Brazil reaches deal for 10 million shots of Russian vaccine
<p>SAO PAULO — Brazil’s federal government said Friday it has reached a deal to purchase 10 million doses of the Russian-made Sputnik V vaccine...
Memo banning Afghan girls singing prompts #IAmMySong protest
KABUL, Afghanistan — A memo from Afghanistan's education ministry banning girls 12 years old and older from singing at school functions has been causing...
Cyprus pulls back on wider easing of COVID-19 restrictions
<p>NICOSIA, Cyprus — Cyprus on Friday put the brakes on a wider loosening of COVID-19 restrictions by keeping middle school students at home for...
Iraqi woman who met the pope sees little chance for change
BAGHDAD — The story of Doha Sabah Abdallah's personal tragedy and loss deeply resonated with Pope Francis during his historic visit last weekend to...
EU worried by shooting incidents near Turkey-Greece border
BRUSSELS — The European Union’s top migration official expressed concern Friday about a spike in the number of shooting incidents on the Turkish side...
N Korean defectors struggle to send money home amid pandemic
<p>ANSAN, South Korea — For the first time in years, Choi Bok-hwa didn’t get her annual birthday call from her mother in North Korea....
German special forces soldier convicted over gun, ammo stash
<p>BERLIN — A court in Germany has convicted a special forces soldier of breaking firearms laws for hoarding rifles, explosives and ammunition at his...
US, Indo-Pacific allies to expand India’s vaccine production
President Joe Biden and fellow leaders of the Indo-Pacific alliance known as the Quad are set to announce a plan to expand coronavirus vaccine...
Cyprus peace group condemns arrests over ‘Love Erdogan’ sign
<p>NICOSIA, Cyprus — Left-wing peace organizations on both side of Cyprus' ethnic divide have condemned the arrest in the breakaway north of four Turkish...
Turkey signals warming ties with Egypt after long freeze
ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey and Egypt have started holding diplomatic talks, top Turkish officials said Friday, in a sign of warming ties between the...