JAKARTA, Indonesia – Rumbling Mount Sinabung on the Indonesian island of Sumatra has shot billowing columns of ash more than 5,000 meters (16,400 feet) into the atmosphere and hot clouds down its slopes. The National Disaster Mitigation Agency says there…
MANILA, Philippines – A Philippine diplomat says the risks of an armed conflict have increased in the disputed South China Sea with a militarily stronger China now able to challenge the United States, which used to be the dominant power…
ISLAMABAD – Pakistani cricket legend-turned-politician Imran Khan has married a faith healer, ending rumors that he was considering a third marriage after divorcing two wives. Khan's Pakistan Taherik-e-Insaf party announced Monday that the 66-year-old Khan has married Bushra Maneka. The…
A new report details how a worldwide oversight in the War on Terror helped lead to the deaths of four U.S. service members in Niger last October — the largest loss of American troops during combat in Africa since the…
A passenger killed in the deadly Iranian commercial plane crash on Sunday reportedly channeled his faith just moments before takeoff, sending his girlfriend one last text. “May God protect us to arrive safe,” the unnamed passenger wrote to his girlfriend,…
In this 2014 file photo, members of Russia's special forces stand guard during an operation in Makhachkala, the capital of Russia's North Caucasus Republic of Dagestan. (REUTERS/Stringer ) Five women were killed and several others were injured after a gunman…
A helicopter leaving from the location where an avalanche injured two people at the Fenestral Pass, in Finhaut, Switzerland. (Valentin Flauraud/Keystone via AP) Authorities say two skiers were killed by an avalanche in the French Alps, and two more people…
PARIS – Authorities say two skiers were killed by an avalanche in the French Alps, and two more people were injured by an avalanche in Switzerland near the border with France. The prefecture in France's Savoie region said the fatal…
It has been a whirlwind of change for staunchly conservative Saudi Arabia, and on Friday a sold-out audience in Riyadh was treated for the first time to a woman taking the stage alongside the men. The actress, Najat Mouftah, played…
Israel revealed it foiled a terror plot targeting Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman, seen here in 2010. (REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi, File) Israel’s security service, the Shin Bet, revealed Sunday that it had arrested two members of Islamic Jihad terror cell (PIJ)…
MINSK, Belarus – Several thousand supporters of deported Ukrainian opposition figure Mikheil Saakashvili marched through the center of Kiev on Sunday, demanding the resignation of President Petro Poroshenko. The protest included a nationalist faction, and some of its members broke…
LA PAZ, Bolivia – Bolivian authorities now say that both of the explosions that killed 12 people during recent Carnival celebrations were caused by dynamite, not exploding gas tanks as initially thought. Interior Minister Carlos Romero says officials are still…
MEXICO CITY – Three presidential candidates have accepted the nominations of Mexico's main parties for the July 1 election, formally entering what is shaping up to be a crowded race. Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador of the leftist Morena party is…
MALE, Maldives – The Supreme Court of the Maldives has delayed its order reinstating 12 pro-opposition lawmakers ahead of a key parliamentary sitting. Opposition lawmaker Ahmed Mahloof says the decision came Sunday. At a parliamentary sitting Monday, the government may…
JERUSALEM – Israeli police say they have arrested senior officials at the country's national telephone company as part of an investigation into alleged corruption offenses. The Israeli daily Haaretz says police are investigating a possible relationship between the company, Bezeq,…
BUDAPEST, Hungary – Hungary's prime minister says that "Christianity is Europe's last hope" and that politicians in Brussels, Berlin and Paris favoring migration have "opened the way to the decline of Christian culture and the advance of Islam." Viktor Orban…
Hikers were reported missing after they were swept away by an avalanche in Switzerland. (Valais Police) Hikers were reported missing on Sunday after they were swept away by an avalanche in Switzerland, reports said. The hikers were in the Swiss…
In this 2014 file photo, members of Russia's special forces stand guard during an operation in Makhachkala, the capital of Russia's North Caucasus Republic of Dagestan. (REUTERS/Stringer ) Five people were killed and several others were injured after a gunman…
LAGOS, Nigeria – Authorities in Nigeria are releasing hundreds of people accused of supporting an Islamic extremist group, citing a lack of evidence. Salihu Othman Isah, a special adviser to Nigeria's attorney general, said in a statement Sunday that 475…
CAIRO – An Egyptian court has sentenced 65 members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood group to jail over alleged incitement against the state. The decision late Saturday by a court in the Nile Delta city of Zagazig also acquitted eight…
Model Chloe Ayling isn’t bothered that people suspect she masterminded her own kidnapping. “It doesn’t offend me, no,” she tells Australia’s “60 Minutes” news program, according to News.com.au. The 20-year-old woman explains that she isn’t offended because she gets it.…
A passenger plane crashed in a mountainous region in southern Iran on Sunday, killing all 65 people on board, an airline spokesman told Iran state television. Aseman Airlines Flight No. 3704 came down near the city of Yasuj, about 485…
BERLIN – German police are investigating a British woman for suspected incitement after she questioned the Holocaust during a far-right protest in the eastern city of Dresden. A spokeswoman for Dresden police says Australian-born Michele Renouf is one of two…
Four people were killed and several others were injured after a gunman opened fire on people leaving a church service in Russia's Dagestan region on Sunday, Russian news agency Tass reported. The shooting took place outside a church in the…