Russian lugers plan to race in Lake Placid next week. Ukrainian sliders say it shouldn’t be allowed

Russian athletes have told the International Luge Federation that they obtained visas and are coming to the U.S. for a World ...

Iran arrests Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi, supporters say

Iran has arrested Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi, her supporters said Friday. A foundation in her name said she ...

Kremlin official says Russian police and National Guard to stay in Ukraine’s Donbas even after peace

A senior Kremlin official says that the Russian police and National Guard will remain in eastern Ukraine’s Donbas to oversee ...

New footage shows six Israeli hostages celebrating Jewish holiday, months before they were killed

New footage of six Israeli hostages shows them celebrating the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah while being held captive in a ...

Belarus leader hosts US envoy as he seeks to improve his country’s ties with the West

Authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko on Friday hosted a U.S. envoy for talks in the Belarus capital of Minsk, the ...

Fernando Mendoza looking to add a historic Heisman Trophy win for Indiana to his college ride

The first time Fernando Mendoza put his hands on a Heisman Trophy, he did it as a whim on a recruiting trip to Yale. On ...

Iraqi ex-president Salih on track to lead UN refugee agency and take over from Grandi, letter says

Former Iraqi President Barham Salih is on track to become the next head of the U.N. refugee agency, according to a letter ...

King Charles III to speak about his cancer treatment, recovery on TV show promoting early screening

King Charles III will speak about his cancer diagnosis and recovery during a TV broadcast on Friday as the monarch continues ...

Shoppers say ’tis the season for inflation, an AP-NORC poll finds

This holiday season isn’t quite so merry for American shoppers as large shares are dipping into savings, scouring for ...

Skydiver dangles at 15,000 feet after parachute catches on plane’s tail in Australia

Australian accident investigators on Thursday released dramatic images of a skydiver’s parachute becoming entangled on an ...

Chileans are divided in a presidential runoff tilted toward the far right

Ask many Chileans how their country fared in the past several years and they’ll describe a descent into disaster: Venezuelan ...

Rare fresco of Jesus as the ‘Good Shepherd’ uncovered in Turkish town visited by the pope

Archaeologists in Turkey have uncovered one of the most important finds from Anatolia’s early Christian era: a fresco of a Roman-looking Jesus as the “Good Shepherd.” The ...