MOSCOW – A military cargo plane crashed as it was descending to land at a Russian air base in Syria on Tuesday, killing all 32 people onboard, the Russian Defense Ministry said. The Russian military said an An-26, with 26…
LONDON – Sergei Skripal, a former Russian double agent who came to Britain in a spy swap in 2010, lies in critical condition in hospital after being exposed to an unknown substance. His daughter is also critically ill after the…
England, the only U.K. team to qualify for the World Cup, may not participate "in the normal way" after the former Russian spy fell ill in England. (REUTERS) The British men’s soccer team will not participate in the World Cup…
A Russian cargo plane crashed in Syria on Tuesday, killing all 32 people onboard, Russia’s Defense Ministry said. The An-26 plane crashed while attempting to land at Khmeimim Air Base, located near the Syrian coastal city of Latakia. The plane,…
RAMALLAH, West Bank – A senior Palestinian official has objected to President Donald Trump's assertion that the Palestinians have walked away from peace negotiations. Mohammed Ishtayeh, a top adviser to President Mahmoud Abbas, says the Trump administration has pushed the…
BERLIN – German police have arrested a 65-year-old man on suspicion of sexually abusing and killing a young girl in the eastern state of Thuringia almost three decades ago. The case of 10-year-old Stephanie Drews was one of several unsolved…
CAIRO – Three British Members of Parliament have requested that Egyptian authorities allow them to visit the country's imprisoned former president Mohammed Morsi over concerns about his health. The group, headed by the Conservative Party's Crispin Blunt, says in a…
COPENHAGEN, Denmark – Danish inventor Peter Madsen goes on trial Thursday for the killing of journalist Kim Wall in his submarine. A look at the key facts in the case: WHO The defendant is Danish space and submarine enthusiast Peter…
COPENHAGEN, Denmark – Danish inventor Peter Madsen goes on trial Thursday for the killing of journalist Kim Wall in his submarine. Madsen denies killing Wall and says she died accidentally inside his submarine while he was on deck. However, he…
TIRANA, Albania – Albania's interior ministry says law enforcement staff will be vetted in the next two years as part of an effort to clean up the police. Fighting organized crime and especially drug trafficking is a key challenge for…
COPENHAGEN, Denmark – As divers found mutilated body parts in plastic bags on the ocean floor one by one, a gruesome puzzle as dark as any Scandinavian noir emerged in Denmark: A young Swedish reporter who had embarked on a…
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia – Hungarian-American billionaire George Soros has rejected claims by Slovakia's prime minister that he is involved in an attempt to destabilize the government. Prime Minister Robert Fico said Monday that Soros has somehow used his influence to influence…
ATHENS, Greece – Greece's defense minister says he has complained to the European Union and NATO following the arrest of two Greek soldiers in Turkey after they strayed across the border during a patrol last week. Panos Kammenos said the…
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – The United Arab Emirates says it will now require anyone conducting "commercial activities" through social media to register for a government-issued license. The new rules announced Tuesday target so-called "social media influencers," who parlay their…
GENEVA – U.N. war crimes investigators said Tuesday that a Russian plane was apparently behind an airstrike in November in Syria's Idlib province that killed 84 people at a marketplace, an attack which could amount to a war crime. The…
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un promised to not use nuclear or conventional weapons against South Korea and expressed willingness to hold talks with the United States on denuclearization, Seoul said on Tuesday after a rare two-day visit to Pyongyang.…
MOSCOW – Sergei Skripal, a former Russian spy who fell critically ill in Britain on Monday after exposure to an "unknown substance", was one of four prisoners who were pardoned and released from custody in 2010 as part of a…
MADRID – Catalonia's parliament is to vote next week on whether to elect a jailed separatist leader as the region's new president, as part of an ongoing effort to gain independence from Spain. Parliament speaker Roger Torrent convened the plenary…
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria – Police say a suicide bomber riding a bicycle with explosive devices strapped to his body killed three people when he detonated himself in a crowded suburb of Nigeria's northeast city of Maiduguri. Borno State police spokesman Joseph…
An aerial view shows Shinmoedake peak erupting between Miyazaki and Kagoshima prefectures, southwestern Japan. (Kyodo/via REUTERS) TOKYO – A volcano in southern Japan that appeared in a James Bond film has erupted, shooting smoke and ash thousands of meters (feet)…
BRUSSELS – The Northern Ireland party that props up the government of Prime Minister Theresa May is insisting that current European Union proposals to avoid a hard border in Ireland once Britain leaves the bloc are "not acceptable." Democratic Unionist…
WARSAW, Poland – Poland's state news agency PAP says the deadly collapse of an apartment block in the western Polish city of Poznan was probably caused by a resident who had killed his wife and then tried to kill himself…
BANGKOK – A piece of prized World War II U.S. naval history, the wreckage of the aircraft carrier USS Lexington, which was sunk by the Japanese in a crucial sea battle, has been discovered by an expedition funded by Microsoft…
CAIRO – Egyptian aviation officials say a passenger on an EgyptAir flight from the Gulf state of Oman to Cairo assaulted crew members but was quickly overpowered. The officials say the Boeing 737-800 with 78 passengers returned to Muscat, Oman's…
LISBON, Portugal – A report by an international watchdog has warned that Portugal has a "very low level of compliance" with recommendations on fighting government corruption. The Group of States against Corruption, the Council of Europe's anti-corruption agency, said Tuesday…
BANGKOK – The senior U.N. official for human rights says it is impossible to send Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh safely back to Myanmar because it appears that widespread and systematic violence against them inside Myanmar, amounting to ethnic cleaning, is…
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – Sri Lanka's president has declared a state of emergency amid fears that anti-Muslim attacks in a central hill town could spread. Details of the emergency decree were not immediately announced, and it was unclear how it…
AMMAN, Jordan – The secretary general of NATO says the alliance plans to step up training of Iraq's armed forces, including by setting up military academies. Jens Stoltenberg said on Tuesday that the goal of training is to ensure that…
SALISBURY, England – The Latest on developments surrounding the former Russian spy found critically ill in the southern England town of Salisbury (all times local): 9:30 a.m. British counter-terror specialists are supporting police in Salisbury after a former Russian spy…
CAIRO – Sudan's ambassador to Egypt has returned to Cairo more than two months after he was recalled by his government for consultations, a move that signaled deteriorating relations at the time. The return of Abdel-Mahmoud Abdel-Halim, who flew back…
BEIRUT – The Latest on the war in Syria (all times local): 10:55 a.m. Turkey's Foreign Ministry says the country plans to establish camps in nine locations in northern Syria to house people displaced by fighting amid Ankara's offensive against…
BEIJING – China's ceremonial legislature says a broad consensus has been obtained on constitutional amendments, including one to abolish term limits that will allow Xi Jinping to continue as president indefinitely. A report submitted to the National People's Congress at…
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – Police in central Sri Lanka imposed a curfew to quell anti-Muslim violence after mobs from the majority ethnic Sinhalese population burned shops and homes in retaliation for a death that's the subject of a dispute. The…
BEIRUT – The International Committee for the Red Cross says it was forced to halt aid delivery to the besieged eastern suburbs of Damascus the previous day after the security situation deteriorated while aid workers were on the ground. Ingy…
PARIS – The French government is proposing a law that would say anyone under 15 cannot consent to sex, after widespread shock at two cases involving 11-year-old girls. It would be the first such law in France, which currently does…
MOSCOW – The Kremlin said Tuesday that Russia has not been approached by British authorities to help in an investigation over how and why a former Russian spy was found critically ill in a shopping mall in a town in…
NEW DELHI – UNICEF says a significant fall in child marriages in South Asia has reduced the rate of marriage for girls globally. The statement released Tuesday says more educational opportunities and government investment in adolescent girls and strong advocacy…
KABUL, Afghanistan – An Afghan official says at least two people were killed when a sticky bomb attached to a fuel truck detonated in eastern Nangarhar province. Attahullah Khogyani, spokesman for the provincial governor, says the explosion on Tuesday morning…
TAIPEI, Taiwan – Taiwan's defense ministry says it will look to its domestic arms industry as well as foreign suppliers to respond to China's continuing military buildup. Spokesman Chen Chung-ji said Tuesday the self-governing island had no interest in getting…
SEOUL, South Korea – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is playing host to a group of visiting South Korean envoys, affording the autocratic leader a whole new raft of propaganda and political opportunities. Photos released Tuesday showing Kim meeting…
CARACAS, Venezuela – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro welcomed a visit by a top-ranking Republican congressional staffer last month to discuss the possible release of a Utah man jailed for more than 20 months in this volatile South American nation, six…
Russia will “never” extradite any of the 13 Russians indicted by the United States for election-meddling, Russian President Vladimir Putin said, even as he insisted they didn’t act on behalf of his government. Putin’s comments in an NBC News interview…
SEOUL, South Korea – A South Korean provincial governor who was seen as a potential presidential candidate has resigned after his secretary accused him of raping her. South Chungcheong Gov. Ahn Hee-jung announced his resignation early Tuesday on Facebook just…
GUATEMALA CITY – Guatemala says it will transfer its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem the second week of May, in parallel with a similar and criticized move by the United States of its own diplomatic mission scheduled…
A worker cleans the site where the Trump name was removed from the Trump Ocean Club International Hotel and Tower in Panama City, Panama March 5, 2018. (REUTERS/Carlos Lemos) Workers at the Trump Ocean Club International Hotel in Panama City…
HAVANA – A senior Cuban official is condemning Washington's decision to make the withdrawal of 60 percent of the U.S. Embassy staff permanent in response to mysterious ailments affecting American diplomats. Carlos Fernandez de Cossio says the decision is motivated…
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Puerto Rico's governor is pledging to reduce taxes, raise pay for police officers and implement work requirements for those on welfare to help the U.S. territory recover from Hurricane Maria amid the island's 11-year-old economic…
Saudi Arabia hosted its first-ever race for women on Saturday as the Middle Eastern country slowly expands the rights of its female citizens. More than 1,500 women took part in the nearly 2 mile marathon, the Saudi-owned Al Arabiya network…
VALLETTA, Malta – Lawmakers in Malta have unanimously approved constitutional amendments lowering the minimum voting age for general elections and national referendums to 16. The Maltese Parliament's approval on Monday night makes Malta the second European country after Austria to…
UNITED NATIONS – Secretary-General Antonio Guterres gave former New York mayor and billionaire media mogul Michael Bloomberg a new title Monday as U.N. special envoy for climate action, handing him the job of spurring speedy global action to help curb…
