Switzerland’s lower house of parliament narrowly backed a ban on face veils Tuesday, echoing moves by neighboring France and other European nations to tighten controls in the wake of Islamist…

The U.N. envoy for Libya said Tuesday that armed groups were carrying out “grave human rights abuses with impunity,” and he warned the international community against breaking the arms embargo.…

With North Korea’s latest nuclear test drawing global condemnation, the reclusive regime will likely face challenges in securing aid for victims of floods that hit the nation earlier this month.…

Uber is making an aggressive drive into meal delivery, with the U.S. tech heavyweight gearing up to enter at least 22 countries and take on local rivals. In a measure…

Egyptian salvage workers Tuesday pulled the bodies of dozens of migrants from the hold of a sunken fishing boat in the coastal Mediterranean, raising the toll from the September 21…

China said Tuesday it is opposed to any country attempting to “enforce its domestic laws over China’s enterprises and individuals,” after the United States sanctioned a Chinese company for alleged…

German data protection authorities Tuesday ordered Facebook to delete data, such as phone numbers, it has received from its subsidiary WhatsApp. Facebook acquired the global messaging service two years ago…

SpaceX founder Elon Musk said Tuesday that his company was building a powerful reusable booster rocket and a spaceship with its own engines that would eventually be able to take…

Every step the U.S. and its coalition partners take toward routing the Islamic State terror group in Iraq and Syria brings with it an ever-growing threat for a new wave…

Scientists have announced the world’s first baby born with DNA from three people. A report in New Scientist magazine says the baby boy was born five months ago in Mexico…

Former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide has taken a major role in campaigning for next month’s presidential election, leading many to believe the most polarizing figure in the tumultuous world of Haitian…

Ali Bongo Ondimba was sworn in Tuesday as Gabon’s president for a second seven-year term, after winning re-election by a slim margin in a disputed vote. At the swearing-in ceremony,…

The U.S. strategy against Islamic State extremists figured prominently in the first presidential debate Monday night. The candidates, Democrat Hillary Clinton, 68, and Republican Donald Trump, 70, offered starkly different…

With the abrupt collapse of a cease-fire in Syria last week, international migration officials expect no letup in a wave of migration out of the Middle East that has set…

Climate change, acid rain, excessive logging and pest infestation threaten forests in many parts of the world, including Eastern Europe. Local authorities are fighting back, and some of them are…

FBI investigators believe foreign hackers have targeted mobile phones used by a small number of Democratic Party figures, possibly including elected officials, four political and government sources said Tuesday. The…

When alternative transportation companies like Uber and Lyft took to the streets, they dealt a serious blow to traditional taxis by offering lower prices, app-based hails, friendlier drivers and newer…

French President Francois Hollande warned Tuesday that Libya must not turn into another Syria, and he vowed to support the country’s fragile unity government, whose prime minister is visiting Paris.…

Officials of the South Sudan Democratic Movement/Cobra Faction, formerly led by David Yau Yau, have vowed to wage war again against the government of President Salva Kiir because it allegedly…

The U.S. Congress lurched closer to a government shutdown Tuesday as the Senate failed to advance a short-term spending bill. Democrats blocked a bill that would extend federal spending authority…