Stitch by stitch, artisans have worked for months on the elaborate garments that will debut this week in Holy Week processions across Guatemala and beyond. The finely embroidered cloaks of velvet and …
At least 62 active-duty Taiwanese military members have been found holding Chinese residency permits, in the latest revelation of Chinese influence in the Taiwanese armed forces. Since splitting amid …
Chinese leader Xi Jinping has told Malaysia’s leader that China will be a collaborative partner and stand with its Southeast Asian neighbors in the wake of global economic shocks. Xi is on a state …
Prime Minister Mark Carney says who will go up against U.S. President Donald Trump is the key question in Canada’s election while his Conservative rival argued Carney doesn’t represent change …
Russian glide bombs and artillery have struck a city in southern Ukraine, killing one and wounding five others as Moscow forces continued daily attacks across the country. The city of Kherson was …
North Korea has threatened retaliation after the U.S. flew long-range bombers over South Korea during training with its forces. The U.S. flew the B-1B bombers Tuesday during an aerial drill that …
An island-wide blackout has hit Puerto Rico as the largely Catholic residents of the U.S. territory prepared to celebrate the Easter weekend. Hugo Sorrentini, a spokesman for Luma Energy, which …
The U.K. Supreme Court has ruled that a woman is someone born biologically female and that transgender women are excluded from that legal definition. Five judges ruled unanimously Wednesday that …
A dog has been reunited with an Israeli family after the pet vanished for 18 months in Gaza. Rachel Dancyg never thought she would see her Cavalier King Charles spaniel again after the dog named …
The top United Nations official in South Sudan is urging the U.N. Security Council to use its clout to prevent the world’s newest nation from again plunging into civil war. Nicholas Haysom warned …
The World Health Organization's member countries have agreed on a draft pandemic treaty that sets guidelines for how the international community might face the next global health crisis. After the …
Tens of thousands of people have gathered at Judaism’s holiest site in Jerusalem for the traditional priestly blessing prayer. The “Birkat Cohanim,” or Cohen’s blessing, is a ritual dating …
Two Belgian teenagers have been charged in Kenya with wildlife piracy after they were found with thousands of ants packed in test tubes in what Kenyan authorities said was part of a trend in …
Iran’s president formally has approved the resignation of one of his vice presidents who served as Tehran’s key negotiator in its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers. That's just as the head of …
A notorious paramilitary group fighting against the Sudanese military says its forming a rival government, which will rule parts of the country controlled by the group including the western Darfur …
The Trump administration's crackdown on migration has ended the massive flow of people heading north through a treacherous jungle on the Colombia-Panama border called the Darien Gap. Local residents …
The first known lawsuit has been filed against the owners of a legendary nightclub whose roof collapsed and killed 231 people in the Dominican Republic. The family of one victim also sued the …
Nigeria’s president says that at least 40 people were killed when Muslim gunmen, believed to be herders, attacked a Christian farming community in the north-central part of the country, the latest …
A leading international rights group has accused Mozambique's security forces of a brutal, three-month crackdown on protests after the country's election last year. The accusation came in Amnesty …
The humdrum of daily life in Sumy belies the constant threat of death its people have lived with since Russia invaded Ukraine three years ago. Days after Russia targeted the city’s center in …