AFP The Vatican Wednesday defended ex-pope Benedict XVI, who was accused last week of knowingly failing to stop the sexual abuse of minors by four priests...
AFP Deliberate poisoning is likely to blame for the death of dozens of turtles at a lake near Mumbai, Indian wildlife experts told AFP Sunday. Conservation...
AFP Argentina’s economy grew 10.3 percent in the first 11 months of 2021 from the same period a year earlier, the Indec statistics institute said Tuesday....
AFP A fresh oil leak has occurred off the coast of Peru — already cleaning up after a major crude spill 10 days earlier — during...
AFP Russia on Tuesday added jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny to a list of “terrorists and extremists”, as authorities continue a clampdown on the opposition. Navalny...
AFP The Kremlin on Tuesday accused the United States of escalating tensions over Ukraine by putting 8,500 troops on alert. “The United States is escalating tensions,”...
AFP Opposition figures jailed in the run-up to November’s presidential election in Nicaragua are suffering from serious health issues including blackouts and loss of teeth, family...
AFP Almost 900 people were evacuated from the tourist town serving Machu Picchu, the Inca jewel of Peru’s travel industry, amid rains and floods that left...