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…
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – Argentina's former President Cristina Fernandez will face trial for allegedly covering up the role of Iranians in a 1994 bomb attack on a Jewish center. The decision by a federal judge was announced Monday by Argentina's…
MEXICO CITY – A Mexican government report says the number of monarch butterflies wintering in Mexican forests has declined for a second consecutive year. Alejandro Del Mazo is Mexico's commissioner for protected areas and he says the monarchs clumped in…
CARACAS, Venezuela – Leaders from Latin American governments belonging to an anti-U.S. bloc have converged on Venezuela's capital to commemorate the fifth anniversary of President Hugo Chavez's death. Presidents Raul Castro of Cuba, Evo Morales of Bolivia and Daniel Ortega…
MEXICO CITY – A group of influential Mexican intellectuals and writers penned an open letter to President Enrique Pena Nieto, asking him to either bring charges or drop what is widely seen as a politicized investigation of an opposition presidential…
PRAGUE – Thousands of Czechs are rallying in Prague and other major cities to protest the election of a former communist-era police officer as the head of a parliamentary committee on law enforcement. Zdenek Ondracek became chairman Friday of the…
A view of Jerusalem Old City seen from Mount of Olives, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty) Guatemala plans to move its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem in May, just two days after the U.S. embassy makes the same…
Sergei Skripal was believed to be in critical condition after being exposed to an "unknown substance" on Sunday, March 4, 2018. (AP) A former Russian spy is believed to be in critical condition after he was exposed to an “unknown…
BRUSSELS – Since the European Union's founding treaty was signed in Rome more than 60 years ago, Italy has been an unabashed booster of increased unity and common purpose. That may have come to an end. Euroskeptics and populists rode…
Top officials from South Korea met and had dinner with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang Monday. It is the first time officials from Seoul have met with the young leader. “It is significant these talks are happening,”…
LONDON – British media say a former Russian spy is in critical condition after coming into contact with an "unknown substance." Authorities did not identify the man, but the Press Association and other British media identified him Monday as Sergei…
Toronto Police are asking the public for help in identifying a deceased man, left, who is believed to be another victim of "alleged serial killer" Bruce McArthur. (Toronto Police Service/Facebook) Toronto police released a picture of an unidentified deceased man…
PANAMA CITY – Escorted by police officers and a Panamanian judicial official, the owners of the Trump Panama City hotel have taken control of the property. A team of Trump Organization security officials abandoned the area on Monday. The action…
THE HAGUE, Netherlands – The Dutch government has named a political veteran as its new foreign affairs minister to replace the envoy who quit last month after admitting that he lied about a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The…
TIRANA, Albania – Parts of northwestern Albania have been flooded after authorities started to release excess waters from three hydropower stations. The country's defense ministry said on Monday that about 1,000 hectares (2,500 acres) of land in the north-west has…
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia – The Latest on the killing of a Slovak investigative journalist (all times local): 5.30 p.m. Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has accused the country's president of destabilizing the situation in Slovakia in the wake of the slayings…
March 4, 2018: The carcass of an endangered Sumatran tiger is pictured hanging from the beams of a public gathering space in an Indonesian village. (AFP/Getty) Remote Indonesian villagers who were becoming increasingly fearful that a shapeshifter was hiding out…
JERUSALEM – A confidant of Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday agreed to turn state's witness in a burgeoning corruption case, becoming the third former aide to testify against the Israeli leader in a series of scandals and casting a shadow over…
DAKAR, Senegal – The al-Qaida-linked extremist group based in Mali that claimed responsibility for Friday's attacks that killed eight people in Burkina Faso's capital has released a photo that it says is of a suicide bomber before he detonated his…
MEXICO CITY – State police say four gunmen have burst into a hospital in the Mexican resort of Cancun and shot to death a drug gang suspect and his female companion. The suspect was identified by local media as Alfonso…
BERLIN – The head of the U.N. nuclear agency says a deal between Iran and six other nations aimed at ensuring Tehran doesn't develop atomic weapons mustn't fail. President Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened to withdraw the United States from…