MOSCOW – Russia's military says more than 11,000 people have left Syria's besieged eastern Ghouta outside the capital Damascus in the past few hours as government forces step up an offensive on the rebel enclave. Maj. Gen. Vladimir Zolotukhin was…
KABUL, Afghanistan – An Afghan police officer says a suicide car bomber has killed three civilians and wounded five more in the eastern part of the capital Kabul. Jan Agha said the attacker targeted a foreign convoy on Saturday but…
BEIJING – China's rubber-stamp legislature has appointed a close ally of President Xi Jinping to the formerly ceremonial post of vice president. The appointment of Wang Qishan is expected to further Xi's agenda of shoring up Communist Party rule while…
BEIJING – Xi Jinping was reappointed Saturday as China's president with no limit on the number of terms he can serve. The National People's Congress, China's rubber-stamp legislature, also appointed close Xi ally Wang Qishan to the formerly ceremonial post…
SYDNEY – Southeast Asian leaders will sign an agreement on regional cooperation against violent extremism as the risk to the region grows due to militants fleeing Islamic State group losses in the Middle East, an official said on Saturday. The…
MEXICO CITY – Mexico's electoral authorities say only one of three independent candidates for president who initially seemed to have gathered the necessary number of signatures to make the ballot appears to have actually qualified after a detailed review. Margarita…
BALI, Indonesia – Indonesia's normally bustling Bali has shut down social media, turned away flights and shuttered all shops for a Day of Silence that marks New Year on the predominantly Hindu island. "Nyepi" began at 6 a.m. on Saturday,…
BOGOTA, Colombia – The United Nations says 84 human rights activists were killed in Colombia last year as the country struggles to contain post conflict violence. A peace deal signed in 2016 with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia has…
UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations is appealing for nearly $1 billion for the humanitarian crisis sparked by the flight of about 700,000 Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar to Bangladesh since August. U.N. deputy spokesman Farhan Haq told reporters Friday that…
NAIROBI, Kenya – A Kenyan court is allowing police to continue detaining five people who allegedly were planning to attack a Nairobi courthouse so a Muslim cleric facing terror charges could escape. The Anti-Terrorism Police Unit said the suspects had…
CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico – Mexican authorities have informed the former governor of a state bordering Texas that they have accepted a U.S. request to extradite him to the United States to face money laundering charges. The Foreign Relations ministry says…
VATICAN CITY – The Latest on the Vatican convicting suspended Guam Archbishop Anthony Apuron of some charges in a sex abuse trial (all times local): 10 p.m. The suspended Guam archbishop convicted of some charges in a sex abuse trial…
PRISTINA, Kosovo – Kosovo's ombudsman has urged the government to issue residence papers for ethnic Albanians who have been displaced from neighboring Serbia for "security, social or economic reasons." A report from the people's advocate said Friday that since 2001,…
KIGALI, Rwanda – Rwanda's Revenue Authority says it will put assets belonging to the family of a jailed critic of President Paul Kagame's government up for auction to pay off a debt to the tax body. The Revenue Authority said…
NAIROBI, Kenya – Kenyan officials say at least 15 people have died and scores of families have been displaced across the East African nation due to two days of heavy rainfall. The deluge of water submerged vehicles in Nairobi's affluent…
MOSCOW – The gulf between Russia and Britain widened on Friday as they cranked up pressure over a nerve agent attack and a suspected murder in Britain that have deepened Western worries about alleged Russian meddling abroad. Britain's foreign secretary…
A shocking video has emerged of skiers and snowboarders getting flung off a chairlift Friday at a European ski resort after a malfunction caused it to bring riders down the mountain at high speeds. Crowds that gathered around the lift…
TIRANA, Albania – Albanian prosecutors say a mayor and 11 other officials have been arrested for illegally selling a beach area in the largest operation yet of its kind. A statement from prosecutors Friday said that Fran Frrokaj, the mayor…
SAO PAULO – Brazil's former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is launching a book in which he says he is 'ready' to go to jail and serve a 12 year and one month sentence on corruption charges. The book…
Nikolai Glushkov, a Russian businessman living in London, was found dead in his home. Police have launched a murder invetigation. (Ki Price/The Times/Mega)) A murder investigation was launched Friday into yet another suspicious incident involving yet another Russian exile living in…
WARSAW, Poland – Polish agriculture authorities say a renowned Arabian horse show will be moved this year from its home in eastern Poland to Warsaw for ceremonies marking 100 years of the nation's independence. The show is traditionally held at…
VATICAN CITY – A Spanish migrant rescue group says its ship with 216 migrants is waiting to be let into a port in Italy after having a high-seas run-in with the Libyan coast guard during the rescue. Proactiva Open Arms…
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia – Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters have rallied across Slovakia to demand an early election to resolve a political crisis set off by the slayings of an investigative journalist and his fiancee. Protesters took to the streets…
Nikolai Glushkov, a Russian businessman living in London, was found dead in his home. Police have launched a murder invetigation. (Ki Price/The Times/Mega)) A murder investigation was launched Friday into yet another suspicious incident involving yet another Russian exile living in…