KABUL, Afghanistan — Relentless violence in Afghanistan has surged in recent days, with four attacks in 24 hours leaving at least 40 people dead. There are endless checkpoints in the capital Kabul, and blast walls have turned parts of the…
Hurricane Florence became the first major storm of the 2018 Atlantic hurricane season Wednesday as it moved on a path that could take it toward Bermuda. Florence has been downgraded to a category 3 hurricane with sustained winds of 115…
Elisa Sednaoui attends the Burberry show during London Fashion Week Autumn/Winter 2016/17 at Kensington Gardens, Feb. 22, 2016 in London, England. Getty LONDON -- The British luxury fashion brand Burberry will stop using real fur in its products. The company…
Phanumas Saengdee, a member of the "Wild Boars" football club, crawls inside a prop cave at an interactive exhibition in a mall in Bangkok on September 6, 2018. Getty BANGKOK -- It was showtime Thursday for the 12 boys and…
STOCKHOLM -- Sweden is holding a general election Sunday, the first since the country took in a record number of migrants from the Middle East and Africa in 2015 on top of the hundreds of thousands admitted before. While the…
KABUL -- Deadly attacks continued in Afghanistan on Thursday morning, leaving another 19 people dead the day after a double suicide attack targeted civilians in the capital. Eight of the latest victims were gunned down by a policeman they worked…
PYONGYANG, North Korea -- North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un says he wants to finalize the road map to remove all nuclear weapons from the Korean Peninsula by the end of President Trump's first term. Kim also praised and expressed…
SAINT-MARTIN-EN-VERCORS, France -- When a lowly Roman Catholic father rebels against the church hierarchy, publicly castigating a prominent cardinal's handling of child sex-abuse cases, is that an act of backstabbing against the institution he serves or a brave solo effort…
Indian members and supporters of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) community celebrate the Supreme Court decision to strike down a colonial-era ban on gay sex, in Mumbai, Sept. 6, 2018. Getty NEW DELHI -- India's top court on Thursday…
People head to safari parks to get up close and personal with animals usually seen only in photos. But, these tourists got a bit too close to a lion when it climbed right into their safari vehicle. A video released…
People look at an area damaged by an earthquake in Sapporo in Japan's northern island of Hokkaido, Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo September 6, 2018. KYODO / REUTERS A Japanese government spokesman says two people have been confirmed…
An injured boy is held up outside a hospital following a deadly attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sept. 5, 2018. AP Photo/Rahmat Gul KABUL, Afghanistan — A coordinated attack in Afghanistan Wednesday shed new light on the difficulties faced by the…
LONDON — A tentative deal was reached Wednesday to resolve a conflict dubbed the "Scallop Wars" over fishing rights off France's coast, British and French officials said. Officials and industry representatives said after talks in London that "an agreement on the…
MIAMI -- Florence became the first major hurricane of the Atlantic season Wednesday as it moves on a path that could take it toward Bermuda. The Category 3 hurricane's maximum sustained winds are estimated to be 120 mph. Hurricane Florence…
Afghan security forces stand guard near the main gate of Paghman district compound after a suicide bomb attack, north of Kabul, Afghanistan, in a 2015 file photo. REUTERS A deadly suicide bombing hit a sports club in western Kabul on…
United Nations Security Council, FILE photo Neptuul, via Wikimedia Commons The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations says President Donald Trump will chair a Security Council meeting on Iran during the annual gathering of world leaders in New York this…
A passenger ferry crosses as rescuers search in the Brahmaputra River after a boat capsized on the outskirts of Gauhati, India, Sept. 5, 2018. AP GAUHATI, India -- Police were searching Wednesday for 22 people who were missing after a…
Police secures the area at the "Hambacher Forst" in Hambach near Cologne, Germany, September 5, 2018, where protesters have built a camp with tents and treehouses to stop the clearing of a forest for open pit mining. REUTERS BERLIN --…
A photo provided by the London Metropolitan Police on Sept. 5, 2018, shows two Russian nationals, Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov, who are charged with the attempted murder of ex-spy Sergei Skripal using the deadly nerve agent Novichok in Salisbury,…
In this photo released by the Press Information Department, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, center, attends a briefing at the Foreign Ministry in Islamabad, Pakistan, Aug. 24, 2018. AP ISLAMABAD -- U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in Pakistan…
An aerial view from a Jiji Press helicopter shows a ship that collided with a breakwater due to strong winds caused by typhoon Jebi in Nishinomiya city, Hyogo prefecture, Sept. 5, 2018. Getty TOKYO -- One of Japan's busiest airports…
SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk seen Jan. 23, 2017. Getty Elon Musk is apparently renewing his claims that a British diver who assisted in the rescue of a youth soccer team from a Thai cave earlier this year is…
Ruling out a strike by space debris or a micrometeoroid, Russian engineers say a small leak in a Soyuz crew ferry ship docked to the International Space Station was the result of a hole drilled into the wall of the…
PARIS -- The French agriculture minister says the country's navy is ready to intervene to prevent further clashes between French and British fishermen who angrily bumped boats over access to scallop fisheries off the French coast last week. The minister,…