Russian President Vladimir Putin has proposed holding “direct talks” with Ukraine on Thursday in Istanbul, as European leaders and the United States attempt to put pressure on Moscow to agree to a 30-day ceasefire in order to bring an end to the three-year conflict. “We would like to start immediately,…
Five fishermen who spent 55 days adrift at sea arrived Saturday at a port in the Galapagos Islands after…
Police on a Japanese holiday island have arrested three Chinese nationals after thousands of protected hermit crabs were found…
They are considered one of the world’s most dangerous, and indiscriminate, weapons. Yet five European countries have turned their…
Former Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli left the Nicaraguan embassy in Panama City, where he had sought refuge more than…
Ukraine’s Western allies including the US are threatening to slap Russia with more sanctions if Moscow fails to sign…
Ukraine said Friday it had exposed a network of Hungarian spies trying to obtain defense secrets in a border…
Two men have been found guilty of criminal damage for felling a landmark sycamore tree in northern England. Daniel…
In the southern Philippine city of Davao, a spirited mayoral election campaign is in full swing, with candidates and…