Huge explosions rock Beirut with widespread damage, injuries
BEIRUT (AP) — Massive explosions rocked downtown Beirut on Tuesday, flattening much of the port, damaging buildings and blowing out windows and doors as...
Report: Retired Pope Benedict XVI ill after visit to Germany
BERLIN (AP) — Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI has fallen ill after his return from a trip to his native Bavaria to visit his brother,...
HSBC says net profit plunged 96% in 2Q as pandemic took hold
LONDON (AP) — Europe's biggest bank, HSBC, said Monday that its net profit plummeted 96% in the second quarter of this year as lower...
Outbreak hits Norway cruise ship, could spread along coast
JAN M. OLSEN
Associated Press
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A Norwegian cruise ship line halted all trips and apologized Monday for procedural errors after a...
Iran says it detains leader of California-based exile group
AMIR VAHDAT and JON GAMBRELL
Associated Press
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran on Saturday said it detained an Iranian-American leader of a little-known California-based militant...
Eurozone economy suffers record drop during lockdown months
JOHN LEICESTER and DAVID McHUGH
Associated PressPARIS (AP) — The economy of the 19-country eurozone shrank by a devastating 12.1% in the April-June period from...
Sleepy lions, empty bars, lost jobs: A world without tourism
JOHN LEICESTER, ROD McGUIRK and ARNO PEDRAM
Associated Press
PARIS (AP) — With no American visitors to show around the D-Day beaches or the Loire...
Britain delays easing of lockdown as virus spread speeds up
DANICA KIRKA and JILL LAWLESS
Associated Press
LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson put some of the country's next steps out of lockdown...
Moscow demands that Belarus free 33 detained Russians
VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV
Associated Press
MOSCOW (AP) — The Kremlin demanded Friday that Belarus quickly release 33 Russian private security contractors it detained on terrorism charges,...
EU leaders extend summit as they haggle over budget, virus
RAF CASERT and MIKE CORDER
Associated Press
BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders on Saturday extended their summit by an extra day, convinced they were...





