Salvage crews secure drifting Dutch cargo ship off Norway
HELSINKI — Despite heavy seas, a joint Norwegian-Dutch salvage operation has managed to get an abandoned Dutch cargo ship under control off the coast...
Doctors in Hungary question reopening amid spike in deaths
<p>BUDAPEST, Hungary — Doctors in Hungary are questioning the government's decision to lift some lockdown restrictions amid peaking COVID-19 infections and deaths, saying that...
Governments give varying advice on AstraZeneca vaccine
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — In Spain, residents now have to be over 60 to get an AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine. In Belgium, over 55. In...
Poor rains bring optimism African locust outbreak will fade
<p>BARAKA, Kenya — In a convoy of pickup trucks fitted with spray guns, soldiers zoom through Baraka' s hills leaving a trail of dust...
N Ireland leaders call for calm after night of rioting
LONDON — Rioters set a hijacked bus on fire and hurled gasoline bombs at police in Belfast in the fourth night of violence in...
Kenya court suspends gov’t move to close 2 refugee camps
NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenya's high court on Thursday suspended the government move to shut down two camps that hold hundreds of thousands of refugees...
Analysis: Attack on Iran ship off Yemen escalates shadow war
<p>DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — An attack this week on an Iranian cargo ship that is said to serve as a floating base for...
Welsh soccer team Swansea boycotts social media over racism
SWANSEA, Wales — Swansea City and its players will boycott social media over the racist abuse sent on the platforms, the club announced on...
UAE sends Syria aid to help it fight spread of coronavirus
<p>BEIRUT — Syria received a planeload from the United Arab Emirates on Thursday with food items and medical aid to help the war-torn country...
Israeli academic won’t receive prize after signing petition
JERUSALEM — Israel's top court on Thursday upheld a Cabinet minister's decision to temporarily block a prominent academic from receiving the country's highest honor...