Persian Gulf -- The roughly 2,000 U.S. forces in Syria are caught in the middle of mounting diplomatic tension between Turkey and the United States. Turkey said this morning it will launch an offensive against the U.S.-allied Kurdish militia in…
Lyon, France -- France's most important church sex abuse trial to date is likely to end in acquittal for a cardinal and other senior Catholic officials accused of protecting a pedophile priest, despite years of efforts by his victims to…
Cairo -- U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivered a scathing rebuke of the Obama administration's Mideast policies on Thursday as he denounced the former president for "misguided" and "wishful" thinking that diminished America's role in the region, harmed its…
Congo's powerful Catholic church has challenged the surprise win of opposition leader Felix Tshisekedi in the country's presidential election, saying official results do not match the outcome compiled by its 40,000 observers at all polling stations nationwide. The church refused to…
A man allegedly tried to steal a woman's cellphone over the weekend, but quickly learned that he chose the wrong person. UFC fighter Polyana Viana, who was waiting for an Uber outside her Rio de Janeiro apartment, reportedly punched and…
Kinshasa, Congo -- Congo opposition leader Felix Tshisekedi has been declared the winner of the long-delayed presidential election, the electoral commission announced early Thursday to the surprise of many, as the vast country braced for possible protests over alleged rigging.…
Infamous Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman didn't sound pleased on a 2011 phone call as he listened to his chief enforcer for his cartel try to justify a beat down he gave some crooked police officers. After the…
Baghdad -- U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made an unannounced stop in Iraq on Wednesday amid confusion over changing messages from the Trump administration about a planned U.S. troop withdrawal from Syria. Pompeo met senior Iraqi leaders, including Prime…
An undated police handout shows Norwegian Anne-Elisabeth Falkevik Hagen, who is the wife of real estate investor Tom Hagen, and has been kidnapped according to police in Norway. NTB SCANPIX/REUTERS Copenhagen, Denmark -- Norway's police said Wednesday the missing wife…
A special train believed to be carrying Kim Jong Un departed Beijing Wednesday after a two-day visit by the North Korean leader to the Chinese capital. Kim couldn't be seen, but was presumed to be on board the long train…
London -- America's Kurdish allies in Syria, currently fretting over when the Trump administration will pull out the 2,000 U.S. troops who guarantee their safety, said Wednesday that they had apprehended an American teenager fighting with ISIS. If confirmed, the…
New details are emerging about an American Navy veteran being held captive in Iran. The family of Michael White revealed this week that he's been in captivity since last summer and his mother said she has no idea about any…
Istanbul — There are new tensions between the U.S. and Turkey, a key NATO ally, after national security adviser John Bolton came here to discuss the timing of the U.S. withdrawal from Syria. Bolton was looked for assurance that when…
The first nudist restaurant in the French capital is being forced to close because it cannot put enough bums in seats. O'Naturel will draw the curtain on nude fine dining in Paris in February after a little over a year,…
Thousands of protesters chanting "revolution is the people's choice" took to the streets Tuesday in a city southeast of Sudan's capital to call on longtime leader Omar al-Bashir to step down. It's the latest in nearly three weeks of anti-government…
Sydney -- Several foreign consulates have been evacuated in Melbourne as Australian officials note they are responding to multiple "hazardous material" events in the city. The Australian Federal Police say that police and emergency services are examining suspicious packages delivered to…
The U.S. State Department would not confirm reports on Tuesday that another American has been detained in Iran. The New York Times first reported on Monday that U.S. Navy veteran Michael White of California was arrested in July and imprisoned on…
Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun, center, an 18-year-old Saudi national, leaves the Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok, Jan. 7, 2019. AP Bangkok -- Thailand's immigration police chief met Tuesday with officials from the Saudi Embassy in Bangkok, as Saudi Arabia tried to distance…
U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton was set to depart Turkey on Tuesday without meeting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in an apparent snub over disagreements about Kurdish fighters in Syria. A U.S. official had said over the weekend that the…
Beijing -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrived in Beijing on Tuesday at the start of a four-day visit, in what's likely an effort to coordinate with his only major ally ahead of a second summit with U.S. President…
German authorities on Tuesday said a 20-year-old hacker confessed to stealing and leaking private data from hundreds of politicians, including Chancellor Angela Merkel, because he was "annoyed" by some of their public statements. The young German, who is still studying…
Flights at London's Heathrow Airport resumed after departures were briefly suspended Tuesday over a reported drone sighting, officials said. The announcement came about 90 minutes after police received a report about a drone sighting in the vicinity of airport. Officials…
Abused and disadvantaged women have become Zimbabwe's hidden weapon against poachers who kill elephants and rhinos for their tusks and horns. The Akashinga squad, or "The Brave Ones," is Zimbabwe's first all-female anti-poaching team that has quickly earned a top…
An 18-year-old Saudi woman who said she was fleeing her abusive family and seeking asylum managed to avoid a flight back to the Middle East by barricading herself in her hotel room and was in the care of United Nations…