ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Fifty of the 303 schoolchildren abducted from a Catholic school in north-central Nigeria’s Niger state have escaped captivity and are now with their families, the school authority said Sunday, as the pope called for the immediate release of those still missing. The...
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel plans to seize parts of a major West Bank historic site, according to a government document, and settlers put up a new outpost overnight, even as the country faces pressure to crack down on settler violence in the Palestinian territory. Israel 's Civil Administration...
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Law enforcement agencies working across several countries dismantled a sophisticated criminal network trafficking stolen cultural goods across Europe, Bulgarian authorities said Thursday. A coordinated operation spanning seven countries working with Eurojust and Europol...
PARIS (AP) — Princess Diana returned to Paris in wax Thursday as one of Europe’s oldest wax museums unveiled a new figure of the British royal in the so-called “revenge dress,” decades after her tragic death in the city. The statue was ordered in Paris after the director of the Grevin...
BELEM, Brazil (AP) — A fire briefly spread through pavilions being used for U.N. climate talks in Brazil and prompted evacuations Thursday on the next-to-last day of the conference, and officials said 13 people were treated for smoke inhalation. Organizers said the fire was controlled in about...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean ferry carrying nearly 270 people ran aground on rocks off the country’s southwest coast on Wednesday, leaving three with minor injuries, the coast guard said. The incident happened when the ship was sailing from the country’s southern island of Jeju...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump signed legislation Wednesday that compels his administration to release files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, bowing to political pressure from his own party after initially resisting those efforts. Trump could have chosen to release many of...
BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military government extended its crackdown on online scam activities to a second major location, detaining hundreds of foreigners and seizing thousands of mobile phones used to carry out the fraud, state media reported Wednesday. Myanmar is notorious for hosting...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Dubai International Airport, the world 's busiest for international travel, has seen 70.1 million passengers already pass through its terminals this year, officials announced Wednesday. The rapid growth of passengers at the airport underscores Dubai as a...
CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (AP) — Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday strongly backed U.S. bishops who condemned the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, as he urged the American people to listen to them and treat migrants humanely. History 's first American pope was asked about the “special...
NEW YORK (AP) — A Gustav Klimt portrait painting sold Tuesday for $236 million, a record for a modern art piece, at an auction where a solid gold, fully functional toilet satirizing the ultrarich also fetched $12.1 million. The toilet, by Maurizio Cattelan — the provocative Italian artist...
TOKYO (AP) — Firefighters and army helicopters were battling a fire Wednesday that has burned through a neighborhood in southwestern Japan and forced more than 170 people to evacuate. At least 170 homes have been damaged or burned down and a man in his 70s was unaccounted for, Japan 's Fire...
