King Hamad bin Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa of Bahrain attends an official ceremony in Manama, Bahrain, Nov. 25, 2018. HANDOUT/Anadolu Agency/Getty MELBOURNE, Australia -- Australian officials have raised with Thai authorities the plight of an Australia-based refugee professional soccer…
JOHANNESBURG — Global health experts are urging the Trump administration to allow U.S. government disease specialists — "some of the world's most experienced" — to return to northeastern Congo to help fight the second-largest Ebola outbreak in history, and the…
"Black Panther" and "Walking Dead" star Danai Gurira says World AIDS Day resonates with her because she saw the effects of the deadly disease in her own community when she was growing up. Gurira was born in the U.S. but…
While some world leaders distanced themselves from the Saudi crown prince accused of ordering the assassination of a journalist, and from Russian President Vladimir Putin. But those two men appeared happy to see each other at the G-20 summit in…
AMSTERDAM — For decades the bright-eyed boy in the photograph was believed to be the legendary artist Vincent Van Gogh at age 13. But experts revealed Thursday the picture is most likely not the Dutch "Sunflowers" painter, but his brother…
A picture taken on July 20, 2018, shows a fireball exploding in Gaza City during Israeli bombardment. Getty UNITED NATIONS — The United States is leading a push at the United Nations to win crucial backing from European countries for…
A boy wanting to send a birthday card to his dad in heaven was comforted to know the post office got the letter to him safely. Teri Copland A boy wanting to send a birthday card to his dad in…
BUENOS AIRES -- President Trump was headed to Argentina on Thursday to meet with fellow world leaders after a stinging setback from his own country's legislature over the killing of Washington Post contributor Jamal Khashoggi. A large majority of the…
China's government has ordered a halt to work by a medical team that claimed to have helped make the world's first gene-edited babies. Vice Minister of Science and Technology Xu Nanping told state broadcaster CCTV Thursday that his ministry is…
Deutsche Bank's Frankfurt headquarters and other offices were raided by German police on Thursday. The raids were conducted on the suspicion bank employees helped clients set up offshore companies in tax havens to launder hundreds of millions of euros, in…
A CCTV image provided by police shows one of the three men who are suspected of stealing a Renoir painting from an auction house in Vienna, Austria, Nov. 26, 2018. LPD Vienna via AP BERLIN -- Three unknown men allegedly…
A woman and her baby daughter are dead after a grizzly bear attack outside a remote cabin in northwest Canada on Monday, officials said. The Yukon Coroner's Service said Tuesday the child's father killed the bear before making the horrific…
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Latest on the House Democrats' leadership elections (all times local): 2:35 p.m. Nancy Pelosi has been nominated by House Democrats to lead them in the new Congress, but she still faces a showdown vote for House…
UNITED NATIONS -- Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations said Tuesday that the White House intends to move forward with its much-anticipated Middle East peace plan early next year, before expected Israeli elections. "We don't know the details of the plan but…
The Chinese scientist who claims to have created the world's first genetically-edited babies revealed another woman in his study is possibly pregnant. At a summit in Hong Kong Wednesday, He Jiankui said his study is now on hold after worldwide…
WASHINGTON -- Russia said on Wednesday it still expects a meeting between President Vladimir Putin and President Donald Trump to go ahead as planned. Mr. Trump, in an interview with The Washington Post on Tuesday, said he may cancel the…
WASHINGTON -- Russia said on Wednesday it still expects a meeting between President Vladimir Putin and President Donald Trump to go ahead as planned. Mr. Trump, in an interview with The Washington Post on Tuesday, said he may cancel the…
Ryan McLennan's wife Shakina (r) had the idea to put up billboards asking for a kidney donor for her husband. Ryan McLennan Most people use billboards to advertise products or restaurants near the highway, but one man made use of…
LAKE PRESTON, Australia -- Knickers the steer is huge on the internet — for being huge. The black-and-white Holstein Friesian won social media fame and many proclamations of "Holy Cow!" after photos surfaced of the 6-foot-4-inch steer standing head and…
MOSCOW -- Russia has released video of a group of captured Ukrainian sailors giving oral confessions to deliberately violating Russian territory. Russian security forces seized the sailors and their Ukrainian military vessels on Monday in the Kerch Strait in a…
LONDON — Three U.S. service members were killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan Tuesday, marking the worst loss of life this year for Americans in Afghanistan. A total of 18 U.S. service members have been killed there in 2018.…
A tense international stalemate in the world of chess could end with the first American world champion since Bobby Fischer in 1972. Fabiano Caruana, who was born in Miami and raised in Brooklyn, is taking on Magnus Carlsen of Norway…
Dr. Lieve Thienpont poses during an interview in Ghent, Belgium, on June 29, 2017. Maria Cheng / AP LONDON — Belgian officials are investigating whether doctors improperly euthanized a woman with autism, the first criminal investigation in a euthanasia case since…
Women leaders from around the world are gathering in Reykjavik, Iceland this week to discuss a range of issues including tech, finance and leadership. Conversations will happen throughout the day on Tuesday, November 27, and Wednesday, November 28. How will…