Russians try to puzzle out what Vladimir Putin is trying to do as the Kremlin pushes through changes to Russia's constitution at breakneck speed.Ever since Vladimir Putin announced a dramatic overhaul of Russia's constitution and the removal of... >>>

The U.S. government is arranging a charter flight Sunday to evacuate Americans from Wuhan to the U.S., a person familiar with the operation said. require(["medianetNativeAdOnArticle"], function (medianetNativeAdOnArticle) {... >>>

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam has declared an emergency over the outbreak of coronavirus, a pneumonia-causing virus that has killed over a dozen people in mainland China. © Kevin Frayer/Getty Chinese children wear protective masks as they wait to... >>>

Iraqi security forces cleared anti-government protesters from streets and squares in Baghdad and the south on Saturday, AFP journalists reported, stoking protester fears their long-running campaign risks being sidelined. It came a day after populist >>>

Two Rohingya women killed as Myanmar army shells village - MPMaung Kyaw Zan, a national member of parliament for Buthidaung township in northern Rakhine state, said shells fired from a nearby battalion hit Kin Taung village in the middle of the... >>>

Many people worry that a Wuhan coronavirus outbreak that killed 17 could be a repeat of the deadly SARS pandemic in 2003 that killed hundreds and wrecked havoc on Hong Kong's economy. A lot has changed since 2003 -- but not everything.In the... >>>

China virus death toll rises to 41, more than 1,300 infected worldwide(Pictured) People wear masks on a street in Hong Kong, on Jan. 24 to celebrate the Lunar New Year which marks the Year of the Rat in the Chinese zodiac. Cutting off access to... >>>

MEXICO CITY — For generations, Mexico served as a relatively open thruway for undocumented migrants traveling to the United States. Tens of thousands crossed the country every year, mostly unimpeded by the Mexican authorities. But the Mexican... >>>

Iran's lone female Olympic medalist said she wants to compete for Germany after defecting from her country earlier this month and blasting the "hypocrisy" of Iranian lawmakers.Kimia Alizadeh said she hopes to continue her taekwondo career in... >>>

Escalating protest violence is not the way to bring about change, Hong Kong democracy activist Jason Ng has said, urging demonstrators to embrace non-violent means in the struggle to throw off a feared tightening of Beijing's control. With... >>>

"He was not happy to have been questioned about Ukraine, he asked, 'Do you think Americans care about Ukraine?' He used the F word in that sentence, and many others," said NPR correspondent Mary Louise Kelly.Pompeo was interviewed by NPR... >>>

As impeachment drama plays out in Washington, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will travel to Ukraine -- the country at the heart of the matter. require(["medianetNativeAdOnArticle"], function (medianetNativeAdOnArticle) {... >>>

The death toll from the new coronavirus in China surged and the U.S. and Europe confirmed new cases as travelers from the outbreak’s center in Wuhan have returned home and developed symptoms. © Thomson Reuters Police officers wearing masks check the >>>

A ticketing mishap kept Mohsen Ahmadipour from joining his wife on the doomed Flight 752 from Tehran. At the airport, they said their last goodbye.Mr. Ahmadipour, a 38-year-old graduate student, had flown to Iran to visit family and then return to... >>>

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, a former Catholic, held an unusually long meeting with Pope Francis on Friday and quipped that he emerged from the encounter feeling like "a... >>>