Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Friday backed the decision by his country’s attorney general not to charge ex-Defense Minister General Salvador Cienfuegos with drug crimes, in a case

The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on companies in Iran, China and the United Arab Emirates for doing business with the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines and on

The Dutch government has stepped down after thousands of families were wrongly accused of child welfare fraud and told to pay money back. Families suffered an “unparalleled wrong”, MPs decided,

The global death toll from COVID-19 topped two million on Friday as vaccines developed at breakneck speed are being rolled out around the world in an all-out campaign to vanquish

Britain has banned arrivals from South American countries and Portugal because of concerns over a new Brazilian variant of the coronavirus. Prime Minister Boris Johnson expressed concern about the Brazilian

A strong, shallow earthquake shook Indonesia’s Sulawesi island just after midnight Friday, toppling homes and buildings, triggering landslides and killing at least 35 people. More than 600 people were injured

Indonesian investigators with the National Transportation Safety Committee have successfully downloaded information from the flight data recorder of the Sriwijaya Air jet that crashed into the sea last week, the

North Korea has unveiled a new type of submarine-launched ballistic missile, described by state media as “the world’s most powerful weapon”. Several of the missiles were displayed at a parade

US President-elect Joe Biden has unveiled a $1.9 trillion stimulus plan for the coronavirus-sapped economy before he takes office next week. If passed by Congress, it would include $1tn for

The number of people seeking unemployment aid in the U.S. soared last week to 965,000, the most since late August and a sign that the resurgent virus has likely escalated

Germany’s economy shrank by 5.0 percent year-on-year in 2020, the most since the financial and economic crisis of 2008/2009 and compared with market expectations of a 5.1 percent contraction, a

A global team of researchers arrived Thursday in the Chinese city where the coronavirus pandemic was first detected to conduct a politically sensitive investigation into its origins amid uncertainty about

The United States is imposing a region-wide ban on all cotton and tomato products from China’s western Xinjiang region over allegations that they are made with forced labour from detained

Top Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou has been sent bullets in the mail while under house arrest in Vancouver, according to court testimony. It was one of several alleged death threats

New York City will terminate business contracts with President Donald Trump after last week’s insurrection at the US Capitol, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Wednesday. The Trump Organization is under

YouTube has suspended US President Donald Trump’s channel for at least a week amid concerns over “ongoing potential for violence,” making it the latest platform to limit the president’s online

Italy’s largest mafia trial in more than 30 years has begun, as prosecutors hope to strike a blow to the ‘Ndrangheta crime syndicate, whose tentacles reach worldwide. More than 350

Lisa Montgomery – the only female inmate on federal death row in the US – has been executed for murder. Montgomery, 52, was pronounced dead after receiving a lethal injection

Mexican health authorities will make a decision this week on whether to authorize Russia’s Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine after getting access to data on it, Deputy Health Minister Hugo Lopez-Gatell

People in central Spain are struggling as a deep freeze follows the weekend’s heavy snow, leading to treacherous conditions. Officials have warned the elderly to stay at home. At least