A lion cub evacuated from Lebanon to a South African sanctuary escapes airstrikes and abuse
When Sara first arrived at her rescuers' home, she was sick, tired, and was covered in ringworms and signs of abuse all over ...
A French student who was arrested and detained in Tunisia returns to Paris
A French student detained for weeks in Tunisia returned to Paris on Friday after weeks of top-level diplomatic discussions. Victor Dupont, a 27-year-old completing a Ph.D.
Whistleblower sounds alarm about destruction of tribal sites in North Carolina
Spear points, hammer stones and picks lost to history under layers of leaves, roots and rocks — it was the evidence Scott ...
Police and protesters clash in Georgia’s separatist Abkhazia region
Police and hundreds of demonstrators clashed Friday in Georgia's separatist region of Abkhazia as tensions flared over a ...
Workers at Canada’s national postal service go on strike Friday, disrupting deliveries
Workers at Canada's national postal service are on strike after failing to reach a negotiated agreement with Canada Post. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers said early ...
Italian hotel manager rejects Israeli couple’s reservation, accusing Israeli people of ‘genocide’
The manager of a small hotel in northern Italy refused a reservation made by an Israeli couple, accusing Israeli people of being “responsible for genocide,” a Jewish organization in ...
WTOP’s Beer of the Week: Trillium Mātakitaki Valley DIPA
WTOP’s Brennan Haselton and Neighborhood Restaurant Group beer director Greg Engert sip and discuss Trillium Mātakitaki ...
Hungary’s Orbán says sanctions on Russia will ‘destroy’ EU economy
The European Union must abandon its policy of sanctioning Russia for its war in Ukraine or risk causing an economic collapse, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told ...
Pakistani province declares health emergency due to smog and locks down two cities
A Pakistani province declared a health emergency Friday due to smog and imposed a shutdown in two major cities. Smog has choked Punjab for weeks, sickening nearly 2 ...
Snooker player Mark King banned for 5 years for fixing match and providing inside information
English snooker player Mark King was handed a five-year ban on Friday after being found guilty of match-fixing and providing inside information in the latest ...
Malaysia protests new Philippine maritime laws that it says infringe on its territory
Malaysia has protested new maritime laws in the Philippines that it says encroach on its territory, a government official said Friday. Deputy Foreign Minister ...
Middle East latest: Workers search through rubble in eastern Lebanon where Israeli strike killed 13
Rescue teams were searching Friday through rubble for missing people near the city of Baalbek in eastern Lebanon where an Israeli strike hit a civil defense center the night ...