World
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Africa
3/18/2023 8:29:53 PM
Millions of Nigerians voted Saturday to elect state governors but faced intimidation and violence in some cities amid heightened tensions following a disputed presidential election in Africa's most populous nation last month.
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World
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Africa
3/18/2023 11:10:42 AM
Millions of Nigerians are headed back to the polls Saturday as Africa's most populous nation holds gubernatorial elections amid tensions after last month's disputed presidential vote.
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World
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International
3/18/2023 10:51:52 AM
Western officials are hoping for progress this weekend in EU-mediated talks between Serbia and Kosovo's leaders, in a new attempt to ease decades of tensions between the Balkan wartime foes and solve one of Europe's longest-standing disputes.
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World
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Region
3/16/2023 9:00:17 PM
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday fiercely defended disputed legal reforms on a visit to Berlin, where German Chancellor Olaf Scholz urged him to reconsider a compromise.
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World
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International
3/13/2023 12:15:17 PM
Flights at several German airports were severely disrupted on Monday by the latest in a string of one-day strikes related to various pay disputes.
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World
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International
3/11/2023 9:37:02 PM
When rioters stormed Brazil’s top government buildings in January to dispute the outcome of the presidential election, many soldiers stood by as far-right protesters broke windows, defecated in offices and destroyed valuable art.
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Sports
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World
3/11/2023 3:08:59 PM
Karim Benzema has responded to Didier Deschamps' claim that the striker told him "he wouldn't have been ready" to play at the World Cup because of an injury by implying the France coach was a "liar".
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World
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International
3/5/2023 7:27:57 PM
An exchange of fire along the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region in the Caucasus left at least five dead on Sunday, officials said.
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World
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Region
2/27/2023 11:04:38 PM
The United Nations’ top diplomat in Libya said Monday that he is launching a new attempt to calm the deeply unsettled nation by pushing for rival factions’ to agree on holding presidential and legislative elections this year, but any optimism was dampened by a lack of details and continued disputes.
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World
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International
2/22/2023 10:20:38 PM
The International Court of Justice on Wednesday ordered Azerbaijan to end its blockade in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, warning that Armenians risk suffering from a shortage of food and medicine.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
2/21/2023 5:08:19 PM
Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi asserted on Tuesday the importance of finding a solution to the long-running dispute caused by the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) during a joint press conference with his Uzbek counterpart Shavkat Mirziyoyev, who is on an official visit to the Egyptian capital.
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Life & Style
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International
2/15/2023 10:22:05 PM
Over the past century, the Earth's average temperature has swiftly increased by about 1 degree Celsius (1.8 degrees Fahrenheit). The evidence is hard to dispute. It comes from thermometers and other sensors around the world.
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World
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International
2/5/2023 2:39:03 PM
Southeast Asian foreign ministers vowed to finalize negotiations with China over a proposed pact aimed at preventing conflicts in the disputed South China Sea in their annual retreat on Saturday in Indonesia's capital.
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World
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War in Ukraine
2/5/2023 10:26:38 AM
Ukraine fought off a fresh Russian assault on the embattled eastern city of Bakhmut, its leaders said Saturday, as it endured a wave of shelling in the disputed Donetsk region.
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World
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International
2/2/2023 11:16:46 AM
The United States and the Philippines announced on Thursday an agreement to expand American military presence in the Southeast Asian country, where U.S. forces would be granted access to four more Philippine military camps, effectively giving them new ground to ramp up deterrence against China's increasingly aggressive actions toward Taiwan and in the disputed South China Sea.
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World
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International
1/29/2023 8:45:06 PM
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak fired the chairman of the governing Conservative Party on Sunday for a "serious breach'' of ethics rules in failing to come clean about a tax dispute.
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World
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Region
1/26/2023 5:36:35 PM
Sudan's leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan said Thursday that Khartoum and Addis Ababa are "aligned and in agreement" on a controversial Ethiopian dam on the Blue Nile which Egypt disputes over the filling and operation of the reservoir.
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World
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International
1/25/2023 11:52:25 AM
All passenger flights were cancelled at Berlin Brandenburg airport (BER) on Wednesday, as staff walked out in a dispute over higher pay.
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World
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International
1/22/2023 1:03:45 PM
Two years after Azerbaijan and Armenia ended a war that killed about 6,800 soldiers and displaced around 90,000 civilians, tensions between the countries are again high in a dispute over a six-kilometer (nearly four-mile) road known as the Lachin Corridor.
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World
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International
1/9/2023 4:57:47 PM
Nurses at two of New York City's largest hospitals went on strike Monday in a dispute over pay and staffing levels after a weekend of negotiations did not produce a deal for a new contract.
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