UN envoy says risk of Israeli-Palestinian war looms 2019-02-20 20:04:57The U.N. Mideast envoy says the prospect of peace between Israel and the Palestinians "is fading by the day as the specter of violence and radicalism
Fire in old part of Bangladesh's capital kills 2019-02-20 19:58:42A devastating fire has raced through at least five buildings in an old part of Bangladesh's capital and killed at least 45 people.
UN gives green light for North Koreans to 2019-02-20 19:34:39U.N. diplomats say the Security Council committee monitoring sanctions against North Korea has given a green light to Kim Jong Un's delegation to tra
Mexico invites international experts on case of 43 2019-02-20 19:22:54The Mexican government will once again invite a team of international experts to investigate the case of 43 students missing since 2014.
Mexican court nixes 70-year-old capo's plea for house 2019-02-20 18:50:13A court in Mexico has denied a request by convicted drug lord Miguel Angel Felix Gallardo to serve out his sentence under house arrest due to his bad
Denmark's Inger Andersen elected UN environment chief 2019-02-20 18:46:50The U.N. General Assembly has elected Inger Andersen of Denmark as the new executive director of the United Nations Environment Program, which is base
Venezuela seeks UN support against 'military aggression' 2019-02-20 17:44:44Venezuela's U.N. Mission is inviting ambassadors of 46 countries to an informal meeting Friday with Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza to underline the U
Tortoise feared extinct found on remote Galapagos island 2019-02-20 17:03:29A living member of species of tortoise not seen in more than 110 years and feared to be extinct has been found in a remote part of the Galapagos islan
16 killed in attack by suspected herdsmen in 2019-02-20 16:29:25An official in the central Nigerian state of Benue says 16 people have been killed in an attack apparently staged by herdsmen.
Croatian woman detained after missing sister's body discovered 2019-02-20 16:27:48Days after the remains of a Croatian woman – who vanished nearly two decades ago – were located in a freezer, her older sister was reporte
Nicaraguan poet-priest Cardenal leaves hospital, thanks pope 2019-02-20 16:01:33Renowned Nicaraguan poet and priest Ernesto Cardenal was released from a hospital Wednesday two weeks after he entered for treatment for an infection
Convoy of civilians leaves last ISIS village in 2019-02-20 15:57:01A convoy of some 2000 people is said to have rolled out of Deir Az Zor in Syria’s northeastern province on Wednesday, signaling the last civilia
UN gives green light for North Koreans to 2019-02-20 19:34:39UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The Security Council committee monitoring sanctions against North Korea has given a green light to Kim Jong Un's delegation to
Committee convened to provide input on election reforms 2019-02-20 18:45:19DETROIT (AP) - Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson has put together a committee to advise her administration and Michigan's Elections bureau on electio
Venezuela seeks UN support against 'military aggression' 2019-02-20 17:44:44UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Venezuela's U.N. Mission is inviting ambassadors of 46 countries to an informal meeting Friday with Foreign Minister Jorge Arre
Former Secretary of State testifies at fraud trial 2019-02-20 17:08:51BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told a jury Wednesday that she rejected a suggestion that she serve on the board of
Kirstjen Nielsen: Central American countries agree to help 2019-02-20 16:56:51SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said Wednesday that Central American nations have agreed to do mor
U.S. Africa Command to cut 10% of forces, 2019-02-20 16:48:00The U.S. military will cut about 10 percent of its forces in Africa over the next three years, a top general said Wednesday, telling reporters the tro
Italy's economy minister: Alitalia won't be nationalized 2019-02-20 16:35:01ROME (AP) — Italy's economy minister says there is no plan to nationalize Alitalia, the troubled airline that declared bankruptcy two years ago
Hoda Muthana, Alabama woman who joined ISIS, blocked 2019-02-20 16:34:11President Donald Trump is taking credit for the State Department's announcement Wednesday that an Alabama woman who joined the Islamic State group in
The Latest: Trump takes credit for blocking IS 2019-02-20 16:28:17WASHINGTON (AP) - The Latest on the Alabama woman who left home to join the Islamic State group in Syria and now wants to return to the U.S. with her
Chinese jet shows off U.S. tech 2019-02-20 16:26:05China's internet for many years provided a wealth of information on the People's Liberation Army, often showing off new weapons and arms technologie
Donald Trump says second summit with North Korea 2019-02-20 15:04:06President Trump said Wednesday that he expects to hold more meetings with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un after next week's denuclearization summit,
Trump says EU trade talks key to outcome 2019-02-20 15:03:05WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump said Wednesday that tariffs on autos imported from Europe are something "we certainly think about" as the W
Dozens dead after fire tears through Bangladesh capital 2019-02-20 20:28:06A devastating fire has raced through at least five buildings in an old part of Bangladesh's capital and killed at least 45 people.
Tortoise thought to be extinct appears in Galapagos 2019-02-20 18:27:21A living member of species of tortoise not seen in more than 110 years and feared to be extinct has been found in a remote part of the Galapagos islan
Empire actor Jussie Smollett charged for allegedly lying 2019-02-20 18:13:14Chicago police say Empire actor Jussie Smollett has been charged with felony disorderly conduct for allegedly filing a false police report when he rep
How Venezuela became the latest fault line in 2019-02-20 17:39:06As tensions in Venezuela mount ahead of a Saturday showdown over humanitarian aid, both sides are digging in, highlighting how the South American nati
U.S. says Alabama woman who joined ISIS can't 2019-02-20 15:25:51U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says an Alabama woman who left home to join ISIS in Syria is not a U.S. citizen and will not be allowed to return
Petro Poroshenko presses UN for peacekeeping force in 2019-02-20 15:10:14Ukraine's president says a UN-mandated peacekeeping operation could be decisive in ending the conflict in the east with Russian-backed separatists &m
Antsy corporate giants and angry sheep farmers: Brexit 2019-02-20 14:32:45A closer look at the day's most notable stories with The National's Jonathon Gatehouse: financial worries about Brexit start to bite in Britain; fam
Poverty watchdog blames 'radicalizing Trump' for record U.S. 2019-02-20 14:18:08The number of hate groups operating in the United States rose seven per cent to an all-time high in 2018, reflecting an increasingly divisive debate o
Scientists reveal Neptune's tiny new moon, Hippocamp 2019-02-20 13:00:00It may be a faint, fuzzy dot, but this little moon is a happy new addition to Neptune’s family.
US automakers to Trump: Don't slap tariffs on 2019-02-20 12:46:21America's auto industry is bracing for a potential escalation in President Donald Trump's tariff war with the world, one that could weaken the globa
Lab-grown steak could be worse for climate than 2019-02-20 11:10:32Cultured meat production could spur global warming more in the long term than some types of beef cattle farming, a new study suggests.
South Sudan still rife with sexual violence, civilian 2019-02-20 10:58:56UN investigators have identified perpetrators of pervasive rape, killings and torture in secret safe houses in South Sudan, and they believe oil reven
Japan's Leader Nominated Trump For Nobel Prize At 2019-02-17 09:00:34The U.S. government "informally" asked for the Trump nomination last year, according to Japan's Asahi newspaper.
US Military Planes Land In A Colombian Border 2019-02-16 19:39:23"More is on the way."
Vogue Brazil Director Resigns After Critics Say Her 2019-02-15 10:17:53The style director's 50th birthday party featured black women in traditional garb standing beside a throne.
Norwegian Cruise Line Ship Crashes Into Port In 2019-02-14 09:06:17No injuries have been reported, but the ship destroyed two piers.
Maria Ressa, Philippine Journalist Critical of Duterte, Arrested 2019-02-13 08:57:12The award-winning head of Philippine news website Rappler was among several journalists named "Person of the Year" by Time magazine in 2018.
Indonesia Pressures Instagram Over Gay Muslim Comic Strips 2019-02-13 07:19:32The country's communications ministry claimed posts depicting the struggles of gay Muslims were "pornographic."
Maduro Labels Trump A 'White Supremacist,' Says White 2019-02-13 05:36:08The embattled Venezuelan president accused the U.S. of inventing a humanitarian crisis “that does not exist” in order to "take over&
Emergency Crews Rescue Newborn Baby Stuck In Storm 2019-02-12 19:50:00Rescue crews in Durban, South Africa, spent nearly four hours trying to get the child out of the drain.
Indonesian Police Apologize For Using Snake To Interrogate 2019-02-12 18:20:33The police chief admitted the interrogation was unprofessional but still defended it.
Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán Found Guilty 2019-02-12 12:43:27Mexican drug lord "El Chapo" was convicted of running an industrial-scale smuggling operation and is facing life in prison.
Girl Falls Into Giant Panda Enclosure At Chinese 2019-02-11 12:49:39The research facility in Sichuan province said pandas aren't as docile as they may appear.
No One Wanted To Buy These 'Hitler Paintings' 2019-02-10 23:22:26The sale flopped amid concerns about the artworks’ authenticity, hefty price tags and accusations of “bad taste.”
Experts Claim Al Jazeera Is The ‘Mother’s Milk’ 2019-02-18 23:29:31'It has mainstreamed and normalized an Islamist grievance narrative'
Catholic Church Has Internal ‘Guidelines’ On How To 2019-02-18 20:29:03'These guidelines exist'
China Wants A Solar Space Farm By 2025 2019-02-18 12:11:086 times the intensity to current solar plants
More Than 300 ISIS Militants Refuse To Surrender 2019-02-18 11:31:58The standoff has lasted for 5 days
7 Labor MPs Mutiny, Leave Party Over Brexit, 2019-02-18 11:14:57‘Hijacked by the machine politics of the hard Left’
Report: Captured Canadian ISIS Mercenary Narrated Execution Videos 2019-02-17 16:22:20‘No, I don’t regret it’
Joe Biden Tells Europe That America Is ‘An 2019-02-17 09:25:06‘It’s uncomforable’
Experts Say Qatar’s ‘Influence War’ Underscores Need For 2019-02-17 01:34:11'They go after everyone who is opposition'
Mike Pence Gets Silent Treatment In Munich When 2019-02-16 14:05:34‘The United States expects every NATO member ... to meet the two percent threshold’
Trump Says Japanese Prime Minister Wrote A ‘Beautiful 2019-02-15 14:39:16'I'll probably never get it'
Trump Says US Is ‘A Lot Closer Than 2019-02-15 14:25:14A big deal is coming
Canadian Woman Goes Ballistic On The Bus. The 2019-02-15 10:19:27She must have been having a really bad day
Supreme Court Puts Limits on Police Power to 2019-02-20 14:12:24Civil forfeiture laws, a popular way to raise revenue, have been the subject of criticism across the political spectrum.
What America Can Learn From ‘Roma’ 2019-02-20 13:46:08We’ve been excluded from basic labor protections for too long. This is our moment.
Trump Escalates Attacks on The New York Times, 2019-02-20 13:39:35President Trump did not cite a specific article in his Twitter post, but it came a day after a Times report describing his attempts to undermine inves
Past Tense: Rare, Early Glimpses of Sidney Poitier 2019-02-20 13:25:20On the actor’s 92nd birthday, photos from early in his career show how he elegantly carried “the terrific burden” of the hopes and a
Michael Cohen Wins 60-Day Delay to Start of 2019-02-20 13:21:50Mr. Cohen cited his anticipated testimony at three congressional hearings and the need to rehab from a “serious surgical procedure” as the
News Analysis: On Health Care, 2020 Democrats Find 2019-02-20 13:09:24On one side of the debate, Bernie Sanders promises a single-payer revolution. On the other, Amy Klobuchar and Sherrod Brown are calling for incrementa
White House Panel Will Study Whether Climate Change 2019-02-20 12:59:46The Pentagon and federal intelligence agencies have said that climate change is a threat. Now, the White House is planning a panel to study whether or
in her words: Finding Clothes, and Identity, Outside 2019-02-20 12:57:54More clothing companies are trying to meet the demands of a changing cliental, offering gender-bending, gender-fluid and gender-neutral items.
Wall Street, Seeking Big Tax Breaks, Sets Sights 2019-02-20 12:49:42Hedge funds and other wealthy investors are plowing money into so-called opportunity zone funds, a creation of the 2017 tax law that provides incentiv
Bernie Sanders Raises $6 Million After Announcing Presidential 2019-02-20 12:46:49The impressive early fund-raising haul by Mr. Sanders gives him bragging rights in a crowded field of Democratic presidential candidates.
Houston Police to End Use of ‘No-Knock’ Warrants 2019-02-20 12:31:19The raid left two suspects dead and four officers shot. The practice has been criticized for placing officers, suspects and bystanders in avoidable da
Who? Two Seniors Climb Into Top 10 on 2019-02-20 12:15:19Chris Clemons of Campbell and Mike Daum of South Dakota State are poised to take their place among other players who are not household names.
Bangladesh building fire kills at least 56, toll 2019-02-20 20:47:25The death toll from a fire in a centuries-old area of the Bangladesh capital, Dhaka, jumped dramatically to 56 people on Thursday, a fire official sai
U.N. permits North Koreans to travel to Vietnam 2019-02-20 20:40:02A United Nations Security Council sanctions committee has approved the travel of a North Korean delegation to Vietnam next week for a summit between U
Donations pour in for Syrian refugees who lost 2019-02-20 20:33:47A fundraising effort for a Syrian-refugee couple who lost all seven of their children in a house fire on Tuesday in the eastern Canadian city of Halif
Brazil president seeks $270 billion pension savings; Congress 2019-02-20 20:13:53Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro delivered his proposed pension overhaul to Congress on Wednesday, a plan to save over 1 trillion reais ($270 billio
Venezuela's deputy U.N. military attache backs Guaido 2019-02-20 19:58:23Venezuela's deputy U.N. military attache, Colonel Pedro Chirinos, said in a video on social media that he recognized opposition leader Juan Guaido as
As Maduro holds on, Venezuela opposition eyes negotiated 2019-02-20 19:58:23Venezuela's opposition is trying to convince ruling Socialist Party officials to join a transition government, shifting focus as it seeks to unseat P
Billionaire Branson hopes aid concert opens Venezuela's borders 2019-02-20 19:41:32Billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson on Wednesday said he hopes a concert in Colombia aimed at raising money for crisis-wracked Venezuela will enc
Woman who joined Islamic State cannot return to 2019-02-20 19:28:17U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday a woman born in the United States who joined the Islamic State militant group did not qualify fo
U.S., Central America launch plan to crack down 2019-02-20 18:16:00The United States and three Central American nations on Wednesday announced an effort to combat trafficking of people to the U.S.-Mexico border, days
'Time of the essence,' says May on latest 2019-02-20 18:10:23British Prime Minister Theresa May held "constructive" talks in Brussels on Wednesday as she sought concessions on Brexit from a skeptical European
UK attorney general plans for unilateral exit mechanism 2019-02-20 18:09:58UK Attorney General Geoffrey Cox is considering plans for a unilateral exit mechanism to the Irish backstop with a notice period of 12 months, the Tel
Moscow ready to cut time for nuclear strike 2019-02-20 18:07:40Moscow will match any U.S. move to deploy new nuclear missiles closer to Russia by stationing its own missiles closer to the United States or by deplo