HELSINKI – Finland tops an index of the happiest nations in which to live. The World Happiness Report published Wednesday ranked 156 countries by their happiness levels, based on factors such as life expectancy, social support and corruption. This year's…
WELLINGTON, New Zealand – Papua New Guinea police say an earthquake last month killed at least 125 people and forced another 35,000 from their homes. The Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary said Wednesday that major relief efforts are underway in…
LONDON – Physicist and author Stephen Hawking possessed an uncanny ability to come up with memorable phrases and sayings that summed up his world view. Here is a short selection of his many famous observations: — "We are just an…
LONDON – Stephen Hawking was a prolific author with a knack for making books on challenging scientific topics engaging to a wide spectrum of readers. The physicist is best known for his best-selling 1988 classic "A Brief History of Time:…
ISLAMABAD – Iran's foreign minister has expressed a willingness to resolve differences with Saudi Arabia as part of Tehran's desire for stability in the region. Mohammad Javad Zarif says Tehran had also expressed willingness to improve ties with Saudi Arabia…
LONDON – A glance at the life of celebrated physicist Stephen Hawking, who died Wednesday at 76. Jan. 8, 1942 — Born in Oxford, England, the eldest of four children born to Frank Hawking, a biologist, and Isobel Hawking, a…
KABUL, Afghanistan – An Afghan official says insurgents attacked a checkpoint in western Farah province and killed at least 10 security personnel. Provincial council member Abdul Samad Salehi said four of the dead were from the intelligence service and six…
Stephen Hawking, the famed theoretical physicist who defied a diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis to live virtually his entire adult life with the disease – in a wheelchair and paralyzed but making constant contributions to a world few could understand…
SEOUL, South Korea – Another conservative former South Korean president is being questioned by prosecutors over a range of corruption allegations. Former President Lee Myung-bak said he felt "very sorry for causing concerns" as he arrived at the prosecutors' office…
WELLINGTON, New Zealand – New Zealand has censured its second-ranking diplomat in Washington after she sent tweets saying U.S. Democrats needed to get their act together for the next presidential election "or we will all die." Deputy Head of Mission…
MEXICO CITY – Mexico City took ownership on Tuesday of a lot where a seven-story office building collapsed in September's deadly earthquake, clearing the way for a planned park memorializing victims of the disaster. Mayor Miguel Angel Mancera signed a…
ST. GEORGE'S, Grenada – A Caribbean seismic research center says an underwater volcano just north of Grenada may be about to erupt but does not pose a tsunami threat to the region. The University of the West Indies Seismic Research…
UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations says it received 138 allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse in 2017, some involving multiple perpetrators and victims and over 40 percent arising from U.N. peacekeeping missions. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a report…
COLON, Panama – A protest over infrastructure and insecurity turned into violent clashes with police Tuesday in Panama's second biggest city, which is home to a strategic port at the northern end of the Panama Canal. Demonstrators are angry over…
CARACAS, Venezuela – Witnesses say they've seen the arrest of a former spy chief for Hugo Chavez who has been leading a movement of alienated leftists opposed to President Nicolas Maduro. Two aides to Miguel Rodriguez Torres say he was…
MEXICO CITY – Three state police officers in Mexico's Caribbean coast state of Quintana Roo face administrative charges after photos posted on social media showed policemen posing for pictures with topless bathers. The state government wouldn't say what specifically the…
PARIS – French counterterrorism police have detained five people suspected of helping jihadis who left France to join the battlefields of Syria and Iraq. A judicial official told The Associated Press that four men and one woman were arrested Tuesday…
JERUSALEM – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his coalition has struck a compromise to avoid taking the country to early elections. Netanyahu's coalition had been divided over a bill that would grant exemptions from military service to ultra-Orthodox Jewish…
MEXICO CITY – A Mexican mayor who gained fame by saying "I stole, but a little," actually stole a lot, according to a complaint filed by his state assembly. The legislature of the Pacific coast state of Nayarit says former…
BERLIN – Berlin police say far-right extremists tried to stoke hatred against migrants by spreading false information about the killing of a teenage girl in the German capital last week. Spokesman Winfrid Wenzel says police are examining whether to bring…
Several people were injured after a strong tornado reportedly ripped through a city in southern Italy on Monday. The twister caused several shop and street signs to fall into the streets of Caserta, including a Burger King sign that crushed…
LONDON – The Latest on the poisoning of a former Russian spy in Britain (all times local): 6:00 p.m. Russia's Foreign Ministry has sternly warned Britain against shutting the office of Russian state-funded RT television, saying it will lead to…
Nikolai Glushkov was found dead at his home Monday night. (AP) Another Russian exile living in London was found dead late Monday night, just a little more than a week since a former Kremlin spy and his daughter were poisoned.…
As the Iranian new year approaches, anti-regime protesters are taking to the streets in a show of force to the country’s Ayatollah, demanding greater freedoms like Internet access. The Fox News Investigative Unit, using the encrypted messaging service WhatsApp, interviewed…