Iran will acquire whatever weapons it needs to keep out “invading powers” that seek to surround it the country’s President Hassan Rouhani said at a military showcase in Tehran.
Speaking at a rally for National Army Day, Rouhani appeared to …

Zimbabwe has fired thousands of nurses who went on strike to demand higher salaries, in a hardline response by the country’s leadership to growing labour unrest.
The vice-president, Constantino Chiwenga, sacked the nurses in a terse statement issued on Tuesday …

Pope Francis acknowledged that he has made “serious errors of assessment and perception” in the case of Chilean Bishop Juan Barros Madrid, who has been accused of covering up for a pedophile priest and whom the pontiff has repeatedly defended.…

A hulking military transport plane crashed just after take-off Wednesday in the worst aviation disaster in Algeria’s history, killing 257 people and plunging a nation where soldiers are especially esteemed into mourning.
An investigation was immediately ordered to determine the …

The 96-year-old husband of Queen Elizabeth II is recovering after undergoing a successful hip replacement operation Wednesday, Buckingham Palace said.

The palace said Prince Philip is “progressing satisfactorily at this early stage” and is likely to spend several days at …

It’ll take tens of millions of years, but Africa may eventually split into two parts.
While geologists have known about this possibility for a while, it became news recently when a large crack, stretching several miles in length, made a …

El exvicepresidente de la FIFA Jeffrey Webb se declaró no culpable de los cargos que se le imputan por el escándalo de corrupción en la organización y quedó en libertad vigilada bajo una fianza de 10 millones de dólares.
Webb, …

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MÉXICO, D.F. TV-Laura Bozzo.- La conductora Laura Cecilia Bozzo Rotondo fue contratada en México, pero legisladores aseguran que sus shows televisivos incitan a la violencia. Foto: Archivo Agencia EL UNIVERSAL/JMA

La Secretaría de Gobernación (Segob) informó a la Comisión …

Es un lugar “sórdido”, las celdas son de 2.5 por 3 metros. Tienen puertas metálicas que se sellan de manera electrónica y adentro, el reo permanece en una especie de jaula que le permite al custodio tener un pasillo para …

Un grupo de congresistas, senadores y aspirantes a la presidencia, tanto del Partido Republicano como del Demócrata, criticaron la reapertura de las embajadas de Cuba y Estados Unidos en Washington y La Habana, respectivamente, pautada para el próximo 20 de …