Sudan's hard-won transition to civilian rule fell further behind schedule Sunday, days after the new prime minister delayed the formation of the first government since veteran leader Omar al-Bashir was ousted. Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, a seasoned UN economist who faces the daunting...

Spanish star Penelope Cruz said Sunday that Cubans were not free to talk frankly when she was making a new film about the communist island's biggest modern heroes. In "Wasp Network", the actress plays Olga Gonzalez, the wife of one of the intelligence officers known as the "Cuban Five" who...

Charles Leclerc dedicated his maiden Formula One race victory at the Belgian Grand Prix on Sunday to his late friend, Anthoine Hubert. The Ferrari driver led almost the entire race from pole to hold off Mercedes' defending fice time world champion Lewis Hamilton's dramatic late charge by...

Israel said it fired back on Sunday after anti-tank missiles launched by Hezbollah struck its territory in Lebanon, raising fears of a serious escalation after a week of rising tensions. Hezbollah claimed it destroyed an Israeli military vehicle and killed and wounded those inside, but...

Italy's outgoing interior minister, Matteo Salvini, has banned another migrant-rescue ship from docking in the country, using the issue of immigration to pile pressure on his main two political rivals as they seek to form a new government. Salvini, who leads the League party, issued a...

Airstrikes by the Arab-led coalition fighting Yemen's rebels hit a detention center in the southwestern province of Dhamar Sunday, killing at least 52 people, officials and the rebels' health ministry said. The officials said the airstrikes targeted a university in the city of Dhamar, which...

At least five people are dead in West Texas after a man stopped by state troopers for failing to signal a left turn opened fire and fled, shooting more than 20 people as he drove before being killed by officers outside a movie theater, authorities said. The shooting began Saturday afternoon...

The Taliban launched an attack on a second Afghan city in as many days Sunday, an official said, even as a United States envoy says the U.S. and the Taliban are "at the threshold of an agreement" to end America's longest war. The spokesman for the Baghlan province police chief, Jawed...

Iran on Sunday unveiled a jet-propelled drone it said is capable of finding and attacking targets far from the country's borders with precision. Dubbed the "Kian", the unmanned aerial vehicle was designed, produced and tested by experts of the air defence force within about a year, said the...

Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson insists Sadio Mane's touchline tirade at Burnley showed his side's desire to win the Premier League. Mane launched into a furious rant after being substituted during Liverpool's 3-0 win on Saturday. The Senegal winger was apparently annoyed by Mohamed...

Neymar is to stay at Paris Saint-Germain after seeing his desired transfer back to Barcelona fail, according to press reports Sunday. "Se queda," Spanish for he's staying, read the L'Equipe headline on its front page with a photo of the Brazilian. "Faced with the impossibility of...

The new head of Saudi Arabia’s anti-corruption commission said he plans to go after graft by ordinary government employees, following a high-profile campaign two years ago that netted princes, ministers and top businessmen. Members of the kingdom’s economic and political elite were detained...

A Saudi-led military coalition said on Sunday it had launched air strikes on Houthi military targets in southwest Yemen that Houthi-run media said had hit a prison, killing dozens of people. The Sunni Muslim coalition, which has been battling the Iran-aligned Houthi movement for more than...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu intends to annex Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, he said on Sunday, reiterating an election promise made five months ago but again giving no timeframe. Settlements are one of the most heated issues in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict....

Hurricane Dorian's forecast track in the U.S. has shifted north, according to the National Hurricane Center.  “There's been a notable change overnight to the forecast of #Dorian after Tuesday. It should be stressed that the new forecast track does not preclude Dorian making landfall on...

 French President Emmanuel Macron has talked with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and urged Tehran to show restraint amid rising tensions in the region. Macron's office said Saturday that the French leader asked Iran to "take necessary measures" to encourage negotiations in Yemen's...

Hong Kong was reeling Sunday from some of the worst clashes to rock the city in months after hardcore pro-democracy protesters hurled petrol bombs at police who fired tear gas and deployed water cannon, before making mass arrests inside train stations. Police had banned a planned...

US and Taliban negotiators are "at the threshold of an agreement" to end 18 years of conflict between them, Washington's top negotiator said Sunday as he concluded their latest talks. The foes have been meeting in Doha to finalise a deal under which the Taliban would give security...

One person was killed and at least nine others wounded on Saturday in the city of Villeurbanne near Lyon in central France after a suspected knife attack, a police source told Reuters. A suspect carrying a knife was arrested, the source said. A second source close to the police said the man...

Thousands of people across Britain and Northern Ireland protested on Saturday against Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s decision to suspend parliament for about a month before the deadline for the country to leave the European Union. Johnson has pledged to take Britain out of the EU on Oct. 31...