Tag Archives: International

WASHINGTON - Missed intelligence was to blame for the outmanned Capitol defenders' failure to anticipate the violent mob that invaded the iconic building and halted certification of the presidential e...

CAIRO - Rescue workers searched a second day Tuesday for at least five people missing after a tour boat capsized on a lake near Egypt's Mediterranean city of Alexandria. Officials said nine passengers...

OECUSSE, East Timor - A defrocked American priest went on trial Tuesday to face charges he sexually abused young girls at his shelter for orphans and children from impoverished families, in the first ...

Papua New Guinea's first prime minister, Michael Somare, was in critical condition in a hospital over the weekend with pancreatic cancer, his family said. The family revealed in a statement on Sunday ...

Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam gave her clear support Tuesday to electoral reforms that would likely further exclude opposition voices and cement Beijing's control over the semi-autonomous Chine...

WASHINGTON - Health secretary nominee Xavier Becerra told senators Tuesday that confronting the coronavirus pandemic will be his first priority if confirmed, but he also pledged to expand health insur...

TBILISI, Georgia - Demonstrators set up tents outside Georgia's parliament building and blocked the capital's main avenue Tuesday to protest the arrest of the leader of the country's main opposition p...

WASHINGTON - The Biden administration's early efforts to resurrect the 2015 Iran nuclear deal are getting a chilly early response from Tehran. Though few expected a breakthrough in the first month of ...

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden's nominee to head the Interior Department faced sharp questions from Republicans Tuesday over what several called her "radical" ideas that include opposition to fracki...

TEHRAN, Iran - Iran officially started restricting international inspections of its nuclear facilities Tuesday, a bid to pressure European countries and President Joe Biden's administration to lift cr...