CHIINU, Moldova: To help ease gas shortages caused by rising global energy prices, Moldova's parliament has approved a government-requested state ...

VIENNA, Austria: Austrian Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg said unvaccinated people in the country could face new lockdown restrictions, as COVID-19 cases ...

BERLIN, Germany: On Saturday, Germany recorded the highest number of new coronavirus cases since mid-May, rising from 95 to 100 ...

KRUGER NATIONAL PARK, South Africa: An elephant has trampled a suspected poacher to death in South Africa's Kruger National Park, ...

MOSCOW, Russia: As Russia recorded the highest numbers of coronavirus infections and deaths since the pandemic began in 2020, beginning ...

Autonomous Ceuta, Spain: A 4,000 pound sunfish was released after being caught in a fishing net off of autonomous Ceuta, ...

MOSCOW, Russia: Russia and China have conducted their first-ever joint patrol in the western part of the Pacific Ocean, the ...

GRONINGEN, Netherlands: Scientists from the University of Groningen recently used a new dating technique and and referenced a past solar ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: Prior to becoming a republic and removing Queen Elizabeth II as its head of state, Barbados has elected ...

BRUSSELS, Belgium: A Brussels summit of 27 European Union member states is being overshadowed by a dispute with Poland about ...

MEXICO CITY, Mexico: On Wednesday, telecom and construction magnate Carlos Slim, Mexico's richest person, reached an agreement with the Mexico ...

VICTORIA, British Columbia: A group of Sikh hikers in Canada used their unraveled turbans to rescue two men who fell ...

WARSAW, Poland: On Tuesday, the Polish Defense Ministry said it had increased the number of troops on its border with ...

WASHINGTON D.C.: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the State Department have warned Americans to avoid travel ...

TOKYO, Japan: During a televised debate with eight political leaders prior to the national elections on 31st October, Prime Minister ...

LA PALMA, Canary Islands: Officials in the Canary Islands said there are no signs that the eruption of a volcano, ...

LONDON, ENGLAND: A British-Iranian woman arrested and jailed in 2016, has had her court appeal rejected by Iranian authorities.Aid worker ...

GENEVA - A U.N. report says extreme weather and the impact of climate change killed thousands of people and resulted ...

The niece of Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Princess Mako, married a commoner Tuesday, relinquishing her royal status following a heavily scrutinized, ...

ISLAMABAD - China has pressed the Taliban interim government in Afghanistan to 'effectively' protect the rights of women and renewed ...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday urged member states of the United Nations to support Taiwan's ...

WHITE HOUSE - U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday rebooted his country's lapsed relationship with the Association of Southeast Asian ...

TAIPEI / WASHINGTON - The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN, opened a three-day regional summit without Myanmar, after ...

BEIJING - Chinese organizers have confirmed participants in next year's Winter Olympics will be strictly isolated from the general population ...

BEIJING - China insisted Wednesday that Taiwan had no right to join the United Nations, after the United States called ...

Here is a fast take on Uyghur-related news around the world in the past week:Xinjiang's official becomes Tibet's party leaderWang ...

ABUJA - Nigeria, Africa's largest economy, has launched the continent's first digital currency, the e-Naira. The launch also ranks Nigeria ...

CAIRO - The general leading Sudan's coup has vowed to usher the country to an elected government. But Abdel-Fattah Burhan ...

HARARE - Pro-government Zimbabweans say sanctions imposed in 2003 and earlier by some Western nations, including the United States, because ...

NAIROBI - The Global Center on Adaptation says climate change will push 120 million people into extreme poverty by 2030, ...

The Committee to Protect Journalists says Sudanese military authorities on Tuesday arrested journalist Maher Abugoukh, a manager at Sudan state ...

WASHINGTON - Despite the military takeover in Sudan on Monday, Nureldin Satti, Sudan's ambassador to the United States, remains in ...

KHARTOUM, SUDAN / WASHINGTON - Sudanese security forces arrested demonstrators in Khartoum Wednesday, including three leading pro-democracy activists, as the ...

OUAGADOUGOU, BURKINA FASO - Once commonplace, abuses by state security forces against civilians in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have ...

WHITE HOUSE - The United States plans to 'explore with partners the development of an Indo-Pacific economic framework,' the White ...

U.S. holiday sales could rise over 10% this year, a trade body said on Wednesday, as major consumer goods makers ...

WASHINGTON - Iran said Wednesday it would resume talks with world powers about its nuclear development program by the end ...

WASHINGTON - The State Department is creating a new Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy to focus on tackling cybersecurity ...

WASHINGTON - As Democrats in Congress fight among themselves over how much of U.S. President Joe Biden's Build Back Better ...

WASHINGTON - Here's a look at what U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and other top diplomats have been doing ...