Northern Ireland leaders call for calm after night of rioting
Rioters set a hijacked bus on fire and hurled gasoline bombs at police in Belfast in at least the fourth night of serious violence...
China keeping a top-secret watchlist of US travelers — from celebs to everyday folks
Nearly 700 Americans — including government workers, CEOs and even Ashanti — were secretly placed on a Chinese watchlist when they traveled through Shanghai's...
Turkey sentences former soldiers to life over failed coup attempt against Erdogan
A Turkish court sentenced dozens of people, including former soldiers attached to the presidential guard regiment, to life imprisonment on Wednesday over their involvement in...
Iran ship said to be Red Sea troop base off Yemen attacked
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — An Iranian ship believed to be a base for the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard and anchored for years in the Red...
Tanzania’s new president changes policy on COVID-19, media
Tanzania’s new president appears to be taking a new, scientific approach to combat the coronavirus pandemic.President Samia Suluhu Hassan said Tuesday she will form a...
Reporter’s Notebook: Amy Kellogg flips the switch on Florence’s streetlights
FLORENCE, Italy – The Renaissance city of Florence is proud of its heritage but not only proud. The people in charge of lighting this set-piece...
Alexei Navalny ‘seriously ill’ in prison, moved to sick ward: report
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is "seriously ill" at the penal colony where he’s been locked up and was recently transferred to the prison’s sick ward...
Dutch police arrest suspect in thefts of Van Gogh, Frans Hals paintings
A 58-year-old man has been arrested in the Netherlands for allegedly swiping two paintings by Dutch masters Vincent van Gogh and Frans Hals from...
Iran tankers with 3M barrels of crude oil head to Syria, defying US sanctions
Millions of crude oil barrels are on their way to Syria from Iran, violating U.S. sanctions.According to a civilian naval intelligence firm, there are...
China’s paramilitary ships ‘swarming’ South China Sea reef by the hundreds
The Philippines has accused China of aggressively colonizing the South China Sea, as fears of a major conflict between the two countries grow. It comes as a U.S. carrier...