UNITED NATIONS – The head of the U.N. agency promoting equality for women says the global spotlight on sexual harassment and abuse and the punishment of some powerful men who had been "untouchable" is an important moment — but it's…
BEIJING – China says it wants a more active role for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, an eight-nation grouping dominated by Beijing and Moscow. Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Thursday said Beijing will work with the other members to "take a…
MANILA, Philippines – A Philippine House committee has voted overwhelmingly to proceed with a case to impeach the Supreme Court chief justice, who has vowed to fight the ouster move. The justice committee voted 38-2 Thursday to rule there was…
CUCUTA, Colombia – As Venezuela's economic crisis worsens, rising numbers of its people are fleeing in a burgeoning refugee crisis that is drawing alarm across Latin America. Independent groups estimate as many as 3 million to 4 million Venezuelans have…
MANILA, Philippines – The Latest on International Women's Day (all times local): 11:30 a.m. Students at China's prestigious Tsinghua University are celebrating International Women's Day with banners making light of a proposed constitutional amendment to scrap term limits for the…
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Canada says the widow of an Iranian-Canadian university professor who died in custody in Tehran in disputed circumstances has been stopped from traveling abroad. In a tweet early Thursday morning, Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia…
KABUL, Afghanistan – Authorities in Afghanistan say an attack on a district police headquarters in Kandahar province killed one police officer and wounded five. Provincial police chief Gen. Abdul Raziq said the attack on Wednesday night in Spin Boldak district…
UNITED NATIONS – The U.N. Security Council condemned violence during nationwide protests in Congo last month against President Joseph Kabila's extended rule and called on all parties Wednesday to ensure that a long-delayed presidential election takes place Dec. 23. Kabila's…
BEIJING – Tibetan monitoring groups say a man has set himself on fire and died in western China's Sichuan province in the first self-immolation protest among Tibetans this year. The International Campaign for Tibet said Tsekho Tugchak, said to be…
SEOUL, South Korea – South Korea's president says many "critical moments" still lie ahead to end the nuclear crisis despite North Korea's recent outreach to Seoul and Washington. Moon Jae-in spoke on Thursday morning before two senior Seoul officials were…
MEXICO CITY – The U.S. Embassy in Mexico has issued a new travel alert for the Caribbean resort city of Playa del Carmen, where an explosion on a tourist ferry injured 26 people last month. The embassy says in an…
A man pushes a cart past damaged buildings in Syria this week. (Reuters) The United Nations Security Council renewed calls on Wednesday to implement a 30-day cease-fire across Syria after a resolution to deliver humanitarian aid during that period remained…
An officer blocks a street when police is on the hunt for an attacker after several people have been injured in a knife attack on the streets of Vienna, Austria, Wednesday, March 7, 2018. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak) Several people have…
President Trump may have just forced North Korean strongman Kim Jong Un to come the negotiating table…with maybe just a little help from Twitter. Experts say that Trump’s strategy dealing with the rogue regime – a combination of tweeted warnings…
MEXICO CITY – Mexico City officials say intentional sabotage may be contributing to recurrent water shortages that have caused protests on the streets of the city of 9 million people. In recent weeks, officials have blamed dry faucets in many…
PREKAZ, Kosovo – Hundreds of Kosovo ethnic Albanians have gathered in a western town to celebrate the Night of Fires, the launch of the armed resistance to late Serbian Slobodan Milosevic's regime 20 years ago. People holding lit torches assembled…
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone – The Latest on Sierra Leone's election (all times local): 8:30 p.m. Authorities in Sierra Leone's capital report clashes have broken out amid political tensions on Election Day. Voters were choosing between 16 candidates, though the skirmishes…
Several people have been injured in a knife attack in Vienna on Wednesday, Austrian news outlets reported. Three people are "seriously injured," according to the Austria Press Agency. Police are reportedly searching for a "man who randomly attacked pedestrians near…
BERLIN – Austrian media report that several people have been injured in a knife attack on the streets of Vienna. News website heute.at reports that the attack happened Wednesday evening, when a man with a knife randomly attacked pedestrians near…
The North Koreans have a term that the regime tells them how to characterize Americans. It is: "American bastards." "When we are describing American people, they never spoken the word, 'American people.' It's ‘American bastards,’" said Seongmin Lee, a 31-year-old…
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – Argentina's state news agency says the last military president from the country's 1976-1983 dictatorship has died at age 90. Telam is reporting that Reynaldo Bignone died Wednesday at a military hospital in Buenos Aires. He had…
ATHENS, Greece – A Greek prosecutor has charged seven men with alleged membership in a violent neo-Nazi group linked to a series of arson attacks on far-left and migrant-related targets. All seven Greeks were formally accused Wednesday of membership in…
AIGLE, Switzerland – The head of cycling's world governing body wants an investigation into the findings of a doping report that accused Team Sky of using drugs to enhance the performance of Bradley Wiggins and possibly other riders ahead of…
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia – Slovak President Andrej Kiska says the country's government ignored warnings from intelligence services about the activities of an Italian criminal syndicate whose members are suspected of possible involvement in the slayings of an investigative journalist and his…