Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is a man on a mission. Known to many simply by his initials, MBS, the 32-year-old was given expansive new powers by his father just nine months ago and arrives Tuesday in Washington, D.C.…
NAQOURA, Lebanon – The head of U.N. peacekeepers in Lebanon is praising their contribution to peace efforts as the force marks 40 years since its establishment on the frontier with neighboring Israel. Maj. Gen. Michael Beary, commander of the force…
CAIRO – Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir has met his Egyptian counterpart in Cairo, as the two countries look to repair ties that were recently frayed over an upstream Nile dam being built by Ethiopia. At a joint press conference Monday,…
LONDON – British police say no sign of forced entry has been found at the home where a London-based Russian businessman died from a neck compression. Metropolitan Police Commander Clarke Jarrett said Monday the forensic investigation into the death of…
LONDON – Martina Navratilova says she is "angry" and feels let down by the BBC after learning that John McEnroe gets paid at least 10 times more than her for their broadcasting roles at Wimbledon. In a list of the…
ROME – Pope Francis has asked forgiveness for all Christians who buy sex from women, saying that men who frequent prostitutes are criminals with a "sick mentality" who think that women exist to be exploited. He insisted Monday: "This isn't…
The Bermuda Police Service is searching for missing 19-year-old St. Joseph's University student Mark Dombroski. (Bermuda Police Service.) Authorities on the British island territory of Bermuda are searching for a 19-year-old college student from Pennsylvania who was last seen at…
BERLIN – Germany's government is rejecting the idea that former Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder should face sanctions over his links to Russian business and to President Vladimir Putin. Schroeder was close to Putin as chancellor and became involved with a Russian-German…
THE HAGUE, Netherlands – Land-locked Bolivia is calling on the International Court of Justice to order Chile to enter negotiations over granting Bolivia access to the Pacific Ocean. Bolivia lost its only seacoast to Chile in a war from 1879…
GENEVA – U.S. President Donald Trump's nominee to head the U.N. migration agency acknowledges a controversy over his social media posts about Muslims and other topics, but insists "retweets are not endorsements" and says he wants to be judged on…
TEHRAN, Iran – Iran has sentenced to death a supporter of a Sufi leader who rammed a bus into a group of policemen last month, killing three, before being arrested. The incident in Tehran took place during February clashes between…
KABUL, Afghanistan – Afghan officials say bombs attached to motorcycles have killed four people in separate attacks. One struck outside a sports stadium in eastern Nangarhar province, killing three on Monday. Akramuddin, a provincial police official, says the explosion occurred…
ROME – A Spanish aid group says Italy has seized one of its migrant rescue boats because it refused to cave in to death threats by the Libya coast guard and hand over the migrants. Proactiva Open Arms on Monday…
SEOUL, South Korea – South Korean prosecutors say they have requested an arrest warrant for former President Lee Myung-bak over corruption allegations. Lee, a conservative who ruled from 2008 to 2013, is the latest South Korean leader to be entangled…
British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said Monday THAT Russia is “not fooling anyone” with its “increasingly absurd” denials of poisoning ex-spy and his daughter with a military-grade nerve agent in Britain. The top British official accused Vladimir Putin – who…
BUCHAREST, Romania – Snow and freezing rain have delayed dozens of flights in Romania, while trains are also running late after an unseasonal cold snap gripped the country. Valentin Iordache, the spokesman for Bucharest airports, reported 30 flight delays Monday…
PARIS – France's government has presented a plan to better fight against racism and anti-Semitism, focusing on social media and prevention in schools. Prime minister Edouard Philippe said Monday France will push for a Europe-wide effort to force internet giants…
HELSINKI – Danish police say they are searching at least two people suspected of attacking the Turkish embassy in Copenhagen with firebombs. Henrik Moll, head of Copenhagen police, told reporters Monday that no one was injured in the early morning…
LONDON – The Roman Catholic Church in Scotland says Cardinal Keith O'Brien, who became the first cardinal in history to recuse himself from a papal election over a personal scandal, has died. He was 80. O'Brien had resigned as archbishop…
BEAU VALLON, Seychelles – Beneath the crystal-clear waters of the Indian Ocean island nation of the Seychelles, a fight is growing to save the coral reefs that shelter a range of creatures, from tiny invertebrates to the sprawling octopus, from…
HARARE, Zimbabwe – Ahead of Zimbabwe's crucial elections this year, the biggest opposition party has selected a charismatic lawyer and pastor to challenge the military-backed president in the first vote without former leader Robert Mugabe in decades. It will be…
BEIRUT – The Latest on the conflict in Syria (all times local): 9:40 a.m. Turkey's state-run news agency says a booby trap bomb reportedly left by Syrian Kurdish fighters in the northern Syrian town of Afrin has killed 11 people…
MOSCOW – The Latest on Russian President Vladimir Putin's re-election victory (all times local): 10:10 a.m. Russian election authorities have annulled voting results in five districts as they investigate ballot stuffing and other problems in the presidential election. Central election…
JERUSALEM – Israel's internal security agency says a French employee of France's Consulate in Jerusalem has been arrested on charges of smuggling dozens of guns from the Gaza Strip to the West Bank. A statement Monday from the Shin Bet…
CAIRO – Egypt's military says four troops and 36 Islamic militants have died in the past five days of fighting in the restive Sinai Peninsula. Monday's statement says one officer was among the four killed army personnel. It also says…
BEIRUT – A Syria war monitoring group says Turkish-allied militiamen are looting the northern Syrian town of Afrin after the Turkish military and allied Syrian fighters seized control of it. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Monday the…
TOKYO – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has been grilled in parliament by opposition lawmakers over a widening school land sale scandal linked to his wife, as approval ratings for his Cabinet plunged to their lowest levels. Opposition lawmakers renewed…
MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin's crushing re-election victory puts his opponents in a tough spot. They gathered widespread examples of apparent voting violations in Sunday's vote, but it's unlikely to seriously damage Putin given his widespread support. With 99.8…
JERUSALEM – Israeli police say an Israeli man has died of his wounds after a Palestinian attacker stabbed him in Jerusalem's Old City. Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld says the man died in hospital late on Sunday following the attack. The…
BEIJING – A U.S.-trained economist was appointed Monday to succeed the longtime governor of China's central bank, Zhou Xiaochuan, at a time when the ruling Communist Party is trying to reduce financial risks and surging debt. The elevation of Yi…
MOSCOW – Vladimir Putin now has a stronger hold on Russia — and stronger place in the world — thanks to an overwhelming mandate for yet another term as president. His domestic opponents are largely resigned to another six years…
MEXICO CITY – Under a patchwork shelter of overlapping tarps and repurposed vinyl advertisements, several dozen residents of 18 Independence Street pack cheek by jowl into donated tents in the street near their building, which was damaged in the Sept.…
BEIJING – China has appointed a former missile force commander as its new defense minister. Lt. Gen. Wei Fenghe's naming as the international face of China's rapid military modernization was among a series of appointments undertaken by the ceremonial legislature…
MANILA, Philippines – Philippine officials say firefighters have found two more bodies in a hotel and casino complex in the Philippine capital that was gutted by fire and thick heavy smoke and raised the death toll to five. Officials said…
CANBERRA, Australia – Wildfires razed dozens of homes in southeast Australia, cut power to thousands more and killed livestock, but most of the weekend blazes had been contained by Monday. There have been no reports of serious injury, officials said.…
Australian officials on Sunday shut down rumors that missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 could be seen in the Indian Ocean and was riddled with "bullet holes." Peter McMahon, a 64-year-old Australian mechanical engineer, claimed that Google Earth images purportedly showed…
SEOUL, South Korea – Top U.S., South Korean and Japanese officials have discussed how to achieve a complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula ahead of upcoming inter-Korean and U.S.-North Korean summit talks. Seoul has said previously that North Korean leader…
CANBERRA, Australia – Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi was welcomed to Australia's Parliament House on Monday for the official start of a state visit that has provoked protests over her muted response to a military crackdown against Rohingya Muslims.…
Melbourne Crime Investigation Unit detectives are investigating a burglary at a Melbourne bookstore that has to be seen to be believed. The break-in happened at a shopping centre on Collins St, in the Melbourne CBD, around midnight last Thursday. Police…
Sunday is Election Day in Russia, and the Golos call-in center is a beehive of activity. Volunteers at this election monitoring organization are taking calls from voters reporting on irregularities. Lawyers are on hand. There is a group of analysts…
ROME – The Italian news agency ANSA says a Spanish non-governmental organization's migrant rescue ship has been sequestered in Sicily by prosecutors' orders. The seizure took place Sunday in Pozzallo port, where a day earlier the Proactiva Open Arms' vessel…
Straight off his fraud-tainted presidential election win, Vladimir Putin is calling accusations of Russia's involvement in the poisoning of an ex-spy as "nonsense."
Backlash grew around the world Sunday after Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed a huge victory in his country's presidential election. Putin was re-elected with more than 75 percent of the vote, exit polling data showed, which keeps him as Russia's leader…
Russian President Vladimir Putin won re-election with more than 75 percent of the vote Sunday, according to exit poll data. The Russian strongman's election win keeps him as Russia's leader for another six years and allows him to claim the…
RIO DE JANEIRO – Hundreds of people are marching in Brazil's second largest city to protest the murder of councilwoman and human rights activist Marielle Franco. Franco and her driver Anderson Pedro Gomes were shot dead by assailants Wednesday night…
MOSCOW – Social networks buzzed all day Sunday with videos, photos and firsthand accounts of voting violations in Russia's presidential election. Election authorities said they will investigate all irregularities and annul results where needed. But the breadth of the reports…
Russian President Vladimir Putin won re-election with more than 73 percent of the vote, according to exit poll data. The Russian strongman received at least 73.9 percent of the vote, according to the BBC and the Associated Press. Putin won…
World leaders condemn Russia for spy attack U.S., Germany and France issue statement of solidarity, saying they agree with U.K. assessment that Russia was responsible for nerve agent attack on former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter. A Russian…
KIGALI, Rwanda – Burundi's president has signed a decree setting May 17 for a referendum on changes to the constitution that could keep him in power until 2034, days after some ruling party members bestowed on him the title of…
GENEVA – Catalonia's fugitive ex-president says that independence for the Spanish region is not the "only option" for resolving Spain's worst political crisis in recent decades. Carles Puigdemont says that a moderate alternative could be adopting Switzerland's canton model, which…
