Sri Lanka’s disputed prime minister announced Saturday that he would step aside, paving the way for his sacked predecessor to regain the position and apparently ending a political impasse that has paralyzed the government for nearly two months.
Read moreOutgoing California Gov. Jerry Brown had some harsh words for world leaders at the United Nations Climate Conference in Poland, which wrapped up Friday.
Read moreVying to recover four religious manuscripts looted from a Greek monastery in World War I, the Eastern Orthodox Church brought a federal complaint Thursday against Princeton University.
Read moreThe leader of Belarus on Friday accused some politicians in Russia of floating the prospect of incorporating his nation, and vowed that he wouldn’t let it happen.
Read moreA Dutch appeals court on Friday upheld a prison sentence of nearly 11 years for a man convicted of cyberbullying dozens of young women and gay men around the world
Read moreBritish Prime Minister Theresa May launched a rescue mission for her ailing Brexit deal Friday, after the European Union rebuffed her request to sweeten the divorce agreement so she can win over hostile lawmakers at home.
Read moreOn the heels of Maria Butina’s admission that she was spying for Russia when she enrolled in a U.S. grad school, defense attorneys agreed Friday to withdraw their subpoena of American University.
Read moreA Sri Lankan lawmaker says disputed Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa will resign Saturday to end the country’s political crisis.
Read moreAn Afghan official says an assault on Taliban positions in northeastern Afghanistan’s Kunar province, which included U.S .air strikes, killed at least 20 insurgents, contradicting Taliban claims of civilian casualties. In southern Helmand province, a U.S. drone strike killed four suspected insurgents.
Read moreAnticipating a fifth straight weekend of violent protests, Paris’ police chief said Friday that armored vehicles and thousands of officers will be deployed again in the French capital this weekend.
Read moreThe Russian Orthodox Church on Friday called on the United Nations, the leaders of Germany and France, the pope and other spiritual leaders to protect believers in Ukraine in the face of pressure on Moscow-affiliated clerics.
Read moreThe German parliament has approved a third gender option for official records that will allow people to be registered as “diverse.”
Read moreIn defiance of President Donald Trump, the Senate voted Thursday to end U.S. military aid to Saudi Arabia in the Yemen war and passed a resolution that laid blame for the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi on Saudi’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
Read moreAsia’s rapidly shrinking high-mountain glaciers are flowing at a slower pace due to widespread ice loss, jeopardizing freshwater availability for downstream countries like India, Pakistan and China, NASA researchers said Thursday.
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A group of public New York City pension funds is suing aerospace company TransDigm Group for wrongfully omitting a proposal related to the Paris Climate Agreement from its 2019 annual general meeting of shareholders.
Read moreSAN FRANCISCO (CN) – A federal judge hinted Thursday that he will likely advance a lawsuit claiming the U.S. government
Read moreSenators voted Thursday to recommend that the U.S. end its assistance to Saudi Arabia for the war in Yemen and put the blame for the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi squarely on Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, in a direct challenge to both the longtime Middle East ally and President Donald Trump’s handling of the relationship.
Read moreAn EU high court adviser said Thursday that a German law subjecting Google and other search engines to demands for licensing fees for publishing excerpts from news articles should be blocked on procedural grounds.
Read moreParis prosecutors confirmed Thursday night that a shootout with police in Strasbourg ended in the death of the suspect who opened fire two days earlier near a world-famous famous Christmas market, killing three.
Read moreThe European Union’s unique treaty on borders bars Germany from requiring bus drivers to check passports and residence papers of passengers entering German territory, the EU’s highest court ruled Thursday.
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