Brazil high court confirms annulment of Lula graft convictions

BRASíLIA - Brazil's full Supreme Court upheld a ruling Thursday annulling former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's corruption convictions, which cleared the way...

With giant swabs and grumpy camels, Kenya hunts for next deadly...

MACHAKOS (KENYA) - Kicking and grunting under the restraint of three men, the camel makes its displeasure known as Kenyan veterinarian Nelson Kipchirchir swirls...

Enrichment, sabotage cast shadow over new Iran nuclear talks

VIENNA - Talks to save the Iran nuclear deal resume in Vienna Thursday amid new tensions, with Tehran preparing to ramp up uranium enrichment...

Biden tells US ‘time to end America’s longest war’ in Afghanistan

WASHINGTON - It is "time to end America's longest war," US President Joe Biden will say Wednesday as he announces Washington's withdrawal from Afghanistan,...

Foreign firms vie to rebuild ravaged Beirut port

BEIRUT: Eight months after a massive blast ripped through Beirut port and nearby districts of the Lebanese capital, a host of foreign companies with...

Covid patients with sedentary habits more likely to die: study

PARIS - Among covid patients, a lack of exercise is linked to more severe symptoms and a higher risk of death, according to a...

Facebook oversight panel will now review takedown requests

NEW YORK - Facebook's independent Oversight Board announced Tuesday it would start accepting requests to remove "harmful content" that users believe has been wrongly...

Pakistan anti-France protests disrupt Covid-19 oxygen, say officials

LAHORE, Pakistan: Thousands of supporters of a Pakistan Islamist party who blocked major roads to protest the arrest of their leader also disrupted critical...

Philippines boosts patrols to counter China in contested sea

The Philippines has deployed extra vessels to patrol the South China Sea where Chinese ships had been spotted at a disputed reef as tensions...

G7 urges Russia to stop ‘provocations,’ de-escalate on Ukraine

PARIS: The Group of Seven leading economic powers on Monday called on Russia to stop its "provocations" and "de-escalate tensions" following its troop build-up...