Live updates | UN aid resolution and diplomatic efforts could yield some relief for...
The U.N. Security Council has a long-delayed vote scheduled for Thursday on a new resolution about desperately needed aid to Gaza, where the Israel-Hamas...
Pakistan arrests activists to stop them from protesting in Islamabad against extrajudicial killings
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan's police used water cannons, swung batons, and arrested dozens of activists in an overnight crackdown to stop protesters from entering...
After approving blessings for same-sex couples, Pope asks Vatican staff to avoid ‘rigid ideologies’
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis urged Vatican bureaucrats Thursday to avoid “rigid ideological positions” that prevent them from understanding today’s reality, an appeal made...
A train in Slovenia hits maintenance workers on the tracks. 2 were killed and...
LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — A passenger train on Wednesday struck a group of maintenance workers on the tracks, killing two of them and injuring...
China has started erecting temporary housing units after an earthquake destroyed 14,000 homes
BEIJING (AP) — Hundreds of temporary one-room housing units were being set up Thursday in northwest China for survivors of an earthquake that destroyed...
UN says up to 300,000 Sudanese fled their homes after a notorious group seized...
CAIRO (AP) — Fighting between Sudan's military and a notorious paramilitary group forced up to 300,000 people to flee their homes in a province...
Congo enters its second day of voting after a chaotic rollout forced the election’s...
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congo entered its second day of voting Thursday after a chaotic rollout and lengthy delays forced the election's extension, drawing...
India’s opposition lawmakers protest their suspension from Parliament by the government
NEW DELHI (AP) — Dozens of opposition lawmakers suspended from Parliament by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government for obstructing proceedings held a street...
China vows to keep up military pressure on the Philippines as territorial dispute grows...
BEIJING (AP) — China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi says the country will maintain military pressure on the Philippines amid a dispute over sovereignty in...
A wildfire in Australia on the outskirts of Perth destroys at least 2 homes...
PERTH, Australia (AP) — A wildfire burning out of control on the outskirts of the Australian west coast city of Perth on Thursday destroyed...