World

International20 hours ago

American killed by bow and arrow-wielding tribe while trying to visit remote Indian island

An American tourist in India was killed by an island tribe completely cut off from the outside world and known to attack outsiders with bows and arrows, police said Wednesday.

Middle East26 mins ago

EU uneasy over continued detention of activists in Turkey

The European Union's foreign policy chief expressed "strong concerns" on Thursday over the continued detentions of academics and activists in Turkey.

Middle East28 mins ago

Lebanon's economy faces stark choice: Reform or collapse

Lebanon is marking 75 years of independence with a military parade Thursday in Beirut, but many anxious Lebanese feel they have little to celebrate: the country's corruption-plagued economy is dangerously close to collapse and political bickering over shares in a new Cabinet is threatening to scuttle pledges worth $11 billion by international donors.

RELIGION49 mins ago

S. Korea pastor gets 15-year jail term for raping followers

A South Korean pastor was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Thursday for raping or sexually molesting eight female followers who believed he was God.

Africa1 hour ago

Ethiopia OKs former opposition figure as election chief

An opposition figure who recently returned from exile was named Ethiopia's election chief on Thursday as the country prepares for what the reformist prime minister vows will be "free and fair" elections in 2020.

Africa2 hours ago

Indian island police struggle to get body of American

Indian authorities were struggling Thursday to figure out how to recover the body of an American killed last week after wading ashore on an isolated island cut off from the modern world.

Europe2 hours ago

Far right seeks acceptance in Spain, 1 suburb at a time

Watching from a distance as police surrounded a group of protesters yelling "Fascists go home!" Encarna Sanchez hesitated over whether to join a political rally held by Spain's far-right Vox party.

Asia2 hours ago

Chinese reporter wins rare police apology for harassment

The young woman is panting, panicked, her thin arm pointing at four men in police uniforms who had let themselves into her hotel room near midnight.

The Americas2 hours ago

Analysis: Rising US, China rivalry deepening rifts in Asia

All the usual rituals of international summits were there: the group photos, the gala dinners, the noticeably vibrant shirts leaders force themselves into.

The Americas

Middle East28 mins ago

Lebanon's economy faces stark choice: Reform or collapse

The Americas2 hours ago

Analysis: Rising US, China rivalry deepening rifts in Asia

The Americas6 hours ago

A 'hospital' for statues patches up Argentine monuments

The Americas8 hours ago

6 killed in Haiti after police say govt car loses control

Asia

RELIGION49 mins ago

S. Korea pastor gets 15-year jail term for raping followers

Africa2 hours ago

Indian island police struggle to get body of American

Asia2 hours ago

Chinese reporter wins rare police apology for harassment

The Americas2 hours ago

Analysis: Rising US, China rivalry deepening rifts in Asia

Europe

Middle East26 mins ago

EU uneasy over continued detention of activists in Turkey

Europe2 hours ago

Far right seeks acceptance in Spain, 1 suburb at a time

Europe11 hours ago

Anne Frank House renovated to tell story to new generation

Safety15 hours ago

Traffic camera in Italian village catches 58,000 speeders in two weeks

Africa

Africa1 hour ago

Ethiopia OKs former opposition figure as election chief

Africa2 hours ago

Indian island police struggle to get body of American

Africa3 hours ago

Oil-rich South Sudan seeks investment in fragile new peace

Africa12 hours ago

The Latest: visiting remote island was man's last adventure

Middle East

Middle East26 mins ago

EU uneasy over continued detention of activists in Turkey

Middle East28 mins ago

Lebanon's economy faces stark choice: Reform or collapse

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VIDEO9 hours ago

Trump: Punishing Saudi Arabia will hurt us all

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VIDEO12 hours ago

Saudi Arabia and Turkey respond to Trump's decision

Australia

Australia4 hours ago

Australia wants it easier to strip extremists of citizenship

Middle East23 hours ago

Australian PM accuses Muslim leaders of denying threat

Australia1 day ago

Australian drug smuggler banned from Indonesia after release

Australia2 days ago

3 men charged with planning mass killing in Australian city

World2 days ago

The week in pictures, Nov.10-Nov.16

Take a look at and enjoy some of the most evocative, momentous images captured around the world in the past seven days.

Asia3 hours ago

Cut off from the world, an Indian island remains a mystery

For thousands of years, the people of North Sentinel island have been isolated from the rest of the world.

Transportation3 hours ago

Car strikes crowd at China school, killing 5 and hurting 18

A car plowed into a crowd of children outside a primary school in northeastern China on Thursday, killing five people and injuring 18, state media reported.

Africa3 hours ago

Oil-rich South Sudan seeks investment in fragile new peace

South Sudan is making its first big foreign investment pitch since declaring an end to civil war, but the oil-rich nation faces hesitation from some companies that want to make sure the fragile new peace deal holds.

Asia4 hours ago

China state media: Children hurt by vehicle outside school

A car plowed into children outside a primary school in northeastern China on Thursday, injuring several of them, state media reported.

Australia4 hours ago

Australia wants it easier to strip extremists of citizenship

Australia revealed plans on Thursday to increase government powers to strip citizenship from extremists and to control the movements of Australian fighters who return home from the battlefields of Syria and Iraq.

TRAVEL6 hours ago

American missionary wrote 'God, I don't want to die' before being killed by remote tribe

John Allen Chau, the American missionary who was killed by an isolated tribe on a remote Indian island, reportedly wrote in his journal hours before his death, "God, I don't want to die."

The Americas6 hours ago

A 'hospital' for statues patches up Argentine monuments

A headless Anibal Troilo, one of the tango's greatest performers, rests on a seat holding his concertina.

The Americas8 hours ago

6 killed in Haiti after police say govt car loses control

A Haitian government car went out of control into a group of people on Wednesday, killing at least six and further inflaming unrest in a capital wracked by violent protests.

Asia10 hours ago

2 premiers and no government: Crisis confuses Sri Lankans

Two men each claim to be the prime minister.

The Americas11 hours ago

Colombia tries quashing tensions at migrant camp with soccer

Colombian officials are hoping to quash tensions at a Venezuelan migrant camp with a game both the new arrivals and their hosts share a passion for: soccer.

Europe11 hours ago

Anne Frank House renovated to tell story to new generation

The museum built around a secret annex in a canal-side house where Anne Frank hid from Nazis during World War II has been renovated to better tell the teenage Jewish diarist's tragic story to a new generation of visitors who may know little about the horrors of the Holocaust.