SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Puerto Rico's governor is demanding action from U.S. Congress after announcing that the Treasury Department has cut a nearly $5 billion disaster relief loan by more than half. Ricardo Rossello said Tuesday that federal officials…
RAMALLAH, West Bank – Israel is disputing a Palestinian teenager's account of being shot in the head, an incident which is said to have led his cousin, protest icon Ahed Tamimi, to slap Israeli soldiers. Maj. Gen. Yoav Mordechai says…
MALE, Maldives – Amnesty International has urged authorities in the Maldives to immediately release officials detained during the state of emergency declared this month by President Yameen Abdul Gayoom. The group said in a statement Tuesday the detainees must be…
KHARTOUM, Sudan – Activists say Sudanese authorities have released dozens of people arrested for taking part in last month's protests against rising bread prices. Two protesters, Imtenan Ali el-Radi and Amal Habany, say they were released Tuesday from Kober prison,…
Orlando Boldewijn, 17, went missing one week ago after arranging to meet someone via a dating app. (politie.nl) The body of a 17-year-old boy from the Netherlands was discovered by police a week after he went missing. The teenager, Orlando…
GENEVA – An Iranian government minister facing European Union and Swiss sanctions for human rights violations has criticized U.S. and Saudi policies at the U.N.'s top human rights body, defying calls for him to stay away. Justice Minister Seyyed Alireza…
ANKARA, Turkey – A top U.N. official has expressed concerns over increased allegations of torture and ill-treatment in police custody in Turkey. Nils Melzer, the U.N. special rapporteur on torture, said Tuesday he was alarmed by allegations that people detained…
UNITED NATIONS – The U.N. humanitarian chief is warning that conditions in Yemen are "catastrophic" after three years of war, with 22.2 million people needing aid. And the U.N. envoy is accusing both the Saudi-backed government and Shiite rebels of…
JERUSALEM – An Israeli court said Tuesday that it will delay consideration of whether to extradite a woman accused of sex crimes in Australia until a psychiatrist can review her case. Australia wants 54-year-old Malka Leifer extradited for allegedly sexually…
CARACAS, Venezuela – A prominent Venezuelan politician appears to be breaking ranks with the opposition coalition by challenging leader Nicolas Maduro in the upcoming presidential election. A campaign consultant for Henri Falcon says the ex-governor will declare his candidacy Tuesday.…
BRUSSELS – As a cold snap grips Europe, authorities in the Belgian capital Brussels have begun forcing homeless people off the streets and out of subzero temperatures. A mayor in the Etterbeek neighborhood has ordered that people be obliged to…
PARIS – The Walt Disney Company has announced a two billion-euro ($2.5 billion) expansion plan for Disneyland Paris, which will feature Marvel superheroes. The plan was unveiled Tuesday following a meeting between French President Emmanuel Macron and Disney chairman Robert…
CAIRO – Egypt's military says three soldiers, including an officer, were killed while fighting militants in the Sinai Peninsula. Military spokesman Col. Tamer al-Rifai says three other officers and four conscripts were wounded in the fighting on Tuesday, which killed…
AMMAN, Jordan – Officials say Jordan's first underwater archaeological survey has detected the outlines of a stone barrier, believed to be part of the centuries-old Red Sea port of Ayla, near the modern city of Aqaba. Ehab Eid, head of…
Saudi Arabia is opening soldier rank positions to women for the first time ever in regions including Riyadh, Mecca and al-Madina. In order to apply, Al Arabiya reports, women have to be of Saudi origin and between the ages of 25…
Experts say while the Olympics painted a rosy picture of diplomatic relations between U.S. and North Korea, the Hermit kingdom lost an opportunity to improve the relationship. (Fox News) The North Korean delegation to the Olympics returned to Pyongyang Tuesday,…
The North Korean delegation to the Olympics returned to Pyongyang Tuesday, officially ending this round of sports-related politics aimed at trying to resolve the North Korea crisis. The question remains: Is either side any closer to a diplomatic gold medal?…
CAIRO – Egypt's state media body is calling on officials and the "elite" to boycott the BBC after it broadcast a report on the repression of dissent under President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi that addressed torture and forced disappearances. In a Tuesday…
CAIRO – Egypt says archaeologists have discovered parts of a statue of one of its most famous pharaohs in the southern city of Aswan. The Antiquities Ministry said Tuesday the head and chest of the statue of Ramses II were…
A small German town has voted to keep a controversial church bell dedicated to Adolf Hitler. (AP) A small town in southwestern Germany has voted to keep a controversial church bell dedicated to former Nazi leader, Adolf Hitler. The bell,…
JERUSALEM – The Latest on the Jerusalem mayor's move to collect taxes from Christian denominations, which prompted the closure of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre (all times local): 4:15 p.m. Jerusalem's mayor has suspended a plan to collect taxes…
BERLIN – German Chancellor Angela Merkel says regulators are reviewing the acquisition of nearly 10 percent of Daimler's shares by Chinese businessman Li Shufu, chairman of Zhejiang Geely, but that there don't seem to have been any violations. She told…
BRUSSELS – The European Union's top court says a fisheries agreement the bloc has concluded with Morocco can't include the waters off the disputed territory of Western Sahara. The European Court of Justice ruled Tuesday that the "Moroccan fishing zone"…
SHAH ALAM, Malaysia – A police investigator has testified that the estranged half brother of North Korea's leader told a friend in Malaysia that his life was in danger six months before he was killed at an airport. Indonesian Siti…