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  Romania detains Turkish journalist on Turkey's request

  December 05, 2018 22:15 IST

  Romania temporarily detains Turkish journalist on Turkey's extradition request

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  AP Player of the Year finalists: Murray, Tagovailoa, Haskins

  December 05, 2018 22:15 IST

  AP Player of the Year finalists: QBs Murray, Tagovailoa, Haskins

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  Global violence index finds fewer deaths for 3rd year

  December 05, 2018 22:00 IST

  An annual index of global violence finds deaths caused by non-state groups such as Islamic State has dropped for a third straight year

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  2019 Pirelli calendar puts lens on women's ambition

  December 05, 2018 22:00 IST

  Photographer Albert Watson is keeping the Pirelli calendar on its arc away from its origins as a pinup calendar, featuring portrayals of four women trying to find their purpose

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  Lebanon says Israel offered no proof of border tunnels

  December 05, 2018 22:00 IST

  Lebanon's Parliament speaker says Israel has presented no evidence to prove its claims that a network of attack tunnels has been built by Hezbollah across the shared borders

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  Ralph Fiennes, Sophie Okonedo spar in 'Antony and Cleopatra'

  December 05, 2018 21:45 IST

  Antony and Cleopatra," currently running at London's National Theatre, has tragic romance, two top-flight actors and a live snake

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  Fitch downgrades Sri Lanka's rating

  December 05, 2018 21:15 IST

  Fitch Ratings has downgraded Sri Lanka's long-term foreign-currency issuer default rating, citing political upheaval that has resulted in the country having no functional government

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  Slovakia says it expels Russian spy working as diplomat

  December 05, 2018 21:15 IST

  Slovakia's prime minister says his country expels Russian spy working as diplomat

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  The Latest: Leading protest activist: Macron must speak out

  December 05, 2018 21:00 IST

  One of the activists leading France's protest movement says that he fears more deaths if Saturday's demonstration goes ahead, and called for President Emmanuel Macron to speak out and bring calm.

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  UK parliament releases internal Facebook documents

  December 05, 2018 21:00 IST

  The British Parliament's media committee has a release a cache of documents that shows Facebook considered charging developers for data access

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  Mexico's new president sees 3-year hiatus on oil auctions

  December 05, 2018 20:45 IST

  Mexico's new president says he will take a three-year break from awarding new oil exploration contracts in order to judge the results of contracts already awarded

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  Revamped museum takes new look at Belgium's colonial past

  December 05, 2018 20:45 IST

  AfricaMuseum reopens its doors after a long renovation to let the breeze of reform bring a new view on colonialism and Belgium's brutal domination of Congo in Central Africa

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  Cardi B 'no longer together' with Offset

  December 05, 2018 20:45 IST

  Cardi B is no longer feeling the love after little more than a year of marriage to fellow rapper Offset

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  Republican-controlled Wisconsin Legislature approves bills weakening incoming Democratic governor, attorney general

  December 05, 2018 20:00 IST

  Republican-controlled Wisconsin Legislature approves bills weakening incoming Democratic governor, attorney general

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  Cambodia surrogate mothers freed after vowing to keep babies

  December 05, 2018 19:45 IST

  Cambodian officials say 32 women who were charged with human trafficking for serving as surrogate mothers have been provisionally released from detention after agreeing to keep the babies rather than giving them up as originally planned

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  China strengthens foothold in EU with Portugal agreements

  December 05, 2018 19:45 IST

  Portugal is embracing China's "One Belt, One Road" initiative, which offers loans for the building of large-scale infrastructure projects

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  The Latest: Wisconsin Senate rejects insurance bill

  December 05, 2018 19:45 IST

  Wisconsin Senate narrowly rejects bill that would have created a state guarantee that people with pre-existing conditions could access to health insurance; Democrats said it was inadequate

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  Belgian government on brink of collapse over migration

  December 05, 2018 19:30 IST

  Belgium's political crisis eased somewhat on Wednesday after the biggest coalition partner said it would remain in the government despite its opposition to a U.N. migration pact that the others back

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  Serbian PM: Armed intervention in Kosovo an option

  December 05, 2018 19:15 IST

  Serbia's prime minister has warned that the formation of a Kosovo army could trigger Serbia's armed intervention in the former province

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  The Latest: UN rights chief says Khashoggi probe needed

  December 05, 2018 19:15 IST

  U.N. human rights chief says an international investigation is needed into the "awful" killing of Saudi dissident and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi

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  US probing suspension part failures in 2013 Nissan Altimas

  December 05, 2018 19:15 IST

  U.S. safety regulators are investigating complaints that a suspension part on Nissan Altimas can come loose from the frame due to corrosion

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  Copa Libertadores final: A sign of Argentina's decadence

  December 05, 2018 19:15 IST

  Argentina's proud soccer tradition has been sullied by its fervent, fanatical fans

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  Key Ukrainian church gathering slated for next week

  December 05, 2018 18:45 IST

  Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says that local Orthodox communities will gather for a summit next week that is expected to form a new, independent Ukrainian church

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  Putin voices support for Venezuelan leader visiting Russia

  December 05, 2018 18:45 IST

  Russian President Vladimir Putin has voiced his support for Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro who is visiting Moscow amid a spiraling economic crisis in his country

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  Google's robotic spinoff launches ride-hailing service

  December 05, 2018 18:45 IST

  Google's self-driving car spinoff rolls out limited ride-hailing service in Phoenix in first bid to profit from its nearly decade-old technology

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  Somali officials report deadly US-backed raid on al-Shabab

  December 05, 2018 18:45 IST

  Somali officials report deadly US-backed raid on al-Shabab with several extremists killed

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  UK union loses challenge to Deliveroo over drivers' status

  December 05, 2018 18:45 IST

  Britain's High Court has ruled that Deliveroo riders do not have the right to collective bargaining _ the latest in a series of rulings as UK courts grapple with the rise of the so-called "gig economy.''

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  EU steps up fight against Russian 'fake news' ahead of vote

  December 05, 2018 18:45 IST

  EU authorities step up efforts to fight Russian-backed disinformation campaigns ahead of continent's elections next year