German, Dutch carnival parades called off due to weather
BERLIN (AP) — Several cities in western Germany canceled their traditional carnival parades at short notice Sunday, citi...
Pope cautions against “unfair” Middle East peace plans
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has cautioned against “unfair” solutions aimed at ending the conflict between Israelis and Pale...
Nine dead in Turkey as 5.7 earthquake strikes western Iran
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Nine people were killed in Turkey in a magnitude 5.7 earthquake that struck western Iran early Sun...
The Latest: Fury beats Wilder to reclaim heavyweight title
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Latest from the rematch between Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury (all times local) 9:40 p.m. Tyson Fur...
Brazilian transgender dancer shatters Carnival parade taboo
SAO PAULO (AP) — When dancer Camila Prins entered Sao Paulo’s Carnival parade grounds, a costume of feathers clinging to...
Marchers support Assange ahead of London extradition hearing
LONDON (AP) — Hundreds of supporters of Julian Assange marched through London on Saturday to pressure the U.K. governmen...
Report finds Catholic charity founder sexually abused women
PARIS (AP) — A respected Catholic figure who helped improve conditions for the developmentally disabled in multiple coun...
South Sudan’s rivals form unity government meant to end war
JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — South Sudan opened a new chapter in its fragile emergence from civil war Saturday as rival lead...
At Trump’s India rally, Modi bets on bolstering his image
AHMEDABAD, India (AP) — A festive mood has enveloped Ahmedabad in India’s northwestern state of Gujarat ahead of Prime M...
US leads training exercises in Africa amid focus on Sahel
THIES, Senegal (AP) — Crouching in the sparse brush, maneuvering into formations through a divide, and then shooting at ...
Germany admits there’s a far-right problem, but what to do?
BERLIN (AP) — As Germany’s president expressed his sympathy and shock during a candlelight vigil for nine people killed ...
Health officials worry as untraceable virus clusters emerge
In South Korea, Singapore and Iran, clusters of infections are leading to a jump in cases of the new viral illness outsi...
2016 again? Russia back to stirring chaos in U.S. election
WASHINGTON (AP) — Just weeks into this year’s election cycle, Russia already is actively interfering in the U.S. preside...
Italy reports 1st virus death, cases more than quadruple
CODOGNO, Italy (AP) — Italy reported its first death from the new virus from China early Saturday and the number of peop...
Algeria on cusp of change as protest movement marks 1 year
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algerians flooded into the streets of the capital and other cities on the 53rd straight Friday o...
Watchdog toughens global financial scrutiny of Iran
PARIS (AP) — An international agency monitoring terrorism funding announced tough new financial scrutiny of Iran on Frid...
China’s leaders say nation yet to turn corner in virus fight
BEIJING (AP) — China’s leadership sounded a cautious note Friday about the country’s progress in halting the spread of t...
Testy EU budget talks blocked, new summit in March likely
BRUSSELS (AP) — Major contributors to the European Union’s budget blocked progress at an emergency summit on Friday, ins...
Paranoia, racism: German killer drew on conspiracy tropes
BERLIN (AP) — He mixed extreme paranoia about secret state surveillance with far-right conspiracy tropes, misogyny and r...
Turkish soldiers killed in Syria amid threats of escalation
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Two Turkish soldiers were killed Thursday in an airstrike in northwestern Syria, Turkey said, afte...
Irish lawmakers meet as wrangling to form government goes on
LONDON (AP) — Ireland’s parliament convened Thursday for the first time since an election two weeks ago that left three ...
German gunman calling for genocide kills 9 people
HANAU, Germany (AP) — A 43-year-old German man who posted a manifesto calling for the “complete extermination” of many “...
Police: Lesotho’s prime minister to be charged with murder
MASERU, Lesotho (AP) — Lesotho’s Prime Minister Thomas Thabane will be charged with the June 2017 killing of his estrang...
ASEAN diplomats praise China’s handling of virus outbreak
VIENTIANE, Laos (AP) — Southeast Asia’s top diplomats praised China’s handling of the virus outbreak and pledged Thursda...
1 trillion euros: worth a big, long fight at the EU summit
BRUSSELS (AP) — Everything is set for the EU’s bruising trillion-euro summit.Leaders from the European Union’s 27countri...
Looted 18th century crown returned to Ethiopia after decades
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — A rare and looted crown from the 18th century was returned to Ethiopia on Thursday after it...
Can AI flag disease outbreaks faster than humans? Not quite
BOSTON (AP) — Did an artificial-intelligence system beat human doctors in warning the world of a severe coronavirus outb...
Israeli PM’s rival denies wrongdoing amid probe reports
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s leading opposition figure Benny Gantz denied wrongdoing on Thursday after media reports said I...
2 former cruise ship passengers with virus die in Japan
TOKYO (AP) — Two elderly passengers taken off the Diamond Princess cruise ship because they were infected with a new vir...
S. Korea reports 1st virus death; 2.5M urged to stay home
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea reported its first death from the new virus on Thursday while the mayor of a south...