Turkey rejects Macron’s claim of possible vote interference
ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey on Wednesday rejected French President Emmanuel Macron’s suggestions that Ankara could seek to interfere in France’s next election by manipulating...
US officials postpone visit to Guatemala because of volcano
<p>MEXICO CITY — A planned meeting between U.S. and Guatemalan officials Wednesday was postponed because a volcano's eruption prevented the American delegation from flying...
Dubai’s deputy ruler Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid dies at 75
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, deputy ruler of Dubai and the United Arab Emirates minister of finance, has...
Denmark: Repairman dies while working on massive sculpture
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Police in Denmark say a repairman died while working on a steel column that is part of a massive sculpture in...
Pope, citing pandemic effect, cuts pay for cardinals, others
<p>VATICAN CITY — Trying to save jobs as the pandemic pummels Vatican revenues, Pope Francis has ordered pay cuts for cardinals and other clerics,...
Spain: Ex-PMs Rajoy and Aznar deny alleged party slush fund
MADRID — Two conservative former Spanish prime ministers vehemently denied in testimony Wednesday at the National Court that they had any knowledge of illegal...
Aid group reports killings by Ethiopian troops in Tigray
<p>KAMPALA, Uganda — The humanitarian group Doctors Without Borders said Wednesday that its staff saw Ethiopian government troops shooting and killing four men whom...
Israel vote deadlock: Netanyahu appears short of majority
JERUSALEM — Uncertainty hovered over the outcome of Israel's parliamentary election Wednesday, with both Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and sworn political rivals determined to...
Bus in Kenya’s hostile north hits roadside bomb, 4 killed
NAIROBI, Kenya — A Kenyan official says four passengers were killed and dozens wounded when a bus hit an improvised bomb on a main...
German Cabinet approves 2022 budget plan with more new debt
<p>BERLIN — Germany's Cabinet on Wednesday approved 2022 budget plans that will see rules against running up new debt suspended for the third consecutive...