Oscar Pistorius is eligible for parole after serving half of his murder sentence, new...
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Oscar Pistorius was eligible for parole in March under South African law and the double-amputee Olympic and Paralympic...
Top US Air Force official in Mideast worried over possible Russia-Iran ‘cooperation and collusion’
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran's supplying of bomb-carrying drones to Russia could see Moscow help Tehran's program become more lethal, raising...
India moves toward reserving 33% of the seats in Parliament and state legislatures for...
NEW DELHI (AP) — India's Parliament on Wednesday took a major step toward reserving 33% of the seats in its powerful lower house and...
World War I remembrance sites in Belgium and France have been added to UNESCO’s...
PARIS (AP) — UNESCO added World War I funerary and memorial locations across the Western Front to its prestigious World Heritage registry, expanding its...
Rough surf batters Bermuda as Hurricane Nigel charges through open waters
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Forecasters in Bermuda warned Wednesday of dangerous swells and rip currents as Hurricane Nigel spun through open waters...
UN chief warns of ‘gates of hell’ in climate summit, but carbon polluting nations...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The head of the United Nations warned Wednesday that the “gates of hell” are at hand as climate change intensifies,...
Iran’s parliament passes a stricter headscarf law days after protest anniversary
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran's parliament on Wednesday approved a bill to impose heavier penalties on women who refuse to wear the...
As UN Security Council takes up Ukraine, a potentially dramatic meeting may be at...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — All eyes were on the possible interaction between Ukraine’s president and Russia’s top diplomat at a U.N. Security Council meeting...
UN rights experts report a rise of efforts in Venezuela to squelch democracy ahead...
GENEVA (AP) — Venezuela’s government has intensified efforts to curtail democratic freedoms with use of threats, surveillance and harassment as President Nicolás Maduro faces...
Sikh separatism has long strained Canada-India ties. Now they’re at their lowest point in...
NEW DELHI (AP) — Relations between Canada and India have sunk to their lowest point in years as the two countries swap accusations and...
