A strong earthquake has rattled Pakistan’s capital Islamabad and other parts of the country, sending panicked residents fleeing from their homes. The U.S. Geological Survey said the center of the …
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3/21/23
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The medieval church of Sant Romà disappeared from view in the 1960s, when the town of Vilanova de Sau was flooded to create a reservoir an hour north of Barcelona. In the past three decades, its …
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By EMILIO MORENATTI
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3/21/23
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A Cyprus court has rejected a defense argument that a British man’s confession to killing his ailing wife was unlawfully obtained because he was in no frame of mind at the time to speak to police …
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By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS
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3/21/23
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Russian and Ukrainian officials on Tuesday gave conflicting accounts of what appeared to be a brazen attack late Monday on Russian cruise missiles being transported by train in Moscow-annexed Crimea. …
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By KARL RITTER
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3/21/23
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Paris police say 234 people were arrested overnight in the capital mostly for setting fire to garbage in the streets. It comes after France’s parliament adopted a divisive bill raising the …
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3/21/23
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For months, authorities have been urging civilians in areas near the fighting in eastern Ukraine to evacuate to safer parts of the country. But while many have heeded the call, others — including …
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By ELENA BECATOROS
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3/21/23
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The man responsible for running Venezuela’s oil industry — the one that pays for virtually everything in the troubled country, from subsidized food to ridiculously cheap gas — has quit amid …
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By REGINA GARCIA CANO
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3/21/23
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The tradition of bullfighting has taken some blows around the world recently with courts and municipal governments in cities like Barcelona, Medellin and Mexico City issuing rulings that have …
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By MANUEL RUEDA
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3/21/23
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Officials in Thailand have traced to a recycling foundry a metal cylinder with radioactive contents that had gone missing from a power plant. They say there appears to be no public health hazard. The …
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By KAWEEWIT KAEWJINDA
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3/20/23
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Northern Ireland’s main British unionist party says it will vote against a deal struck by Britain and the European Union to resolve a thorny trade dispute that vexed U.K.-EU relations. Democratic …
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By JILL LAWLESS
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3/20/23
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British police say windows at India’s High Commission in London have been smashed and two security guards were slightly injured during a demonstration by Sikh protesters. London’s Metropolitan …
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By JILL LAWLESS
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3/20/23
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South African police on Monday monitored protests by the country’s leftist Economic Freedom Fighters party, which is demanding the resignation of President Cyril Ramaphosa. The party urged all …
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By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME
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3/20/23
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Spanish environmental groups have called on the European Union to open an inquiry into the approval of 26.4 million euros of “green” recovery funds to join two ski resorts in the rapidly warming …
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By JENNIFER O'MAHONY
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3/20/23
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At least three Kenyan legislators and several protesters have been arrested in ongoing protests in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, organized by the opposition demanding the resignation of President …
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By EVELYNE MUSAMBI
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3/20/23
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Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has invited his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi for the Group of Seven major industrial nations summit in May. He's later expected to announce a new plan for a …
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By SHEIKH SAALIQ
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3/20/23
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