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Pope Francis is challenging French President Emmanuel Macron and other European leaders to open their ports to people fleeing hardship and poverty

A human rights foundation says a prominent Uyghur scholar specializing in the study of her people’s folklore and traditions has been sentenced to life in prison in China

A fire and subsequent explosions at a golf ball factory in southern Taiwan have killed at least five people and injured more than 100 others, and five people are still missing

The Biden administration's grant of temporary legal status to nearly 500,000 Venezuelans already in the United States may complicate its messaging abroad

Playing ping-pong, strolling through a Bordeaux vineyard, dodging raindrops at a Paris flower market — Britain’s King Charles III and Queen Camilla paid a special state visit to France that at times looked richly royal, and at times strikingly ordinary. There was plenty of pomp for Charles’ first journey to France as monarch, and red carpets every day. Champagne toasts at the Palace of Versailles. A standing ovation in the French Senate. Curtseying children waving British flags. For a trip whose running theme was Charles’ concern about climate change, there was plenty of weather, too. Wind whipped the evening gowns as guests arrived for the state dinner hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte. Rain doused well-wishers hoping for a glimpse of the royals visiting the working class town of Saint-Denis, riding a tram through the streets of Bordeaux, and admiring the flora at the Queen Elizabeth Flower Market in Paris. The sunglasses came on for the royal...

A month after Yevgeny Prigozhin was killed in a suspicious plane crash, the Kremlin seems to be succeeding in keeping the demise of the profane and outspoken Wagner chief as low-key as possible

Once rock-solid, the support Ukraine has received from its biggest backers for its defense against Russia is showing cracks

Mexican officials have pledged to set up checkpoints to “dissuade” migrants from hopping freight trains to the U.S. border

Authorities in British Columbia say a Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer has been shot to death and two other officers have been injured while trying to serve an arrest warrant in a Vancouver suburb

Mexico’s top diplomat, Alicia Bárcena, says President Andrés Manuel López Obrador wants to travel to Washington D

Mexico’s top diplomat, Alicia Bárcena, says President Andrés Manuel López Obrador wants to travel to Washington D

Some archaeologists describe Peru’s capital as an onion with many layers of history, others consider it a box of surprises

Some archaeologists describe Peru’s capital as an onion with many layers of history, others consider it a box of surprises

The Colombian government manipulated a video to alter the applause received by President Gustavo Petro received during his speech at the United Nations General Assembly in New York

The Colombian government manipulated a video to alter the applause received by President Gustavo Petro received during his speech at the United Nations General Assembly in New York

Hardeep Singh Nijjar was gunned down in June outside a temple near Vancouver.

Hardeep Singh Nijjar was gunned down in June outside a temple near Vancouver.

Napolitano was the first Italian president to be reelected to office.

A government official says that Germany is considering establishing short-term border controls with Poland and the Czech Republic to keep irregular migrants from entering the country

A government official says that Germany is considering establishing short-term border controls with Poland and the Czech Republic to keep irregular migrants from entering the country

Italy's presidential palace says Giorgio Napolitano, the first former Communist to rise to Italy’s presidency, has died

Italy's presidential palace says Giorgio Napolitano, the first former Communist to rise to Italy’s presidency, has died

The boats can carry cargo and up to three soldiers.

Sabato De Sarno wants people to fall in love with Gucci again, titling his debut collection “Gucci Ancora,” Italian for “Gucci Again.”

Animals at a zoo in Rio de Janeiro have been getting cold treats to cool them down during a rare winter heat wave

Pakistani security agents have arrested a senior Islamabad-based TV anchor known for his criticism of the authorities on charges of spreading false content about state institutions on social media

Pope blasts 'fanaticism of indifference' that world shows migrants, as he prays for dead in French port of Marseille

Rupert Murdoch stirs mixed feelings in Britain, where he transformed the media over half a century

Poland's right-wing leaders are denouncing a new feature film by Polish director Agnieszka Holland as it opens in the country

Brazil’s top court is deciding whether abortion up to the 12th week of pregnancy will be decriminalized nationwide

Residents and local media in northcentral Nigeria say at least 20 students have been abducted by gunmen in northwestern Nigeria during an attack that targeted their school

Catholic church officials in Germany say a statue of late Cardinal Franz Hengsbach will be removed from outside a cathedral after allegations of sexual abuse against him surfaced

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U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel has accused China of using “economic coercion” against Japan by banning imports of Japanese seafood in response to the release of treated wastewater from the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant into the ocean, while Ch...

U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel has accused China of using “economic coercion” against Japan by banning imports of Japanese seafood in response to the release of treated wastewater from the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant into the ocean, while Ch...

Pope Francis arrives in French port city of Marseille to urge Mediterranean countries in Europe to welcome migrants

Puerto Rico’s National Guard has been deployed to help fight a large landfill fire in the U

Bulgaria’s government has approved the purchase of U.S.-made Stryker combat vehicles to modernize the country’s land forces and bring them in line with NATO standards

Palestinian activists in the Gaza Strip have launched incendiary balloons into Israel, prompting Israel to strike the besieged territory

Norwegian authorities have dropped spying allegations against an unidentified 25-year-old foreign student and are now holding him on suspicion of a “serious financial crime.”

A Chinese dissident known for regularly commemorating the 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Beijing's Tiananmen Square has fled to Taiwan and is pleading for help in seeking asylum in the United States or Canada

Russia's Defense Ministry says a missile attack in annexed Crimea killed a serviceman and blames 'Kyiv regime'

A Norwegian court has ruled that a man wanted by Rwanda for his alleged role in the African nation's 1994 genocide can be extradited

European Union antitrust enforcers have slapped Intel with a fresh $400 million fine in a long-running legal fight that the chipmaker appeared to have won last year

Russia says Ukraine carried out a strike on the HQ of its Black Sea Fleet.

Smog containing gases from a restive Philippine volcano has sickened dozens of students and prompted 25 nearby towns and cities to shut their schools as a health precaution

Another member of K-pop supergroup BTS has begun his mandatory military service in South Korea

Schools for millions of students in Nepal are closed as tens of thousands of teachers protest in the capital against an education reform bill in parliament

China and Syria have announced the formation of a strategic partnership as Chinese leader Xi Jinping kicked off a series of diplomatic meetings ahead of the upcoming Asian Games

Russia's Defense Ministry says that ethnic Armenian separatists in Azerbaijan's breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh are surrendering their arms to Russian peacekeepers