An 81-year-old Iranian-American dual national was temporarily released from prison on Sunday over health concerns after the U.S. and Iran conducted backchannel discussions about releasing American prisoners, according to a State Department official. Baquer Namazi, who is being detained in…
HAVANA – President Raul Castro and his expected successor attended the formal unveiling of a U.S.-sponsored statue of independence hero Jose Marti on Sunday in a sign of Cuba's focus was of maintaining ties with the United States despite a…
PARIS – France's government is sticking by its budget minister as he fights a rape accusation. Budget Minister Gerald Darmanin is the highest-ranking French official accused of sexual misconduct since the scandals that broke in Hollywood. Darmanin has strongly denied…
ROME – Pope Francis has hailed immigrant women who care for Italians' elderly and children and paid tribute to Catholics who perished because of their faith while Ukraine was under Soviet rule. Francis reached out to the Ukrainian Catholic community…
A 3.2 magnitude earthquake was detected in North Korea on Sunday, sparking concerns if it was caused by another nuclear test or from the regime’s collapsing test site. The small tremor was recorded just after 8 p.m. in the South…
NICOSIA, Cyprus – The Latest on the presidential election in Cyprus (all times local): 6:25 p.m. A presidential election exit poll by Cyprus' state broadcaster shows incumbent President Nicos Anastasiades facing a runoff with independent candidate Stavros Malas, who's backed…
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – The leaders of the United Nations and the African Union urged stronger international cooperation at the opening Sunday of the African Union summit in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa. "I strongly believe Africa is one of…
CAIRO – Five opposition figures, including a 2012 presidential candidate and two top campaign aides for now-arrested presidential hopeful Sami Annan, have called for a boycott of the March vote, saying it has lost all credibility. In a Sunday statement,…
JERUSALEM – A recording of Benjamin Netanyahu's wife raging at an aide has surfaced, creating a new headache for Israel's embattled premier. Sara Netanyahu is heard complaining that a gossip column about her did not mention her educational credentials. She…
STOCKHOLM – The Latest on the death of IKEA founder Ingvar Kamprad (all times local): 3:55 p.m. Sweden's royal house, politicians and business leaders are praising the work and entrepreneurial spirit of IKEA founder Ingvar Kamprad, who died at age…
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa's drought-stricken city of Cape Town says police and military would help secure some 200 water collection sites if authorities must turn off most taps on what they call "Day Zero," a date currently projected to fall…
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia – Cambodian prosecutors charged 10 foreigners Sunday with producing pornographic pictures after they were arrested at a party in Siem Reap town, near the country's famed Angkor Wat temple complex. Police said they raided a rented villa…
For the women who worked for casino mogul Steve Wynn, it was a roll of the dice whether they would be sexually harassed when they were summoned to his private office, according to a new report Friday. For decades, the…
A man uses a Philip Morris iQOS smoking device. Jaime Saldarriaga / Reuters "The HeatStick contains a tobacco plug consisting of crimped cast tobacco sheet made from ground tobacco powder," the FDA says in a statement released ahead of the…
Larry Nassar stands with his legal team during his sentencing hearing in Lansing, Michigan on Jan. 24, 2018. Brendan McDermid / Reuters "My dream is that one day everyone will know what the words ‘Me, Too’ signify,” Olympic gold medalist…
Discovery Channel’s popular storm chaser Joel Taylor has been confirmed dead on a Royal Caribbean cruise ship docked in San Juan, Puerto Rico, the local police told NBC News on Wednesday. Taylor was vacationing aboard the ship when the police…
Participants cheer during the Women's March Anniversary "Power To The Polls" event Sunday at Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas. L.E. Baskow / AFP - Getty Images "But today, we march in the streets, then we march to vote, and…
Participants cheer during the Women's March Anniversary "Power To The Polls" event Sunday at Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas. L.E. Baskow / AFP - Getty Images "But today, we march in the streets, then we march to vote, and…
Jason Maddy. NBC News Saturday marked four months since Hurricane Maria slammed into Puerto Rico. NBC News first met Maddy in October as he and other veterans rushed in supplies to the remote western parts of the island. One of…
Vice President Mike Pence, weighing in from the Middle East on the shutdown in Washington, accused the U.S. Congress of playing politics with military pay, and told U.S. service members stationed near the Syrian border that the Trump administration would…
A greased light pole in Philadelphia. "It would be nearly impossible to predict how many poles will be greased today, as each of the 21 district captains was tasked with identifying 'hot spots' where celebrations are likely occur, and taking…
Participants cheer during the Women's March Anniversary "Power To The Polls" event Sunday at Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas. L.E. Baskow / AFP - Getty Images "But today, we march in the streets, then we march to vote, and…
A pediatrician examines an infant's ear in Takoma Park, Maryland, on April 8, 2015. Andrew Harrer / Bloomberg via Getty Images Federal funding for CHIP officially expired on Sept. 30 of last year. As states began to run out of…
A pediatrician examines an infant's ear in Takoma Park, Maryland, on April 8, 2015. Andrew Harrer / Bloomberg via Getty Images Federal funding for CHIP officially expired on Sept. 30 of last year. As states began to run out of…