CARACAS, Venezuela – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is extending indefinitely the closure of a popular border crossing with Colombia and declaring a 60-day state of emergency in several western cities. Maduro earlier in the week announced a 72-hour closure of the normally busy crossing in Tachira state in response to …
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ATHENS, Greece – Two Greek coast guard vessels are searching the waters off the eastern coast of the island of Lesbos for four people still missing after a dinghy carrying migrants or refugees capsized while making its way across from the nearby Turkish coast. The search continued Tuesday, a day …
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UNITED NATIONS – The U.N. envoy for Libya says he is “increasingly confident” that U.N.-brokered peace talks are in their final stages, and he is urging both sides not to squander the opportunity. Libya has slid into chaos since the 2011 NATO-backed uprising that ended Moammar Gadhafi’s four-decade reign. The …
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GAUHATI, India – India’s army says it has killed five insurgents from a Naga rebel group months after it carried out an attack on the military in the country’s remote northeastern region bordering Myanmar. Col. Newton, an army spokesman who uses one name, says the soldiers attacked the rebels on …
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QUETTA, Pakistan – Authorities say gunmen have attacked a small airport in restive southwestern Pakistan, killing one official there and kidnapping another. Civil Aviation Authority spokesman Pervez George says armed men on motorcycles stormed Baluchistan province’s Jewni airport early Sunday and destroyed navigational equipment there after killing the official on …
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UNITED NATIONS – The Holy See says it will not raise its flag at the United Nations before Pope Francis addresses the world body later this month even if the General Assembly approves a resolution on the issue Thursday. If passed, the resolution would allow non-member observer states to fly …
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BEIJING – When authorities in an eastern city announced that a BMW driver involved in a crash that killed two people was suffering from “acute transient psychotic disorder,” Chinese online jeered so loudly that it aroused Communist Party concerns about a public trust crisis. Some initial missteps by police in …
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SAO PAULO – It wasn’t just a bad dream. Brazilians woke up Wednesday to dreadful headlines describing the shame and humiliation of their soccer team’s historic 7-1 defeat to Germany in a World Cup semifinal. One of the country’s leading soccer publications, Placar, stated simply: “A day to forget.” “It …
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Britain’s top diplomat wriggled off the hook recently after getting in trouble over a fishing trip with U.S. Vice President JD Vance – but it wasn’t over anything the politicians discussed. U.K. Foreign Secretary David Lammy was given a written warning by the country’s Environment Agency for fishing without a …
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Denmark on Saturday reported more mysterious drone sightings — this time over military installations, including its largest military base — after incursions at airports grounded flights this week. The NATO country is still mulling how to respond. Denmark’s Armed Forces reported that more drones were observed overnight, according to Reuters. …
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