DUBAI - A British warship tried but failed to prevent Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps from seizing a British tanker in the Strait of Hormuz last week, intercepted radio communications show, fueling a wave of recriminations in London on Sunday over who was to blame for the incident l…
Puerto Rico’s governor said on Sunday he would not seek reelection next year but refused to step down after nine days of sometimes violent protests demanding his resignation over vulgar chat messages.
DUBAI/LONDON — Britain was weighing its next moves in the Gulf tanker crisis on Sunday, with few good options apparent as a recording emerged showing that the Iranian military defied a British warship when it boarded and seized a ship three days ago.
DUBAI — Iran posted a video on Saturday showing masked men descending from a helicopter onto the deck of the British tanker that was seized by Iranian forces in the Strait of Hormuz, as Britain warned of “serious consequences” should Iran fail to release the vessel.
HONG KONG — Tens of thousands gathered in Hong Kong on Saturday to voice support for the police and to call for an end to violence, after a wave of protests against an extradition bill triggered clashes between police and activists and plunged the city into crisis.
DUBAI/WASHINGTON — Iran said it had seized a British oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz on Friday but denied Washington’s assertion that the U.S. Navy had downed an Iranian drone nearby this week, as tensions in the Gulf region grew again.
ATHENS — A magnitude 5.1 earthquake rattled the Greek capital Athens on Friday, briefly knocking out power and telecommunications in parts of the city and sending people running from buildings in panic.
WASHINGTON — U.S. and Japanese officials are working hard to reach agreement on a bilateral trade agreement, a senior Japanese official told Reuters on Wednesday, adding he was looking forward to news on the deal in the near future.
NEW YORK — Joaquín Archivaldo Guzmán Loera — the notorious drug lord known as “El Chapo” whose dramatic prison escapes fed his legend as an untouchable kingpin running the world’s largest narcotics trafficking group — was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison.
LONDON — Two-year-old twins joined at the head have undergone successful surgery at a British hospital to separate their skulls, brains and blood vessels, doctors said on Tuesday.
MADRID — A Colombian man was detained at Barcelona’s international airport after half a kilo of cocaine was found hidden under an over-sized toupee, Spanish police said on Tuesday.
WASHINGTON/DUBAI — Iran denied on Tuesday that it was willing to negotiate over its ballistic missile program, contradicting the chief U.S. diplomat and appearing to undercut President Donald Trump’s statement that Washington had made progress on its disputes with Tehran.
ATHENS — Greek police believe they have found the man who raped and murdered an American biologist whose body was discovered on the island of Crete on July 8, a senior official said on Tuesday.
Lizzie Daly was diving off the coast of Cornwall in Britain on Saturday when she saw something large in the distance, and did a doubletake. Daly had seen a barrel jellyfish before, but nothing of this size.
SHEPPERTON, England — Royal officials clad in scarlet outfits took to the River Thames in traditional boats on Monday for the annual “Swan Upping” ceremony, an 800-year-old tradition of counting the swans owned by Britain’s Queen Elizabeth.
KATOWICE, Poland -- Polish cities are resorting to communist-era mobile soda fountains to convince residents to switch to drinking tap water.
MANCHESTER, England — Mathematician Alan Turing, who helped Britain win World War II with his code-cracking but committed suicide after being convicted of homosexuality, will appear on the Bank of England’s next 50-pound banknote, the BoE said on Monday.
Communist-run Cuba put on a brave face Saturday.
A diplomatic spat between the U.S. and U.K. over leaked diplomatic memos escalated after Donald Trump called the British ambassador in Washington a “stupid guy,” and U.K. Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt accused the president of being “disrespectful.”
LONDON -- President Donald Trump lashed out at "foolish" British Prime Minister Theresa May and her "wacky" Washington ambassador on Tuesday, stepping up a tirade against a close ally whose envoy had branded his administration as inept.
LOS ANGELES — Rapper Nicki Minaj said on Tuesday that she was pulling out of a planned concert in Saudi Arabia next week, citing her support for the rights of women and the LGBTQ community.
LONDON — Employing the homeless and offering beer brewed from leftover bread, “The Green Vic” in London’s trendy Shoreditch district is aiming to be the world’s most ethical pub.
RIO DE JANEIRO -- Brazilians said goodbye to legendary musician João Gilberto, a founder of bossa nova, ahead of his funeral on Monday afternoon, with an outpouring of grief from some of the biggest names in the country's music industry.
GENEVA/DUBAI — Iran threatened on Monday to restart deactivated centrifuges and ramp up enrichment of uranium to 20% purity in a move away from the 2015 nuclear deal, but the head of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards insisted the world knows Tehran is not pursuing nuclear arms.
JAKARTA — A 6.9 magnitude earthquake struck off the northeastern coast of Indonesia’s Sulawesi island late on Sunday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, prompting authorities to issue a tsunami warning for eight cities near the epicenter.
PAMPLONA, Spain — Three people were gored and two people suffered head traumas during the first day of Spain’s best-known bull-running festival in the northern town of Pamplona on Sunday, the Red Cross said.
LONDON — Britain’s ambassador to the United States described President Donald Trump’s administration as “dysfunctional,” “clumsy” and “inept,” the Mail on Sunday newspaper reported, citing a series of confidential memos.
DUBAI — Iran announced on Sunday it will shortly boost its uranium enrichment above a cap set by a landmark 2015 nuclear deal, a major breach likely to draw a tougher reaction from President Donald Trump, who has pressured Tehran to renegotiate the pact.
DUBAI — Iran on Sunday will announce an increase in uranium enrichment to 5%, a concentration above the limit set by its 2015 nuclear deal, an Iranian official told Reuters, in a move signaling a deepening challenge to escalating U.S. sanctions pressure.
WINDSOR, England — Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor, the 2-month-old son of Britain’s Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, was christened Saturday in a small private ceremony at Windsor Castle.
Christmas is nearly half a year away, but British retailers are already fretting about the damage a no-deal Brexit on Oct. 31 would do to the year’s busiest shopping season.
LONDON — The body of a suspected stowaway fell hundreds of meters from a plane flying over southwest London, landing in the garden of a man’s home, just missing him as he sunbathed, according to neighbors.
BELFAST/LONDON — Britain told China to honor its commitments to protect freedoms in Hong Kong on Tuesday, after police fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of protesters in the former British colony.
HONG KONG — The anniversary of Hong Kong’s return to China on Monday began with fresh clashes between riot police and protesters, who once again took over the city’s main thoroughfares, among the most symbolic of demonstrations against Beijing’s influence in the territory that have now gone …
WASHINGTON — After investigating the nature of a mysterious and apparently cigar-shaped object called ‘Oumuamua spotted in 2017 speeding through our solar system, astronomers remain uncertain over how to classify it, but are confident it is not an alien spaceship.
LONDON — The body of a man thought to have been a stowaway who fell from the landing gear of a Kenya Airways flight on its way into Heathrow Airport has been found in a garden in London, police said on Monday.
CAIRO/BEIRUT — Israeli warplanes fired missiles at Syria that targeted Syrian military positions in Homs and the Damascus outskirts, the Syrian military said on Monday.
Facebook Inc. will ban ads that discourage people from voting ahead of the 2020 U.S. presidential election, according to its second annual Civil Rights Audit published on Sunday.
It’s been nearly two years since the “Great American Eclipse.” Millions crammed into a 70-mile wide path of totality stretching from coast to coast, where the moon blotted out the sun to usher in a spontaneous nightfall. It was a planetary cavalcade unlike anything most had seen.
MOSCOW — President Donald Trump suggested stepping up a dialogue with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin when the two met in Osaka, Japan, Interfax news agency quoted Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying on Sunday.
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