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,…
Two undetonated explosive devices were found Thursday attached to a ferry at a popular Mexican tourist destination where several Americans were injured in a separate explosion last month. Mexican officials said they are investigating the explosive founds in the ferry…
KABUL, Afghanistan – A suicide car bombing in the eastern part of the Afghan capital on Friday morning killed at least one person, a young girl, and wounded 22, Afghan officials said. Basir Mujahid, spokesman for the Kabul police chief,…
The week in pictures Here is a selection of the most arresting images taken around the world in the past seven days. http://www.foxnews.com/">Fox News http://www.foxnews.com/ A man smeared in colored powder during Holi celebrations in Kolkata, India, March 1, 2018…
An Alabama man, who was reportedly beaten and left for dead in a ditch while vacationing in Mexico, has died, according to a report. Dr. William O'Byrne III, 54, who worked as an anesthesiologist at the University of Alabama at…
CAIRO – Accusations of sexual misconduct directed at two prominent human rights lawyers in Egypt — one of them a former presidential hopeful — have roiled the country's beleaguered civil society, which is already under unrelenting pressure from authorities. The…
KABUL, Afghanistan – Police say a large explosion has caused casualties in Afghanistan's capital. Basir Mujahid, spokesman for the Kabul police chief, says the blast Friday occurred in eastern Kabul. No more details were immediately available.
Vladimir Zhirinovsky, the 71-year-old leader of the ultranationalist Liberal Democratic Party, has water thrown at him during Wednesday night's presidential debate. The only female candidate running against Russian President Vladimir Putin stirred up controversy at Wednesday’s presidential debate after she…
MELBOURNE, Australia – An Australian prosecutor on Friday withdrew a single charge against Cardinal George Pell, the most senior Catholic cleric to face a sex prosecution. The 76-year-old Australian cardinal will appear on Monday in a court in Melbourne, Australia's…
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia – An American textile conservationist is training staff at Cambodia's genocide museum to preserve thousands of articles of clothing of prisoners killed by the Khmer Rouge, the 1970s regime that ruled the country under a reign of…
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – The Maldives government on Thursday disputed claims by the Japanese foreign ministry that a Maldivian-flagged ship transferred goods to a North Korean-flagged tanker at sea in violation of a U.N. Security Council resolution. A Japanese foreign…
BOGOTA, Colombia – The leader of Colombia's once-largest guerrilla group who is now campaigning for president has been hospitalized after experiencing chest pain. The group known as the Common Alternative Revolutionary Force said Thursday Rodrigo Londono is under medical observation.…
GUATEMALA CITY – A Guatemalan judge ruled Thursday that an investigation will proceed against former President Alvaro Colom in a case of alleged corruption involving bus concessions during his 2008-2012 administration. Judge Eduardo Cojulum said Colom should be investigated for…
LA PAZ, Argentina – Hundreds of Bolivians held a pilgrimage Thursday to protest an artist's rendition of their patron saint wearing red underwear and black stockings. Artist Rilda Paco has earned some praise, but also faced criticism and even death…
SANTIAGO, Chile – The Vatican's leading expert on clerical sex abuse has wrapped up his fact-finding mission to Chile and headed to Rome to brief the pope, concluding one of the most extraordinary months in the Catholic Church's long-running saga…
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said he would like to step down from his position early because he is tired. (Reuters) Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte announced Wednesday he would like to step down early in 2020 because he is “old” and…
MOSCOW – After announcing Russia had developed new nuclear weapons, President Vladimir Putin on Thursday invited the nation to offer names for some of them — apparently not worried by Britain's red-faced experience doing the same thing. In 2016, the…