Tag Archives: International

JERUSALEM - Forget about oil and arms. Coronavirus vaccines are emerging as the newest currency of choice in the Middle East. Israel's reopening of its economy, combined with a murky prisoner swap wit...

NIAMEY, Niger - Deadly violence struck Niger's presidential elections Sunday when seven members of the National Electoral Commission were killed when their car hit an explosive device, the government ...

TEHRAN, Iran - Iran will begin to offer United Nations inspectors "less access" to its nuclear program as part of its pressure campaign on the West, though investigators will still be able to monitor ...

CAIRO - Sudan announced a managed floatation of its currency on Sunday, in an unprecedented but expected step to meet a major demand by international financial institutions to help transitional author...

METAIRIE, La. - A person entered a gun store and shooting range in a New Orleans suburb and fatally shot two people Saturday, prompting customers and staff to open fire on the shooter, a sheriff said....

ROME - Pope Francis on Saturday visited with a Holocaust survivor in her Rome apartment to pay tribute to all those who suffered from what he called "the craziness of Nazi populism." Francis surprised...

CINCINNATI - Customs authorities in Ohio say they intercepted a shipment of cereal earlier this month with a special frosting - cocaine. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in Cincinnati repor...

BARCELONA, Spain - A fifth night of peaceful protests to denounce the imprisonment of a Spanish rap artist once more devolved into clashes between police and the members of fringe groups who set up st...

LONDON - The British government announced a small step out of the nation's lockdown on Saturday - allowing nursing home residents to have a single friend or family member visit them indoors. Residents...

MANDALAY, Myanmar - Riot police in Myanmar shot dead two anti-coup protesters and injured several others on Saturday, as security forces increased pressure on popular revolt against the military takeo...