LIMA, Peru (AP) — When Peru’s legislature voted President Martín Vizcarra from office this week, they may have done more than just oust a popular leader — they likely put the country’s best …
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By CHRISTINE ARMARIO and FRANKLIN BRICEÑO
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11/11/20
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ROME (AP) — Pope Francis pledged Wednesday to rid the Catholic Church of sexual abuse and offered prayers to victims of former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, a day after the Vatican released a …
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By NICOLE WINFIELD
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11/11/20
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Bahrain’s Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, one of the world’s longest-serving prime ministers who led his island nation’s government for decades and …
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By JON GAMBRELL
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11/11/20
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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Up to 200,000 refugees could pour into Sudan while in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, officials say, while the first details are emerging of largely cut-off civilians …
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By CARA ANNA
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11/11/20
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HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong has moved to disqualify four pro-democracy legislators, after Beijing passed a resolution that would allow the local government to remove lawmakers from their positions …
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By ZEN SOO
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11/11/20
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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — For over half a century, a massive graveyard on the edge of Iran's capital has provided a final resting place for this country's war dead, its celebrities and artists, its …
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By MOHAMMAD NASIRI
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11/11/20
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ROME (AP) — A Vatican investigation into ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick has found that a series of bishops, cardinals and popes downplayed or dismissed reports that he slept with seminarians, and …
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By NICOLE WINFIELD
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11/10/20
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MOSCOW (AP) — More than a dozen planes carrying Russian peacekeepers headed for Nagorno-Karabakh on Tuesday, hours after Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed to halt fighting over the separatist region …
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By DARIA LITVINOVA
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11/10/20
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JERUSALEM (AP) — Saeb Erekat, a veteran peace negotiator and prominent international spokesman for the Palestinians for more than three decades, died on Tuesday, weeks after being infected by the …
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By JOSEPH KRAUSS
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11/10/20
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PARIS (AP) — The Vatican’s former ambassador to France goes on trial Tuesday for alleged sexual misconduct.
Multiple men have accused Archbishop Luigi Ventura of groping and inappropriate …
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11/10/20
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PARIS (AP) — In Italy lines of ambulances park outside hospitals awaiting beds, and in France the government coronavirus tracking app prominently displays the intensive care capacity taken up by …
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By LORI HINNANT
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11/10/20
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HONG KONG (AP) — Chinese consumers are expected to spend tens of billions on everything from fresh food to luxury goods during this year’s Singles’ Day online shopping festival, as the country …
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By ZEN SOO
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11/9/20
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YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian said early Tuesday that he has ordered an end to fighting with Azerbaijan over the Nagorno-Karabakh region.
Pashinian said on …
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By AVET DEMOURIAN
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11/9/20
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MOSCOW (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy announced Monday that he has tested positive for the coronavirus and will be working in self-isolation while being treated.
“There are no …
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11/9/20
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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia's air force is “pounding targets with precision," a military official said Monday, as the federal government continues its offensive against the heavily armed …
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By CARA ANNA and SAMY MAGDY
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11/9/20
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ROME (AP) — The Vatican on Tuesday will release its report into the rise and fall of ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, the once-influential American cardinal who was defrocked by Pope Francis in 2019 …
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By NICOLE WINFIELD
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11/9/20
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BEIRUT (AP) — In a damp room with a few rotting pieces of furniture and old mattresses on the floor, seven migrant women sit hugging their belongings, a Kenyan flag hanging behind them on the …
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By DALAL MAWAD
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11/9/20
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TOKYO (AP) — As Asia comes to terms with the reality of a Joe Biden administration, relief and hopes of economic and environmental revival jostle with needling anxiety and fears of …
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By FOSTER KLUG
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11/9/20
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — There were two notable holdouts among the world leaders who rushed to congratulate Joe Biden on his victory in the U.S. elections: the leaders of Latin America’s two largest …
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By MARK STEVENSON and DÉBORA ÁLVARES
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11/8/20
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LONDON (AP) — In a scaled-back service, Queen Elizabeth II led tributes Sunday to those from the U.K. and the Commonwealth who perished in wartime, as most veterans paid their respects at home as a …
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By PAN PYLAS
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11/8/20
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