CARACAS (Venezuela) -- Venezuela's opposition group, backed by the United States, will file a complaint at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights regarding the physical attack on its leader over the weekend while visiting a rural community as part...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Satellite images of Iran showed a rocket at a desert launch pad. This was just as tensions continue to mount over Tehran's nuclear program. Maxar Technologies images showed an Imam Khomeini Spaceport launch pad in Iran's...

MEXICO CITY -- Corn has started to sprout on the hillsides south Mexico's capital. However, it is not clear if these shoots will have enough water or if the farmer can afford the more expensive fertilizer. It is well-known that President Andres Manuel...

HAVANA -- Worshippers pray under a scorching sun. They seek refuge beneath umbrellas and some of the few trees that surround the Amphitheater in Old Havana. This is just a short distance from the highway leading to the harbor. Since their church, the 19th-century...

RAMALLAH (West Bank) -- Hussein al Sheikh, a senior Palestinian official, is increasingly considered a successor of the 86-year old President Mahmoud Abdulbas. He says that relations with Israel are so bad that Palestinian leaders can no longer carry on their...

BEIRUT -- Israel's long-running campaign of airstrikes against Syria has seen a significant escalation. Last week, Israel attacked Damascus' main civilian airport. Israel is intensifying its efforts to block Iranian weapons shipments to Hezbollah....

A Russian court has extended Brittney Griner's pre-trial detention. According to Russian state media outlet TASS, Griner will be held in custody until July 2, after being detained in February. After officials found vape cartridges containing hashish...

ROME -- Pope Francis has condemned the "ferocity, cruelty" of Russian troops in Ukraine and praised the "heroism and courage" of Ukrainians who defended their land. Francis made some of the most controversial comments about war during a meeting of European...

ROME -- Pope Francis complained that the traditionalist Catholics in America are "gagging" modernizing church reforms. He insisted that there was no going back. In comments published Tuesday, Francis stated to a group of Jesuit editors that he believes that...

LONDON -- Tuesday's memorial service marked five years since the tragedy. It included the names of 72 victims who were killed in the tower fire at London High Rise. Sadiq Khan, London Mayor and former Prime Minister Theresa May joined Grenfell Tower...

THE HAGUE (Netherlands) -- NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, along with a few leaders from the alliance countries, are meeting in The Netherlands to discuss Russia's war in Ukraine. They also plan to attend a summit in Spain later in the month....

WARSAW (Poland) -- Poland has replaced the controversial panel that disciplined judges by a new accountability board -- the latest twist to a long-running dispute between Poland and the European Union over its judiciary independence. Poland's top politician...

MOSCOW -- On Tuesday, Alexei Navalny's allies in prison proclaimed that the Kremlin critic was missing from the prison where they were serving his sentence. His close associates believe he is being transferred into another prison. However, in Russia,...

TEL AVIV (Israel) -- A Israeli legislator was criticized Tuesday for saying that if he could press a button to make all Palestinians vanish, he would. Matan Kahana, Deputy Religious Services Minister, made the remarks to students from high schools in a West...

BERLIN -- Tuesday's rejection by a German federal court of a Jewish man who sought to remove a 700-year-old antisemitic plaque from a Lutheran church, which was being held in Berlin, was rejected. The Federal Court of Justice upheld lower court rulings...

BEIRUT -- On Tuesday, the U.S. diplomat mediating between Israel and Lebanon over their maritime boundary dispute met with Michel Aoun, President of Lebanon, in Beirut to discuss ways to reach a solution amid increasing tensions at the border. Amos Hochstein...

PHNOM PENH (Cambodia) -- Tuesday's verdict in a trial for treason by a Cambodian American lawyer and dozens more members of a now-dissolved opposition group awaited. This was the latest attempt to subdue all opposition to Prime Minister Hun Sen's...

MEXICO CITY -- Monday's visa restrictions were imposed by the U.S. State Department on Monday for 93 additional Nicaraguan officials who participated in supporting President Daniel Ortega's regime. Ortega jailed many opposition figures to win a...

Russia continues to pound the Donbas region in Ukraine day after day with artillery and aerial raids. Slow but steady progress is being made towards capturing the industrial heartland of its neighbor. It's now the fourth month of the conflict, and it's...

BERLIN -- German Chancellor Olaf Scholz did not comment Monday on reports that Scholz is planning to visit Ukraine with counterparts from France, Italy and Italy. Weekly Bild am Sonntag reported that Scholz would travel with French President Emmanuel Macron...

GENEVA -- U.N. Human Rights High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet announced that she would not be seeking a fourth-year term. She cited a desire to go back to Chile, after a tenure that was recently overshadowed in part by criticisms of her response to China's...

LONDON -- The British government's plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda is now in place after an appeals court rejected Monday the argument that flights would compromise the "basic dignity of people fleeing war and oppression." The appeal was denied...

BERLIN -- Monday's report revealed that at least 196 Catholic clerics in Muenster, Germany, sexually abused minors from 1945 to 2020. This is in addition to other findings that shaken the church. According to a university statement, the study was commissioned...

PARIS -- The centrist alliance of the French President Emmanuel Macron is expected to retain its parliamentary majority following Sunday's first round of voting. However, it will likely have fewer seats than five year ago, according projections. Based...