ISLAMABAD – Pakistani police say a passenger bus has collided head on with an oil tanker on an inter-city highway, killing nine people and injuring 30. A police officer says the accident took place near the garrison city of Rawalpindi.…
BEIRUT – There have been many goodbyes in eastern Ghouta — more than 600 in the past two weeks. That is the estimated number of civilians killed in the Syrian military's offensive to recapture the region adjacent to the capital,…
TEHRAN, Iran – Iran's semi-official ISNA news agency is reporting that France's foreign minister has arrived in Tehran amid French criticism of Tehran's ballistic missile program. The Monday report said Jean-Yves Le Drian will hold meetings with Iran's President Hassan…
PANAMA CITY – If you can overlook the intermittently running water, Friday's four-hour power outage and occasional police presence in the lobby, the Trump hotel in Panama City retains its status as one of the city's finest. The hotel remains…
SEOUL, South Korea – The Latest on a South Korean delegation visiting North Korea for talks (all times local): 2:10 p.m. A group of high-level South Korean officials has left for North Korea for talks on North Korea's nuclear program…
MILAN – A corporate bribery trial billed as the biggest in history is opening in Milan against oil companies Shell and Eni as well as former and current executives, all charged in a $1.1 billion scandal to win control of…
CARACAS, Venezuela – In another year, Henri Falcon might be just another middle-of-the-pack presidential candidate in Venezuela. He's far from the most popular opposition leader. He's a dull speechmaker. The parties that back him are small. He's managed to irritate…
BEIJING – China's finance ministry says that the country's defense budget this year will rise 6 percent to 1.1 trillion yuan ($173 billion). The figure released Monday's report to the ceremonial National People's Congress is an increase of about $10…
Italy’s national elections Sunday looked set to result in strong support for right-wing and populist parties, according to initial exit polls, but not enough to crown a clear winner -- suggesting that a hung parliament and lengthy negotiations are the…
LONDON – A British parliamentary committee alleges in a doping investigation report that Bradley Wiggins used a banned powerful corticosteroid to enhance his performance while preparing to win the Tour de France in 2012. The report accuses Team Sky of…
ATHENS – About 2,000 people have marched to the Greek parliament to protest new school books they claim endanger faith in Orthodox Christianity, Greece's official religion. The protesters on Sunday included many Greek Orthodox priests and bishops. Some participants at…
MELBOURNE, Australia – The Latest on the court appearance of Cardinal George Pell over sex abuse charges (all times local): 9:45 a.m. Cardinal George Pell arrived at the Melbourne Magistrates Court in Australia wearing a clerical collar. There had been…
MELBOURNE, Australia – The most senior Vatican official ever charged in the Catholic Church sex abuse crisis will appear in an Australian court in a hearing to determine whether prosecutors have sufficient evidence to try him. Australian Cardinal George Pell's…
In this handout photo released by Russian presidential candidate Ksenia Sobchak's press service, Ksenia Sobchak, center, walks with a police officer after she was doused with water and knocked to the ground in an assault in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, March…
Yevgeniy Vasilievich Bayraktar (New York Post) A New York tourist who was arrested in Japan while carrying the severed head of a woman in his suitcase was a so-called “mama’s boy” and former member of the U.S. Air Force, the…
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia – The Latest on the slaying of journalist Jan Kuciak in Slovakia (all times local): 6:50 p.m. Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has dismissed the president's proposals to resolve the crisis the political crisis resulting from the slayings…
SKOPJE, Macedonia – Several thousand protesters in Macedonia have demanded that the government call off ongoing talks with neighboring Greece over a decades-long name dispute. Civic organizations joined under the motto "We are Macedonia" to organize a rally in the…
CAIRO – Saudi Arabia's powerful crown prince has arrived in Egypt for a visit meant to deepen the alliance between two of the region's powerhouses. Soon after Prince Mohammed bin Salman touched down in Cairo Sunday, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi's…
Polling station workers prepare ballots in Rozzano, near Milan, Italy, on Saturday. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni) Italians were voting Sunday in one of the most uncertain elections in years and one that could determine if Italy succumbs to the populist, euroskeptic…
Members of the Syrian Civil Defense group and civilians gathered to help survivors from a street attacked by airstrikes and shelling by Syrian government forces in Ghouta, a suburb of Damascus, Syria. (Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets via AP) Syrian…
WARSAW, Poland – Officials in Poland say four people have died and 24 have been injured in the collapse of an apartment block in the western city of Poznan. A spokesman for the local firefighters, Slawomir Brandt, said 24 teams…
SEOUL, South Korea – South Korea's president will send a delegation led by his national security director to North Korea this week for talks on how to ease nuclear tensions and help arrange the restart of dialogue between Pyongyang and…
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania arrive for the state dinner with China's President Xi Jinping and China's first lady Peng Liyuan at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Nov. 9, 2017. (REUTERS) When China's legislators…
BERLIN – Germany's Social Democratic Party said Sunday its members have voted in favor of joining a coalition with Angela Merkel's conservative bloc, clearing the last major hurdle to the formation of a new government and a fourth term for…
Silvio Berlusconi, left, and his Forza Italia party could enter into coalition with the League and Matteo Salvini, right. (AP) Italians go to the polls Sunday in an election where mass migration is a top issue, and where populists and…
A spokesperson for North Korea’s foreign ministry said Saturday that the drills between the U.S. and the South would harm reconciliation efforts on the peninsula and that they would be forced to “counter” the U.S. A North Korea official has…
A last-ditch search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 is expected to end in June, the Southeast Asian nation said on Saturday, as grieving families marked the fourth anniversary of one of biggest aviation mysteries of all time. Flight MH370,…
VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis has made the devotion to the Virgin Mary a new fixed celebration in the Roman Catholic calendar. The Vatican published a decree Saturday in which Francis declared that the Mary "Mother of the Church" feast…
LONDON – A 17-year-old Welsh teen has been sentenced to at least 11 years in prison after being convicted of plotting an Islamic State-inspired attack on various targets including a Justin Bieber concert. Judge Mark Wall on Friday sentenced Lloyd…
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – A Malaysian official said Saturday that the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 by a U.S. company will likely end in June, as families of passengers marked the fourth anniversary of the plane's disappearance with renewed…
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia – The Latest on the Slovak investigative reporter Jan Kuciak and his girlfriend Martina Kusnirova, who were found shot in the head on Feb. 25 (all times local): 4:05 p.m. The tensions in Slovakia's coalition government are increasing…
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Bahrain says it has arrested 116 people in a sweep targeting alleged Shiite militants in the Sunni-ruled kingdom. The arrests announced Saturday come amid a yearslong crackdown on all dissent on the island off the…
BEIRUT – The Latest on the conflict in Syria (all times local): 4:20 p.m. Turkey's prime minister says Turkish troops have captured a strategic village in the Kurdish-held enclave in northwestern Syria, tightening the grip on the area in the…
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia – Slovakia's prime minister has denied being asked by the head of Reporters Without Borders to apologize for his insults of journalists. Prime Minister Robert Fico is known for numerous attacks on the media. Reporters Without Borders chief…
LONDON – Snow and ice warnings for travelers are still in place even as temperatures crept higher in Britain after days of cold. Authorities warned rail travelers and drivers to expect ongoing disruptions Saturday even as temperatures rose above freezing…
TEHRAN, Iran – Iran's state-run IRNA news agency is reporting that a top military commander says Iran will negotiate over its missile program if the U.S. and Europe dismantle their nuclear programs. The Saturday report quotes armed forces spokesman Gen.Masoud…
IVRY-SUR-SEINE, France – With revolutionary slogans and a message of support for the unemployed, this was no ordinary wrestling event. Muscles bulging, hair flying, the wrestlers put on quite a show — with losers tossed out of the ring in…
BEIRUT – Syrian activists and rescuers say at least six civilians have been killed in the ongoing bombing of eastern Ghouta near the capital Damascus, despite a Russia-ordered brief daily humanitarian pause. Syrian State TV meanwhile said Saturday that two…
MOSCOW – Tens of thousands of Russian President Vladimir Putin's supporters have gathered for a campaign rally at Moscow's sprawling main sports complex. The crowd at the rally held two weeks before Russia's presidential election filled the Luzhniki stadium, which…
BERLIN – German Chancellor Angela Merkel is awaiting results from a vote by grassroots members of a potential coalition partner to learn if she will be able to form a new government. Germany's center-left Social Democratic Party prepared Saturday to…
TEHRAN, Iran – Iran's semi-official ISNA news agency is reporting that research teams have found the black box belonging to the airplane that crashed in southern Iran in February, killing 65 people. The Saturday report quotes Deputy Provincial Gov. Aziz…
BARCELONA, Spain – Spanish authorities say two migrants have died while trying to swim to the shore of Ceuta, a small Spanish enclave in North Africa. The spokesman for the Spanish government's representative in Ceuta tells The Associated Press that…
CAIRO – Egyptian prosecutors have ordered the detention of two journalists for 15 days pending an investigation after their arrest while preparing a report on the historic Alexandria tramway. Defense attorney Mohammed Hafez said Friday's decision regarding free-lance journalists May…
BEIRUT – Lebanon's prime minister has met with Saudi Arabia's powerful crown prince during his first trip to the kingdom since relations strained following Saad Hariri's brief resignation late last year. Hariri posted a selfie with Mohammed bin Salman and…
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia – Police in Slovakia have released seven Italians who were detained as suspects in the slayings of an investigative journalist and his girlfriend. The seven men were taken into custody Thursday when police raided houses allegedly linked to…
TEHRAN, Iran – Iran's student news agency says the former head of Iran's wrestling federation is asking the country's diplomats to take responsibility and support athletes who refuse to compete against Israelis. The government usually rewards athletes for such behavior…
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso – Market trading and street life is slowly returning to normal in Burkina Faso's capital city a day after Islamic extremists attacked the French Embassy and army headquarters in assaults, killing eight people and wounding more than…
Umar Haque was convicted Friday of trying to recruit children to carry out Islamic State-type attacks across the British capital. (Reuters) A British teacher was convicted Friday of trying to recruit students to carry out Islamic State-inspired attacks across London.…
WASHINGTON – The United States said Friday it was making permanent its decision last year to withdraw 60 percent of its diplomats from Cuba, citing a need to protect American personnel from what the State Department calls “health attacks” that…
Two Christian Indonesians were caned for gambling, which is against sharia law. (REUTERS/Beawiharta) Indonesia publicly caned two Christians in a rare case of non-Muslims punished under sharia law. The two Indonesian Christians – Dahlan Silitonga, 61, and Tjia Nyuk Hwa,…
