Authorities have found alive a Roman Catholic cardinal who disappeared this week in western Panama near the border with Costa Rica, church officials said Thursday, hours after confirming the cleric’s disappearance.Panama’s Episcopal Conference said in a statement Thursday afternoon that Spanish Cardinal José Luis Lacunza had been found after last…

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — More than 2,300 people were killed, injured or kidnapped in Haiti from October to December last year, a nearly 10% increase compared with the previous quarter, according to a new U.N. report released Thursday.The number of killings alone spiked to more than 1,600 during…

Norway’s most powerful storm in more than three decades ripped off roofs, heightened avalanche risks, canceled flights and cut power as it raged in parts of the Scandinavian country Thursday.Hurricane-force winds brought gusts of up to 112 miles per hour in some places. A new national wind speed record of…

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Mass street protests intensified Thursday across Slovakia against a plan by populist Prime Minister Robert Fico to amend the country’s penal code and eliminate the office of the special prosecutor that deals with major crime and corruption.Thousands were rallying as the protests spread to 31 cities…

PANAMA CITY (AP) — A Roman Catholic cardinal disappeared this week in western Panama near the border with Costa Rica and investigators are searching for the missing cleric, authorities announced Thursday.PANAMA’S HIGH COURT DECLARES MINING CONTRACT UNCONSTITUTIONAL. HERE IS WHAT HAPPENS NEXTProsecutors in the state of Chiriqui said they opened…

Police and student protesters clashed in the center of the Greek capital on Thursday after a demonstration against government plans to allow private universities.Demonstrators in Athens attacked police cordons, set fire to trash dumpsters and threw stones at riot police near parliament and later during clashes along the capital’s narrow…

A Brazilian man who feasted on one of the most poisonous fishes in the world has died after spending five weeks in hospital fighting for his life, according to reports.Magno Sergio Gomes, 46, and his friend ate a toxic pufferfish – known to be 1,200 times more poisonous than cyanide…

A United Kingdom citizen was sentenced to 18 months in prison after pleading guilty to conspiring to procure a high-powered microwave system and counter-drone system from the United States to Iran, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced Thursday.U.S. Attorney Matthew Graves said Saber Fakih, 48, conspired with Bader Fakih, 43, of…

Authorities conducted a search for potential survivors off Puerto Rico’s northwest coast following a boat capsizing, resulting in at least two fatalities.The U.S. Coast Guard rescued 30 people from the capsized boat near Camuy, with two hospitalized, including a pregnant woman.Survivors estimated the boat carried between 30 and 50 passengers.Authorities…

An Australian toddler was rescued from inside a claw machine over the weekend after the boy took matters into his own hands and climbed through the prize chute to claim a stuffed toy.The 3-year-old boy named Ethan got stuck inside a “Hello Kitty” claw machine on Saturday while out with…