Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday his government will give Canadian $25,000 ($19,122) to families of each of the 57 citizens and 29 permanent residents…

Guatemala’s new president has announced a state of alert for two municipalities with high crime rates to combat gang activity

Hundreds of Jordanians are demonstrating in Amman against a gas deal with Israel

Scientists warn that ecological systems will struggle to bounce back from this season’s devastating blazes.

The facial hair has drawn comparison of the mustaches worn by Japanese colonial rulers.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has broken three days of silence over the alleged surveillance and threats to the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine

It’s an unassuming little red-and-green leaf, but the powers unlocked by chewing it have hooked millions of people around the world, made it one of Kenya’s…

Lesotho’s prime minister has broken his silence on the southern African nation’s political crisis, saying he will soon retire

A senior Hezbollah official has warned that Lebanon could fall into chaos and “complete collapse” unless a new government is formed quickly

Bolsonaro’s appointed culture minister releasing a video late last night in which he quoted and paraphrased Joseph Goebbels in his remarks, inciting all sorts of controversy…

Officials previously said the attack, which flung some U.S. troops from towers with powerful blasts, did not cause injuries.

Medical officials say Iran’s most revered Shiite cleric has been discharged from a hospital after undergoing a risky surgery for a fractured bone

Iran’s supreme leader says his nation is living through “days of God

The most serious outbreak of desert locusts in 25 years is spreading across East Africa and threatening food security in some of the world’s most vulnerable…

Hundreds of demonstrators have perched themselves on the steps of an iconic mosque in the Indian capital to protest against a new citizenship law that excludes…

Black magic, drug addiction, attempted murder and wrestling over luxury cars and overseas properties

Russia’s foreign policy chief has blamed what he described as “aggressive” U.S. policies for growing global tensions

The supreme leader spoke in Tehran, where he led Friday prayers for the first time in eight years.

In the first such case in South Korea, military officials will determine next week whether to discharge a solider who recently undertook gender reassessment surgery

At least 869 academic papers have been retracted for flaws that included plagiarism. More could come.

At closed-door meeting with Ukrainian ministers, Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk said President Volodymyr Zelensky “doesn’t understand how the economy works.”

Bayern Munich fans fed up with the club’s longstanding links with Qatar organized a meeting to discuss the German soccer club’s lack of response to allegations…

Study after study lays out the evidence for a planetary emergency. Slowly, global elites are getting their act together.

A court in eastern Germany will consider next week a Jewish man’s bid to force the removal of an ugly remnant of centuries of anti-Semitism from…

The legal team of Nissan’s former chairman Carlos Ghosn has issued a statement refuting the latest allegations by the Japanese automaker against the fugitive executive

Puerto Rico’s government is opening public schools next week without knowing if they can withstand a big earthquake as concerns grow about weakened infrastructure that is…

Indigenous farmer Jose González recalled how his wife and five of his children were taken from their home by religious fanatics in the remote hamlet of…

“I’m afraid that we’re going into a very difficult 2020,” a German economist said of U.S.-E.U. trade ties.

The Chinese leader’s visit to Myanmar, his first foreign trip of 2020, aims to send a signal that Beijing is back in the driver’s seat —…

The surprise demotion comes as a blow to haute cuisine, a symbol of national pride.

A Pakistani court has sentenced 86 members of a radical Islamist party to 55-year prison terms each for taking part in violent rallies in 2018 over…

Iraqi officials and activists say two protesters have been killed and dozens wounded in renewed violence in central Baghdad between anti-government demonstrators and Iraqi security forces

Friday’s announcement comes after statements from Pakistani and Taliban officials that the insurgent group is prepared to reduce violence to reboot stalled negotiations.

The new virus has sickened dozens in China, and two people have died. Cases have spread to Thailand and Japan. There are no known cases in…

In the aftermath of the Jan. 8 attacks, multiple outlets linked to the Iranian government made unsubstantiated claims that 80 U.S. military personnel were killed.

Haitian President Jovenel Moïse says he wants to use his new power to govern by executive order to reform the constitution and make the country easier…

The Pentagon’s chief spokesman says 11 U.S. troops were flown out of Iraq for evaluation of concussion-like symptoms in the days following an Iranian missile strike

As the Lunar New Year approaches, Chinese travelers are flocking to train stations and airports to take part in a nationwide ritual: the world’s biggest annual…

Mara is an Asian elephant that will soon leave her obsolete enclosure in the former Buenos Aires zoo to be moved to a special sanctuary in…

Study after study lays out the evidence for a planetary emergency. Slowly, global elites are getting their act together.

Former heroin addict Kevork Tontian met the man he wanted to spend the rest of his life with behind bars

Europe’s major carmakers are building more places to charge electric cars along highways

A Guatemalan former economy minister has been declared a fugitive from justice a day after he appeared in court to face corruption allegations

In December, the House overwhelmingly voted in favor of the pact in a 385-41 vote after Democrats negotiated with the White House on several revisions.

Australia’s foreign minister has raised with her Iranian counterpart the fate of an imprisoned Australian-British academic who has gone on  hunger strikes and urged the Australian…

Iran’s supreme leader will deliver a Friday sermon in Tehran for the first time since 2012

Bangladesh says it has finished building flood-protection embankments, houses, cyclone shelters, hospitals and schools on a once-swampy island in the Bay of Bengal to relocate about…

Chinese health authorities say a second person has died from a new form of coronavirus in central China

The hit or miss nature of the thunderstorms means that some fire zones could miss out on the wet weather entirely.

Japan’s environment minister has become father to a boy and is going ahead with his planned paternity leave — still a rarity in Japan where men…

An Australian journalist based in Japan says he is a victim of Japanese custody laws that allow only one parent access to children of broken marriages

Police raided apartments and offices in Germany and Belgium, authorities said.

Mustafa Kassem died this week during a hunger strike after six years in an Egyptian prison.

An Israeli advocacy group says that Israeli authorities demolished homes in Palestinian areas of east Jerusalem at a significantly higher rate in 2019 than the previous…

A Philippine official says an erupting  volcano remains life-threatening despite weaker emissions of steam and ash and fewer tremors

Harry had previously expressed doubt about his role as the back up heir.

Five nations that lost citizens when Iran shot down a Ukrainian airliner last week are meeting London to press Tehran to conduct a full and open…

Bangladesh says it has completed construction of flood protection embankments, houses, cyclone shelters, hospitals and schools on a once-swampy island in the Bay of Bengal to…

New documents disclosed by a Giuliani associate Lev Parnas include discussions about Marie Yovanovitch’s movements.

Firefighters have saved the world’s last remaining wild stand of a prehistoric tree from Australia’s wildfires

A Guatemalan former economy minister has been declared a fugitive from justice a day after he appeared in court to face corruption allegations

The announcement follows the disclosure of new documents showing Lev Parnas, an associate of President Trump’s personal attorney Rudolph W. Giuliani, discussing possible efforts to monitor…

Turkish airstrikes inside Iraq targeting members of an outlawed Kurdish rebel group have killed at least four minority Yazidi fighters allied with the rebels

An Israeli court is hearing a case calling for restrictions against an Israeli surveillance company whose software is said to have targeted journalists and dissidents around…

Poland and Lithuania say they will work together to defend themselves against official Russian efforts to minimize Soviet responsibility for the outbreak of World War II

Airport personnel in the Virgin Islands reported seeing Epstein leaving his private plane with victims who looked as young as 11, the lawsuit claims.

India wants China to avoid raising the Kashmir dispute at the United Nations, contending it’s a bilateral matter between India and Pakistan

A new report by U.N.-backed investigators into Syria’s war is for the first time focusing solely on the plight of the children caught up in the…

Australia’s foreign minister has raised with her Iranian counterpart the fate of an imprisoned Australian-British academic after a report that the woman had urged the Australian…

China has welcomed an interim trade deal with Washington and said the two sides need to address each other’s “core concerns

After months of stalled peace talks, U.S. and Taliban negotiators appear to be making progress.

Yemeni separatists and forces loyal to the country’s U.N.-recognized government whose deadly infighting erupted last summer are pulling back from a key southern city

Iraq’s most revered Shiite cleric will undergo a surgery for a fractured bone following an accident in his home

The U.S. ambassador to South Korea says he was surprised and pleased that North Korea did not give the U.S. an unwelcome “Christmas gift” because of…

A Ugandan imam who says he unknowingly married a man in a Muslim ceremony is being mocked in a case that gay rights activists say highlights…

A senior U.N. humanitarian official is warning that war-battered Yemen could face the threat of famine again because of the rapid depreciation of its currency and…

Defense officials say the Department of Homeland Security has asked the Pentagon to fund the construction of 270 miles of border wall this year as part…

The last time Khamenei spoke at prayers, Iran was facing down sanctions from the Obama administration.

The Taliban say they have given the U.S. envoy a document outlining their offer for a temporary cease-fire in Afghanistan that would last between seven and…

Greece’s prime minister says Athens will block any European peace deal on Libya unless an agreement between the internationally-recognized government in Tripoli and Turkey on maritime…

Germany’s foreign minister is flying to Libya to meet one of the country’s rival leaders, Gen. Khalifa Hifter, in a bid to push forward troubled efforts…

How Vladi�mir Putin is laying the groundwork to keep his grip on Russia’s autocracy.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is heading to Europe and then Latin America this weekend, leaving Washington ahead of the Senate trial of President Donald Trump…

A U.S.-based Syrian rights group says documents it has obtained show the expansive role played by a body within the Islamic State group responsible for most…

The United States and Russia have held a new round of talks focused on arms control and reducing misunderstandings on critical security issues

Iran’s former crown prince is now an advocate of regime change from Washington, D.C.

A government minister says the prime minister of Lesotho soon will retire, as investigations continue into the murder of his former wife

Babies in three African nations are getting the first vaccine for malaria in an unusual pilot program

Long before Trump railed against them at rallies, Europe’s far right turned lightbulbs into a hotly debated political topic.

As Egypt marks the 150th anniversary of the Suez Canal’s opening, marine biologists are bemoaning one of the famed waterway’s lesser known legacies — the invasion…

Specialist firefighters have saved the world’s last remaining wild stand of a prehistoric tree from wildfires that razed forests west of Sydney

Japan’s government says a man treated for pneumonia after returning from China has tested positive for the new coronavirus identified as a possible cause of an…

The White House hasn’t commented on the death of 54-year-old U.S. citizen Mustafa Kassem in an Egyptian prison.

Transport strikes are still causing disruptions after more than a month, although the worst appears to be over.

Rates of paternity leave remain startlingly low worldwide.

A Philippine volcano is belching smaller plumes of ash but shuddering continuously with earthquakes and cracking roads nearby

The United States and China are set to take a step toward trade peace after 18 months of economic skirmishing

The violent confrontation, a week after Guaidó forced his way into the National Assembly, was in escalation in the year-long standoff between the Maduro government and…

Legal documents filed this week show the Mail on Sunday is relying on evidence from Meghan’s estranged father in its defense.

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has pledged 300,000 pounds ($390,000) to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation in Poland