcels containing explosive or incendiary devices from Germany to …