The people of Kashmir have for decades been caught in the middle of the bitter rivalry between Pakistan and India over the disputed Himalayan region they call home. Since gaining independence from …
The spiritual leader of the world’s Orthodox Christians has warned against the unchecked rise of artificial intelligence and automation, calling it an “impending robotocracy.” Ecumenical …
Albania’s main opposition leader has hired Trump-linked campaign consultants and a lobbying firm to help him in the country's May 11 parliamentary election. Sali Berisha, Albania’s former prime …
Black smoke again pours from Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pope elected after second or third ballots.
At least 123 vultures have died in South Africa’s flagship national park after eating the carcass of an elephant that was poisoned by poachers with agricultural pesticides. Park authorities and an …
Israel has closed six U.N. schools in east Jerusalem, forcing students to leave early and throwing the education of more than 800 students into question. Last month, heavily armed Israeli police and …
For burn patients, shortages of medicines in Gaza are particularly excruciating under Israel's blockade of the territory, now in its third month. Burns are painful and very susceptible to infection, …
New Zealand is still one of a few countries in the world where sheep outnumber people. But the human population is catching up, according to official figures. With an economy driven by agricultural …
Conclave watching turns out to be a perfect aperitivo activity. Caffè Centrale on the main drag of the Veneto hometown of Cardinal Pietro Parolin, a papal favorite, filled up with locals and …
Pakistani army says Indian drone attacked soldiers, while air defenses shot down 12 drones.
Long-haul carrier Emirates has reported it earned annual profits of $5.2 billion, making it one of the world’s most-profitable airlines. The report came out on Thursday. Dubai-based carrier served …
Japan’s top automaker Toyota is reporting record sales for the fiscal year through March, but its profit for the latest quarter faltered partly because of a certification scandal. Toyota reported …
Long-haul carrier Emirates reports record annual profit of $5.2 billion.
North Korea on Thursday fired several ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters, South Korea’s military said, adding to a run of weapons tests that have raised animosity in the region. South …
Venezuela’s government has acknowledged for the first time that members of the country’s opposition left the Argentine diplomatic compound where they had sheltered for over a year. But it has …
An F/A-18 fighter jet landing on the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier in the Red Sea went overboard. A defense official told The Associated Press on Wednesday that the two pilots were forced to …
Two Belgian teenagers found with 5,000 ants in Kenya have been fined $7,700 or the option to serve 12 months in prison — the maximum penalty for the offense — for violating wildlife conservation …
Ten times a day for the past two weeks, Heidy Sánchez has made the same two-block trek from her parents’ home in Havana looking for an internet signal to video call her family and sing her …
Chief Justice John Roberts on Wednesday defended judicial independence as necessary to “check the excesses of the Congress or the executive," amid attacks on federal judges who have slowed …
A high court in Brazil has allowed a person to identify as gender neutral on official documents, an unprecedented decision that could still be reviewed. The ruling was made by a panel of the Superior …