Paris strips Palestinian leader Abbas of special honor for remarks on Holocaust

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PARIS (AP) — Paris has rescinded a special honor it bestowed on Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas because of his recent antisemitic comments minimizing the...

Group of 20 countries agree to increase clean energy but reach no deal on...

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NEW DELHI (AP) — Group of 20 leaders agreed Saturday to triple renewable energy and try to increase the funds for climate change-related disasters...

Rescue begins of ailing US researcher stuck 3,000 feet inside a Turkish cave, Turkish...

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TASELI PLATEAU, Turkey (AP) — Rescue teams began the arduous process Saturday of extricating an American researcher who became seriously ill while he was...

Powerful ethnic militia in Myanmar repatriates 1,200 Chinese suspected of involvement in cybercrime

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BANGKOK (AP) — One of Myanmar’s biggest and most powerful ethnic minority militias has arrested and repatriated more than 1,200 Chinese nationals allegedly involved...

Greek authorities evacuate another village as they try to prevent flooding in a major...

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ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Another village near a major Greek city was ordered evacuated Saturday afternoon as authorities frantically shored up flood defenses against...

Separatist parliament in Azerbaijan’s breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region elects new president

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YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Lawmakers in Nagorno-Karabakh, a breakaway Armenian-populated region of Azerbaijan, voted to elect a new separatist president on Saturday in a...

The African Union is joining the G20, a powerful acknowledgement of a continent of...

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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The group of the world's 20 leading economies is welcoming the African Union as a permanent member, a powerful acknowledgement...

Powerful earthquake strikes Morocco, killing hundreds and damaging historic buildings in Marrakech

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RABAT, Morocco (AP) — A rare, powerful earthquake struck Morocco late Friday night, killing hundreds of people and damaging buildings from villages in the...

A UN envoy has made his first visit to Western Sahara. He pledged to...

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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations doubled down on its pledge to revive stalled negotiations over the disputed Western Sahara during a visit...

Russia summons Armenia’s ambassador as ties fray and exercises with US troops approach

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The Russian foreign ministry on Friday summoned the ambassador from longtime ally Armenia to protest upcoming joint military exercises with the United States and...