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Saudi women steered their way through busy streets for the first time just minutes after the world's last remaining ban on women driving was lifted. More>>
The leaders of Germany, France and about a dozen other European Union nations are converging on Brussels for an afternoon of informal talks on differences over migrant ahead of a full EU summit that starts next Thursday. More>>
Australia says it will negotiate a security treaty with Vanuatu, weeks after the Australian prime minister warned China against building a military base on the South Pacific island nation. More>>
Rescuers are planning a second attempt to try to get through a small, flooded passage inside a Thai cave to search for 12 boys and their soccer coach who entered the cave two days ago. More>>
South Korea's prime minister says the rival Koreas are discussing the relocation of North Korea's long-range artillery systems away from the Korean border. More>>
Britain's Prince William kicks off politically delicate five-day tour of Jordan, Israel and the Palestinian territories. More>>
The chief of Indonesia's national search and rescue agency says it has identified the location of a ferry that sunk in a deep volcanic crater lake a week ago with some 200 people aboard. More>>
Polls have opened for Turkey's high-stakes presidential and parliamentary elections which could consolidate President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's hold on power or curtail his political ambitions. More>>
Nigeria's president reports 'deeply unfortunate killings' as 86 said dead in communal clashes. More>>
Restaurants in the U.S. - five of them in San Francisco - opened their kitchens for the first time to a program that allows refugees to showcase their cuisines and culinary skills. More>>
Hundreds of people are marching through the German capital to protest for an end to burn coal to produce electricity. More>>
OPEC nations and oil-producing countries not in the cartel say they have agreed to share increased oil production a day after OPEC announced it would pump more crude oil _ a move that should help contain the recent rise in global energy prices. More>>
Pro-Brexit politicians and business figures are urging British Prime Minister Theresa May to be ready to walk away from the European Union without a trade agreement, despite warnings from major manufacturers that a "no deal" Brexit would be disastrous. More>>
U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is visiting Beijing this week against the background of growing tensions over Taiwan, China's militarization of South China Sea and expanding overseas presence of the People's Liberation Army. More>>
Zimbabwe rules out state of emergency after blast at president's campaign rally injures 41. More>>
Turkey's state-run news agency says authorities have arrested six people for allegedly insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ahead of a campaign rally by his main opponent in Sunday's elections. More>>
Harry Kane was asked after England's win in the World Cup what song he'd like to be played in his honor on a Brazilian radio station. More>>
Lionel Messi's birthday is being overshadowed by turmoil embroiling Argentina's coach and the squad. More>>
Former "Game of Thrones" co-stars Kit Harington and Rose Leslie are marrying at the bride's family castle in Scotland. More>>
Sweden midfielder Jimmy Durmaz says the racist abuse aimed at him over social media following the 2-1 loss to Germany at the World Cup has been "completely unacceptable.". More>>
The head of Switzerland's soccer federation said Sunday he does not expect FIFA to suspend his players despite goal celebrations seen as inflaming political tensions with Serbia. More>>
France and Belgium are urging UNESCO to designate scores of their World War I memorials and cemeteries as World Heritage sites as the centennial remembrance of the 1914-1918 war nears its end. More>>
Sources tell AP Salah says he is considering retiring from national play after being used as a political symbol in Chechnya. More>>
36 said killed in militia attack on Fulani village in Mali amid suspicions of al-Qaida links. More>>
Libya's coast guard says it has intercepted some 100 African migrants, including dozens of children and women, in the Mediterranean Sea near its shores. More>>
Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump's Mideast envoy, says the administration will soon present its Israeli-Palestinian peace plan, with or without input from Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. More>>
Saudi Arabia's state media says the kingdom's air defenses have intercepted a ballistic missile fired over the capital from Yemen, where Saudi-led coalition forces are at war. More>>
German police say 25 people were injured, four of them severely, when an explosion destroyed a building in the western city of Wuppertal. More>>
Iraq's elections commission says it has directed its branches to send ballot boxes possibly affected by fraud to Baghdad for a recount. More>>
Syrian state media say government forces have advanced deeper into the southern province of Daraa under the cover of airstrikes, entering new villages. More>>
Jews, Muslims team up on tandem bike rides against hatred in German capital. More>>
Italy's populist 5-Star Movement is demanding that European countries step up and actually take action to deal with hundreds of thousands of migrants on the continent, warning that the future of Europe is at stake. More>>
Trump administration seeks to expand family detention for immigrants stopped along border. More>>
2nd person dies after blast at massive Ethiopia rally, health minister says; 9 arrested. More>>
Paris' frenetic menswear shows are highlighting bright colors and attracting huge crowds and VIPs. More>>
The Latest: As trade tensions rise, Trump threatens 20 percent tariff on EU cars. More>>
Egypt has extended its state of emergency for yet another three months. More>>
The Israeli airline El Al is under scrutiny after moving female passengers at the request of ultra-Orthodox men. More>>
Israeli opposition leader Isaac Herzog is unanimously elected head of the Jewish Agency for Israel, a non-governmental organization that works closely with the Israeli government to promote Jewish immigration to Israel. More>>
Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi has approved a law governing popular ride-hailing apps Uber and Careem after the companies appealed a court ruling that revoked their licenses. More>>
Aviation giant airbus has threatened to leave Britain if the country fails to secure a withdrawal deal on leaving the European Union. More>>
TV weather presenters around the world have teamed up to highlight the impact of climate change by wearing ties, pendants and badges with "warming stripes" while on air. More>>
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and her partner Clarke Gayford have named their baby daughter Neve and say they want her to grow up in a world in which she can make choices about her family and career based on what she wants. More>>
Libya's U.N.-backed government in Tripoli has said three Turkish workers who were kidnapped last year in a southern Libyan town have been released. More>>
The European Union is enforcing tariffs on $3.4 billion in U.S. products as of Friday in retaliation to duties the Trump administration has put on European steel and aluminum. More>>
Several EU leaders on Sunday will try to find common ground for tackling a growing political crisis over the management of migrants arriving on Europe's shores in search of better lives which threatens to undermine the entire EU project. More>>
Saudi women in the crosshairs of progress and patriarchy as they prepare to drive for the first time. More>>
The U.S. military says it is moving "assets" to a U.S. air base near South Korea's capital and to the inter-Korean border to prepare for North Korea's returning of the remains of U.S. soldiers who have been missing since the 1950-53 Korean War. More>>
Saudi women are in the driver's seat for the first time in their country and steering their way through busy city streets just minutes after the world's last remaining ban on women driving was lifted. More>>
Soccer fans have converged on Mexico's Angel of Independence to celebrate the national team's second win in the World Cup. More>>
Egypt's state-owned media says the army officer credited with the idea to destroy the Bar Lev line on the Suez Canal's eastern bank during the 1973 Arab Israeli war has died. More>>
Zimbabwe state media report explosion at president's campaign rally; Mnangagwa not hurt. More>>
Ethiopians by the thousands rally in support of new, reformist prime minister. More>>
The Islamic State group has released a hostage video demanding the release of all Sunni women prisoners from Iraqi jails. More>>
Romania's president says he will seek a new term, pledging to fight corruption after the leader of the ruling Social Democratic Party was convicted for abuse in office. More>>
The Latest: Explosion at rally for Ethiopia's new prime minister; 'few' reported injured. More>>
French President Emmanuel Macron wants to create closed migrant centers on European soil so authorities can quickly decide whether arriving migrants are eligible to apply for asylum. More>>
Candidates in Turkey are campaigning for the last remaining hours before a propaganda ban begins ahead of Sunday's critical presidential and parliamentary elections. More>>
The security minister of Buenos Aires province said Friday that police have broken up an organization that trafficked marijuana and cocaine in fake World Cup trophies. More>>
The Latest: State media calls Zimbabwe blast at president's rally an assassination attempt. More>>
Poland's former president and pro-democracy leader, Lech Walesa, says he is joining forces with anti-government opposition to prevent the right-wing ruling party from winning elections that will be held on all levels in 2018-2020. More>>
Syria state media and opposition activists say Syrian government troops are advancing on rebel-held areas in the country's southwestern region amid intense clashes in a widening offensive, shattering a U.S-backed truce. More>>
Spanish authorities say they have rescued 569 migrants crossing the Mediterranean from North Africa to Spain by boat. More>>
Leading Brexit supporters are talking tough, and opponents are taking to the streets, on the second anniversary of Britain's vote to leave the European Union. More>>
Prince William is set to arrive in Israel and the Palestinian territories this week for the first official visit of a member of the British royal family. More>>
Pakistani Taliban militants have chosen a religious scholar as their new chief in place of Mullah Fazlullah killed earlier this month in a U.S. drone strike. More>>
The Palestinian president's spokesman says any American peace plan that bypasses the Palestinians is doomed to fail. More>>
The Vatican tribunal convicted a former Holy See diplomat and sentenced him to five years in prison for possessing and distributing child pornography in the first such trial of its kind inside the Vatican that was sparked by a Canadian-U.S. investigation. More>>
Five Spanish men whose acquittal of gang rape charges and conviction on a lesser felony caused widespread outrage are back at home while a court considers their appeals against their nine-year prison sentences. More>>
Congo to give Bemba, acquitted on appeal of war crimes at ICC, a diplomatic passport to return. More>>
Prosecutors have asked the Vatican tribunal to convict and sentence to more than five years a former Holy See diplomat who admitted to downloading child pornography during what he called a period of "fragility" over a job transfer. More>>
Tens of thousands of Egyptians have set social media alight with tweets on opposing hashtags, one calling on President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi to resign and another praising his leadership. More>>
The former captain of Spain's national soccer team, Carles Puyol, is claiming that Iranian TV officials barred him from appearing as a World Cup commentator because of his long hair. More>>
Kim Jong-pil, who founded South Korea's spy agency and whose political skills earned him two tenures as prime minister, under his dictator boss and later under a man his agency once kidnapped, has died. More>>
About 500 of the more than 2,300 children separated from their families at the border have been reunited since May, a senior Trump administration official says. More>>
Many Brazilians look to the military amid anger at politicians, believing only the armed forces can root out corruption and put Latin America's largest nation back on track. More>>
President Donald Trump is highlighting the plight of Americans whose loved ones were killed by people who entered the country illegally. More>>
A U.N. report says the rule of law in Venezuela is quickly eroding as officials allow government security forces to kill citizens without any apparent consequences. More>>
The father of the girl who is pictured crying on the cover of this week's Time magazine says the Honduran foreign ministry told him that his daughter is detained with her mother in McAllen, Texas, and the two have not been separated. More>>
Syrian President Bashar Assad has told a Russian television station that he thinks it would be pointless to have talks with the United States. More>>
A lawyer for a Ukrainian filmmaker who has been on hunger strike for more than a month in a Russian prison says his client has lost about 20 kilograms (44 pounds) and is severely weak. More>>
Syrian activists: Government forces keep up pressure on strategic southwest, drop barrel bombs on rebel-held areas. More>>
While the World Cup plays out in Russia, dozens of New York City children are set to play in a U.N.-sponsored youth version of the global soccer tournament. More>>
Saudi Arabia's oil minister says officials from major oil-producing nations will discuss a proposal to increase output by about 1 million barrels per day. More>>
Greece's borrowing costs have dropped and Greek shares posted significant gains as investors react to new debt relief terms agreed by the country's creditors two months ahead the end of its eight-year bailout program. More>>
Leaders of Romania's ruling Social Democratic Party are rallying around their powerful leader after he was handed a 3½-year jail sentence for abuse of office. More>>
A former Vatican diploma on trial for possession of a large quantity of child pornography has admitted the charges during the first hearing of an expedited trial inside the Vatican. More>>
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has donned a tie, for the first time in more than three years in office, to celebrate the debt relief deal agreed by the country's creditors. More>>
The U.N. says Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is expected to meet with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to discuss "issues of mutual concern," which likely include the Middle East peace process and North Korea. More>>
Slovenian lawmakers have overwhelmingly elected a conservative leader as parliamentary speaker while talks continue on forming a ruling coalition after this month's inconclusive election. More>>
The Latest: Chart shows unequal TV coverage of candidates in Turkish elections. More>>
Gaza's Health Ministry says 20 Palestinians were injured by Israeli fire along the border fence. More>>
An international rights group says Yemen's warring parties are obstructing crucial aid to the Red Sea port of Hodeida endangering millions in what is already the world's worst humanitarian crisis. More>>
South Sudan peace deal attempt fails as Kiir rejects rival Machar; 'We have had enough of him'. More>>
The defense ministers of Cyprus, Israel and Greece have pledged to forge deeper military ties in order to better counter common threats and to help bolster security in a tumultuous region. More>>
Prime Minister Theresa May has joined more than 2,000 people at London's Westminster Abbey to celebrate the contribution of immigrants from the Caribbean, 70 years to the day after hundreds of West Indians arrived to help rebuild war-scarred Britain. More>>
A human rights expert is criticizing the United States for failing to tackle poverty, days after Washington quit the United Nations body that appointed him. More>>
Diplomats in Geneva say Israel has temporarily reduced its participation with the U.N. Human Rights Council, days after the United States pulled out. More>>
Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev says that if Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump hold a summit, they should focus on curbing the US-Russia arms race and ensuring strategic stability. More>>
Nobel laureate Mario Vargas Llosa has been discharged from a Madrid hospital, 24 hours after sustaining light injuries in a fall at home. More>>
President Donald Trump's Mideast team has met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel as part of a visit with regional leaders to discuss its plan for peace between Israel and the Palestinians. More>>
Greece's dominant Aegean airlines says it has signed a 5 billion-euro ($5.8 billion) deal with Airbus to buy up to 42 new A320 neo passenger aircraft. More>>
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has visited a public school in central Beirut, where many of the students are Syrian. More>>
South Korean President Moon Jae-in is in Moscow on a state visit intended to boost bilateral economic ties. More>>
Italy's interior minister says Malta should allow a Dutch-flagged rescue ship with 224 migrants to make port there because the ship is now in Maltese waters. More>>
Carlo Chatrian, the director of the Locarno film festival, and German movie industry official Mariette Rissenbeek have been tapped to take charge of the Berlin International Film Festival starting in 2020. More>>
Police say a van carrying migrants has overturned in northwestern Croatia, injuring 12 people. More>>
It was a magical mystery tour as Paul McCartney led James Corden through his hometown during a "Carpool Karaoke" segment on CBS' "Late Late Show.". More>>
East Timor's president is refusing to swear in 11 members of Cabinet because of corruption investigations, marring the formation of a new government following a protracted political stalemate in the young nation. More>>
Europe's top human rights body has criticized the erosion of judicial independence in Poland and says this will also affect the country's ability to fight corruption. More>>
Germany says it may be possible to stick to the current timetable for negotiating Britain's exit from the European Union for next March, but much work still needs to be done. More>>
Police say at least two rebels, a police official and a civilian were killed during a gunbattle in disputed Kashmir, triggering anti-India protests and clashes in which at least 20 have been injured. More>>
North and South Korea have agreed to hold temporary reunions of families divided by the 1950-53 Korean War as they boost reconciliation efforts amid a diplomatic push to resolve the North Korean nuclear crisis. More>>
Catalonia's pro-independence political leaders are snubbing the Spanish king in their latest public challenge to rule from Madrid. More>>
Russia says the U.S. and its allies have relied on fabricated evidence to accuse the Syrian government of launching chemical attacks against civilians. More>>
North and South Korea have agreed to hold temporary reunions of families divided by the 1950-53 Korean War in August as they boost reconciliation efforts amid a diplomatic push to resolve the North Korean nuclear crisis. More>>
A Brazilian man who was detained at the US-Mexico border was separated from his 9-year-old son and has not seen him in 26 days. More>>
An Indonesian court has sentenced radical cleric Aman Abdurrahman to death for ordering Islamic State group-affiliated militants to carry out attacks including the January 2016 suicide bombing at a Starbucks in Jakarta. More>>
New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is regaining her strength with macaroni and cheese and plans to spend at least one more night in an Auckland hospital with her newborn girl. More>>
Trump got in the first jabs; now the world is punching back as trade brawl spreads. More>>
A popular Chinese social media site is blocking users from posting about "Last Week Tonight" and its host John Oliver after the HBO news satire program aired a segment making fun of Chinese President Xi Jinping. More>>
North and South Korea are discussing the arrangements for reunions of families divided by the 1950-53 Korean War as the rivals boost reconciliation amid a diplomatic push to resolve the North Korean nuclear crisis. More>>
Eurozone nations are working on the final elements of a plan to get Greece successfully out of its eight-year bailout program and keep its massive debt burden manageable. More>>
A top official at the U.S. Embassy in London says he thinks President Donald Trump will meet Queen Elizabeth II during his visit to Britain next month. More>>
Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been quoted as saying "hate narratives from outside the country" have fueled the communal tensions between Muslim Rohingya and Buddhist Rakhine. More>>
The Trump administration has identified the missile test engine site that it says North Korea has pledged to destroy, but the president's latest comments raised new questions about what concessions Pyongyang has made. More>>
Pope Francis is urging nations to take in as many refugees as they can integrate into their societies, but also to invest in places like Africa so migrants won't turn to human traffickers to reach countries that can offer a better life. More>>
South Sudan's armed opposition rejects 'imposition' of peace deal after Kiir, Machar meet. More>>
Saudi Arabia's sports minister has criticized the president of European soccer on Twitter in an escalating dispute over Qatar-owned sports broadcasting rights. More>>
Trump got in the first jabs; now the world is punching back as trade brawl spreads. More>>
Iraq's Supreme Federal Court has issued a ruling that endorses manual recount for all ballots from last month's national elections as stipulated by a law passed by parliament in response to complaints of widespread fraud. More>>
Italy's interior minister refuses port to migrant rescue ship with 224 on board. More>>
The coaches of Serbia and Switzerland only want to talk about football, not Kosovo. More>>
The United States is warning Russia and Syria's President Bashar Assad of "serious repercussions" for violations of an unraveling cease-fire in southwest Syria. More>>
Pope Francis has arrived in Geneva, one of the world's first cities to adopt the Protestant Reformation, for a one-day visit to highlight the importance of Christians praying and working together. More>>
As Donald Trump presses ahead with plans for a summer summit with Russia's Vladimir Putin, the president is jolting relationships with some of America's longest and strongest allies. More>>
Pope Francis has been greeted joyfully by Lutheran, Anglican, Methodist and Orthodox leaders as he arrived for an ecumenical service among many different Christian faiths at the World Council of Churches. More>>
The secretary-general of NATO says bonds between Europe and North America have weakened, and he appealed for an international effort to shore up the trans-Atlantic military alliance. More>>
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has begun a visit to Jordan, a major refugee host country, amid an escalating domestic conflict over migration that has shaken her coalition government. More>>
Libya's coast guard says it has rescued some 380 African migrants, including four women and two children, and recovered one body in the Mediterranean Sea. More>>
OPEC and Russia are expected to approve raising oil production, but just how much is up in the air. More>>
A German lawmaker says the Turkish government is denying him entry to the country as an international observer in this weekend's elections. More>>
Israeli prosecutors have charged Sara Netanyahu, the prime minister's wife, with a series of crimes including fraud and breach of trust. More>>
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has again asserted that Turkish jets have dealt a heavy blow on the outlawed Kurdish rebels' leadership in Iraq. More>>
A pilot on a Saudi Arabian royal family jet that landed in Maine was arrested on a warrant for theft out of Florida. More>>
President Trump's executive order aimed at halting the breakup of immigrant families sparked widespread confusion Wednesday about how the reversal will play out and concern that children will still be in detention, even if they remain with their families. More>>
A government official is denying rumors that the illness of Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the powerful leader of Poland's ruling party, has sparked infighting at the highest government levels. More>>
Hundreds of family members are waiting in desperation at a small port on an Indonesian lake for news of missing relatives as the search for more than 190 people from a sunken ferry entered its fourth day. More>>
Japan plans to suspend the civilian evacuation drills it started last year while North Korea was repeatedly test-firing missiles near and over Japanese islands. More>>
Libya's self-styled national army in the east says it has regained control over two key oil port terminals after an armed group attacked them a week ago. More>>
Voting machines raise worries in Congo ahead of long-delayed presidential elections. More>>
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is in the hospital preparing to give birth to her first child. More>>
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has given birth to a girl. More>>
On the North Korean side of the Demilitarized Zone, the sound of silence is a welcome sign of detente. More>>
International police agency Interpol said a giant operation against illegal trade in wildlife and timber resulted in millions of dollars-worth of seizures and the identification of 1,400 suspects across the world. More>>
The British government has gotten its flagship Brexit legislation through Parliament, but remains locked in a tussle with lawmakers over the direction of the country's departure from the European Union. More>>
A British trade group says there's a shortage of carbon dioxide in Northern Europe _ sparking fears that drinks may lack fizz just as thirsty soccer fans fill pubs for the World Cup. More>>
Migration declined last year in the developed world for the first time since 2011 but the overall trend is inevitably up, according to a new report from an economic organization representing the world's wealthiest countries. More>>
In an outpouring of concern prompted by images and audio of children crying for their parents, hundreds of thousands of people worldwide are donating to nonprofit organizations to help families separated at the Mexico border. More>>
Egypt arrived in Russia with Mohamed Salah and some high expectations, but was eliminated from the World Cup after only two matches. More>>
The United States is emphasizing that its pullout from the United Nations' main human rights body doesn't mean it's stopping its work with the U.N.'s rights chief. More>>
Leaders from a group of EU countries, led by Germany and France, will meet Sunday to thrash out possible solutions to a divisive row over migrants. More>>
ABC News apologized for a graphic that aired on Wednesday, mistakenly saying that former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort had pled guilty to manslaughter charges. More>>
South Sudan's warring leaders set to meet face-to-face for 1st time in nearly 2 years. More>>
Homeland Security secretary Kirstjen Nielsen is now the face of family separations at the U.S.-Mexico border. More>>
Burger King says it's sorry for an ad in Russia offering a lifetime supply of Whoppers to women who get pregnant from World Cup players. More>>
Pope Francis is backing the Catholic bishops in the United States who have condemned the practice of separating children from their parents after families are caught crossing the U.S-Mexico border illegally. More>>
Nothing has stopped Argentine fan Nora Espector from following Lionel Messi wherever he plays. More>>
Eritrea sends rare delegation to rival Ethiopia for peace talks after years of deadly tensions. More>>
Italy's anti-migrant interior minister says after meeting with right-wing Austrian counterparts that changing political winds in Europe have created "a historic moment" that could change the way Europe controls its exterior borders. More>>
Hungarian lawmakers have tightened the country's asylum eligibility rules and threatened to incarcerate people who help asylum-seekers, votes that coincided with a United Nations' observance dedicated to refugees. More>>
Sweden has started construction on a factory that will test whether it's feasible to make steel without burning fossil fuels. More>>
Yemeni government forces backed by the United Arab Emirates say they have seized the southern runway of the international airport near the Yemeni city of Hodeida. More>>
Israel's military says its warplanes have struck some 25 Hamas positions in Gaza after Palestinian militants fired dozens of rockets and mortars at southern communities. More>>
Italian President Sergio Mattarella says it is up to a united European Union to manage the arrival of refugees forced to flee their homelands. More>>
