Tag Archives: International

KINSHASA, Congo - The Italian ambassador to Congo, an Italian Carabinieri police officer and their Congolese driver were killed Monday when gunmen attacked a U.N. convoy travelling to a school in east...

BRUSSELS - The European Union on Monday imposed sanctions on 19 more officials in Venezuela accused of undermining democracy or rights abuses in the crisis-torn South American country. EU foreign mini...

MADRID - Something seemed wrong to the guard inspecting sealed bags of toxic ash in the port of Melilla, one of Spain's two small territories in North Africa. So he pulled a knife, cut the bag open an...

MEXICO CITY - Mexico has received its first shipment of Russia's Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine. Some 200,000 doses arrived to Mexico City's international airport late Monday night aboard a British Airway...

KAMPALA, Uganda - Ugandan opposition figure Bobi Wine says he will withdraw a legal petition that sought to overturn the victory of President Yoweri Museveni in last month's presidential election. Win...

LONDON - Children in England will return to class and people will be able to meet a friend outside for coffee in two weeks' time, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced Monday as he laid out a slow ea...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - After beating bone cancer, Hayley Arceneaux figures rocketing into orbit on SpaceX's first private flight should be a piece of cosmic cake. St. Jude Children's Research Hospital...

After unusual icy weather left millions of Texans without power, some are facing another crisis: Sky-high electricity bills. The surge in pricing is hitting people who have chosen to pay wholesale pri...

WASHINGTON - Democratic leaders have a potent dynamic on their side as Congress preps for its first votes on the party's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill: Would any Democrat dare cast the vote that ...

WASHINGTON - Merrick Garland, President Joe Biden's attorney general nominee, vowed Monday to prioritize combating extremist violence with an initial focus on the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol as h...