Dominicans to vote in general elections with eyes on crisis in neighboring Haiti

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SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Voters in the Dominican Republic will take to the polls Sunday in general elections likely to reinforce the...

As ethnic armed group claims to have captured a town in western Myanmar, Muslim...

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BANGKOK (AP) — A powerful ethnic armed group fighting Myanmar’s military government in the country’s western state of Rakhine claimed Saturday to have seized...

An ultimatum raises pressure on Netanyahu to make postwar plans for Gaza, even as...

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JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is under mounting pressure from his own War Cabinet and his country's closest ally over postwar...

Former South Africa leader Zuma promises jobs and free education as he launches party...

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JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Former South African President Jacob Zuma Saturday lamented the high levels of poverty among black South Africans and promised to create...

Pakistan asks its nationals studying in Kyrgyzstan to stay indoors after mobs attacked foreigners

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ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan asked its nationals in Kyrgyzstan to stay indoors after mobs attacked foreigners in the capital Friday night over some unknown...

Armed robbers hit luxury store in Paris reported to be ‘Jeweler to the Stars’

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PARIS (AP) — French police were hunting for armed robbers Saturday who hit a jewelry store on one of Paris' poshest streets, and media...

Member of Israel’s War Cabinet says he’ll quit the government June 8 unless there’s...

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DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Benny Gantz, a popular centrist member of Israel’s three-member War Cabinet, threatened Saturday to resign from the government...

Georgia’s president vetoes media law that has provoked weeks of protests

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TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Georgia’s president on Saturday vetoed the so-called “Russian law” targeting media that has sparked weeks of mass protests.The law would...

Poland invests $2.5 billion into fortifying border with Russia and Belarus

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WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland is investing about $2.5 billion to step up security and deterrence on its border with Russia and its ally...

Dead or alive? Parents of children gone in Sri Lanka’s civil war have spent...

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MULLAITIVU, Sri Lanka (AP) — For 15 years, Rasalingam Thilakawathi has been trying to find out what happened to her daughter at the end...