EU delays Brexit to Jan. 31; Johnson election bid fails
LONDON — Britain got Brexit breathing space but no clarity on Monday when the European Union granted a three-month delay to the U.K.'s departure from ...
UK opposition parties suggest Dec. 9 vote in Brexit gambit
LONDON — Two British opposition parties want to hold elections even earlier than Prime Minister Boris Johnson has proposed as they try to ensure the c...
Mexicans parade as fancy skeletons ahead of Day of the Dead
MEXICO CITY — Mexicans paraded in the streets of the capital dressed as elegant skeletons Saturday as the country's Day of the Dead festivities extend...
Argentina could take another sharp political turn in vote
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Argentina could take another sharp political turn in Sunday's presidential elections, with center-left Peronist candidate Al...
North Korea says it’s running out of patience with US
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea on Sunday said it's running out of patience with the United States over what it described as hostile policies and uni...
Chilean president shaking up government amid protests
SANTIAGO, Chile — Chile's President Sebastián Piñera asked all his Cabinet members to offer their resignations Saturday as he prepared to shake up his...
Vietnamese village prays, awaits news on loved ones’ fate
DO THANH, Vietnam — The rural village of Do Thanh in central Vietnam has relied on its sons and daughters working abroad to send money back home. Now ...
Separatists clash with police in Barcelona after huge rally
BARCELONA, Spain — Police and violent protesters in Spain's restive Catalonia region clashed Saturday after a massive rally in Barcelona against the i...
Johnson’s NIreland allies vow to keep rejecting Brexit deal
LONDON — Boris Johnson's allies in Northern Ireland vowed Saturday to keep rejecting the British prime minister's divorce deal with the European Union...
‘I’m dying’: Relatives await answers in smuggling case
DO THANH, Vietnam — One family received a final text from their daughter saying she couldn't breathe and was dying. Another grieving family set up a m...
Russian agent Butina returns to Moscow, wants no part of US
MOSCOW — The Russian woman convicted in the United States of being a Russian agent returned to Moscow on Saturday and declared that she has no desire ...
The Latest: Irish police arrest 5th person in truck deaths
LONDON — The Latest on the deaths of 39 people in a truck in England (all times local):
Far right expected to make gains in German regional vote
BERLIN — Political opponents say he's a Nazi and a court recently ruled he can be called a fascist, but to many Germans angry about immigration Bjoern...
Ex-refugee shares the dangers of being smuggled in a truck
LONDON — Ahmad Al-Rashid knows what it was like for the 39 people who were found dead in the back of a truck in southeastern England this week. He's b...
Venezuelans buy gas with cigarettes to battle inflation
CARACAS, Venezuela — Motorists in socialist Venezuela have long enjoyed the world's cheapest gasoline, with fuel so heavily subsidized that a full tan...
Bolivia reveals final vote results, but no winner declared
LA PAZ, Bolivia — Bolivia's official vote tally was revealed Friday pointing to an outright win for incumbent Evo Morales in a disputed presidential e...
Protests rattle the postwar order in Lebanon and Iraq
BAGHDAD — Tens of thousands of people, many of them young and unemployed men, thronged public squares and blocked main streets Friday in the capitals ...
Shootings, death threats mar Colombia’s post-peace elections
BOGOTA, Colombia — Threatened with death, Wilson Florez chose a bulletproof vest.
The Latest: UK police arrest 4th person in truck deaths case
LONDON — The Latest on the case of 39 people found dead in a truck in England (all times local):
Countries pledge $9.8B for global climate fund to help poor
PARIS — Rich countries have pledged $9.8 billion to help poor nations tackle climate change, the fund coordinating support said Friday, as environment...
AP PHOTOS: A look at the faces of Argentina’s poor
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Recession, rising poverty and austerity measures are putting pressure on Argentina's middle class and poor. Almost 11% of Ar...
Hundreds rally during Zimbabwe’s new anti-sanctions holiday
HARARE, Zimbabwe — The massive march that Zimbabwe's government tried to rouse for a new anti-sanctions public holiday appeared to fizzle on Friday, w...
EU envoys agree that Brexit extension is needed, no date set
LONDON — European Union ambassadors agreed Friday that the bloc should grant Britain's request for another extension to the Brexit deadline but have n...
Lion Air crash report points to Boeing, pilots, maintenance
JAKARTA, Indonesia — An Indonesian investigation found a Lion Air flight that crashed and killed 189 people a year ago was doomed by a combination of ...
The Latest: EU envoys agree that Brexit extension is needed
BRUSSELS — The Latest on Britain's impending departure from the European Union (all times local):
Inequalities in China drive many to seek better life abroad
BEIJING — Weeks prior to the discovery in England of the bodies of 39 people believed to be from China, Beijing was holding lavish National Day celebr...
For businesses, Brexit is happening already
LONDON — Mylands paint, founded 135 years ago, has survived two World Wars, the Great Depression and the end of the British Empire by adapting its pro...
Australia’s iconic rock Uluru scaled by final climbers
ULURU, Australia — Nature seemed to be siding with indigenous Australians' demand for Uluru to be respected as a sacred site on Friday when high winds...
Israel, Jordan mark 25 years of imperfect peace
NAHARAYIM PARK, Israel — The Naharayim park was established 25 years ago as a symbol of the landmark peace agreement between Israel and Jordan. Now, a...
Secret synagogue in Dubai prays for Persian Gulf revival
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — In an unmarked villa, nestled amid homes in an upscale Dubai neighborhood, a congregation prays in the first fully funct...