U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited Ukraine on Tuesday on an unannounced diplomatic mission to reassure the country amid its war with Russia.After arriving in Kyiv, Blinken is expected to meet with senior Ukrainian officials and “highlight the United States’ enduring support for Ukraine,” the U.S. State Department said.…

A large billboard collapsed onto a group of pedestrians in India late Monday evening, killing at least 14 people and injuring 74 others, officials said.According to city officials, a 100-foot-tall billboard fell onto a gas station in the suburb of Ghatkopar in the western city of Mumbai on Monday evening.…

The United Kingdom’s law to deport asylum-seekers shouldn’t apply in Northern Ireland, because parts of it violate human rights protections, a Belfast judge ruled Monday.The Illegal Migration Act was incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights and undermines rights provided in the Good Friday peace agreement of 1998, High…

Pakistani and U.S. officials have held their latest talks in Washington on how to expand cooperation in tackling the threat posed to regional security by an affiliate of the Islamic State group and the Pakistani Taliban, Pakistan’s foreign ministry said Monday.TALIBAN-RUN TOURISM INSTITUTE AIMS TO ATTRACT MORE TRAVELERS TO AFGHANISTANA…

European Union candidate North Macedonia sought Monday to calm disputes with EU neighbors Greece and Bulgaria that flared up following the landslide election victory of a conservative-backed coalition and president.North Macedonia changed its name from Macedonia after a 2018 landmark agreement with Greece that ended a years-long quarrel over the…

One of Europe’s most notorious human smugglers was arrested Monday in the semi-autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq, security officials said.The regional government’s security agency said it had arrested Barzan Majeed, known as “the Scorpion,” in the area of Sulaymaniyah, upon a request from Interpol and “after the exchange of…

Four men from the Dominican Republic were indicted in Puerto Rico on charges of smuggling wildlife in a case involving more than 100 dead birds, officials said Monday.DOMINICAN REPUBLIC GETS FUNDING TO SAVE RARE BIRDThe men were detained after the U.S. Coast Guard spotted them earlier this month aboard a…

Arthur L. Irving, one of Canada’s richest people and the son of Canadian industrialist K.C. Irving, has died at the age of 93 after a life spent growing the oil business his father founded.Irving Oil announced his death in a statement, saying he died Monday surrounded by his wife, Sandra,…

The International Monetary Fund, Argentina’s biggest creditor, agreed Monday to release the next tranche of loans due under a bailout program, endorsing government austerity measures so severe they even surpass the terms of its $43 billion loan.The IMF deal follows the completion of its review of Argentina’s compliance record and…

The Eurovision Song Contest continued to spawn unprecedented controversy, days after the winner was crowned, with the 27-nation European Union lambasting organizers on Monday for their “incoherence” in banning its flag from the concert hall during the final.In an unusually sharp letter, EU Commission Vice President Margaritis Schinas wrote to…