Rescue groups decry loss of migrant lives in Mediterranean
ROME — Rescue groups and the Vatican are decrying the latest deaths of migrants who put to sea in traffickers’ unseaworthy boats, amid laments...
French protesters call for trial for Jewish woman’s killer
<p>PARIS — Crowds gathered Sunday in Paris and other French cities to denounce a ruling by France’s highest court that the killer of Jewish...
On another lonely Anzac Day, solitary memorials stand out
ZONNEBEKE, Belgium — On another Anzac Day turned lonesome by the global pandemic, solitary actions show all the more how the sacrifices of Australia...
North Macedonia: Thousands protest conservatives’ jailings
SKOPJE, North Macedonia — Thousands of opposition supporters protested Sunday in North Macedonia’s capital of Skopje demanding retrials and freedom for more than a...
Lebanon thwarts attempt to smuggle 69 Syrians to Cyprus
<p>BEIRUT — Lebanese troops aborted early Sunday an attempt to smuggle dozens of Syrian migrants to the Mediterranean island of Cyprus, the military said....
Albanians vote in election after a bitter political fight
TIRANA, Albania — Albanians are voting in parliamentary elections on Sunday amid the virus pandemic and a bitter rivalry between the two largest political...
German contender wants tougher stance on China, Russia
BERLIN — A leading contender to succeed Angela Merkel as German chancellor this fall has called for “dialogue and toughness” toward China when it...
Rescue groups decry loss of migrant lives in Mediterranean
<p>ROME — Rescue groups and the Vatican are decrying the latest deaths of migrants who put to sea in traffickers’ unseaworthy boats, amid laments...
35 years on, Chernobyl warns and inspires
KYIV, Ukraine — The vast and empty Chernobyl Exclusion Zone around the site of the world's worst nuclear accident is a baleful monument to...
On another lonely Anzac Day, solitary memorials stand out
<p>ZONNEBEKE, Belgium — On another Anzac Day turned lonesome by the global pandemic, solitary actions show all the more how the sacrifices of Australia...