Wildfire creates state of emergency in Australian capital
ROD McGUIRK
Associated Press
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The Australian capital region declared a state of emergency on Friday because of an out-of-control forest fire...
Climate activists from African nations make urgent appeal
DOROTHEE THIESING and CARA ANNA
Associated Press
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) — Ugandan climate activist Vanessa Nakate and peers from other African nations on Friday made...
UN agency declares global emergency over virus from China
MARIA CHENG and JAMEY KEATEN
Associated Press
GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization declared the outbreak sparked by a new virus in China that...
One placed under mandatory quarantine at March ARB after returning from China
One of the passengers aboard a plane chartered by the U.S. State Department evacuating government employees from the Wuhan province of China due to...
Israel PM meets with Putin, returns with freed tourist
ARON HELLER
Associated Press
MOSCOW (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a quick stopover in Moscow on Thursday to brief Russian President Vladimir...
China counts 170 virus deaths, new countries find infections
KEN MORITSUGU
Associated Press
BEIJING (AP) — China on Thursday raised the death toll to 170 and more countries reported infections from a worrisome new...
Fighting sharply rises in Yemen, endangering peace efforts
By AHMED AL-HAJ Associated Press
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — A drastic escalation in fighting between the Saudi-led military coalition and Houthi rebels in Yemen has...
Israel postpones move to annex large parts of West Bank
JOSEPH KRAUSS
Associated Press
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel has postponed a move to annex large parts of the West Bank, a government minister said Wednesday,...
Brexit deal cleared by EU Parliament; UK set to leave Friday
RAF CASERT
Associated Press
BRUSSELS (AP) — Britain's departure from the European Union was backed by European lawmakers Wednesday, after a debate that mixed warm...
Deaths rise to 132 in China outbreak as foreigners leave
BEIJING (AP) — Countries on Wednesday began evacuating their citizens from the Chinese city hardest-hit by an outbreak of a new virus that has...