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Fourteen crew members were killed and five are missing after two ships caught fire in the Kerch Strait near Crimea on Monday, authorities said, with a rescue operation still underway. “There are 11 bodies,” Alexei Kravchenko, spokesman for Russia’s Federal Agency

Protesters clashed with police outside Greece’s parliament during a rally that drew tens of thousands of people Sunday against the Greek-Macedonia name deal. Demonstrators threw rocks, flares, firebombs, paint and other objects at riot police who responded with tear gas. Some

Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa announced on Sunday that he will skip next week’s World Economic Forum in Davos in order to address mass protests against his economic policies at home. “In light of the economic situation, I will be returning home

The Vatican received information in 2015 and 2017 that an Argentine bishop close to Pope Francis had taken naked selfies, exhibited “obscene” behavior and had been accused of misconduct with seminarians, his former vicar general told The Associated Press, undermining Vatican

Azerbaijanis thronged on Sunday to Martyrs’ Lane in the capital Baku to mark the 29th anniversary of Black January, remembering the violence from the breakup of the Soviet Union. Seen as the rebirth of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Black January witnessed

A third Qatari cash donation for impoverished Gaza civil servants will be made this week after it was held back by Israel in punishment for clashes at the border, a Qatari diplomat said Sunday. Qatar in November began a six-month, $150

An unusual set of celestial circumstances comes together Sunday for skywatchers in Europe, Africa and the Americas, where a total lunar eclipse may be glimpsed, offering a view of a large, red Moon. The full Moon will appear bigger than normal

Zimbabwe on Friday faced a “total internet shutdown,” a media group said, after a days-long violent crackdown on people protesting a dramatic fuel price increase. Badly injured people streamed into a hospital in the capital after alleged assaults by security forces.