Spain's maritime rescue service said it saved 59 migrants, nearly all minors, trying to make the dangerous crossing of the Mediterranean Sea in a small boat. The service says that the migrants were located Saturday in the Strait of Gibraltar by a Civil Guard patrol craft, which...

Iraq's Yazidi minority held its summer festival on the weekend, five years after jihadists seized their ancestral heartland of Sinjar, in a brutal assault that still haunts the community. On August 3, 2014, Islamic State group fighters seized Mount Sinjar, and went on to slaughter thousands...

 Russian police Saturday detained at least 311 people attending a protest in Moscow to demand free elections, including prominent activist Lyubov Sobol, after the authorities warned the demonstration was illegal. Police removed Sobol from a taxi and bundled her into a van minutes...

The governing body of football in South America banned Lionel Messi from playing international matches for three months after Barcelona's Argentinean star accused the body of corruption during the 2019 Copa America.  The South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) said late on...