Haiti Prime Minister Ariel Henry announced Tuesday that he will resign, bowing to international pressure to do so amid turmoil that has overwhelmed the country.In a statement released early Tuesday morning, Henry agreed to leave office once a transitional presidential council is created and an interim PM is named. The…

Former deputy chairman of Britain’s Conservative Party, Lee Anderson, has defected to the smaller right-wing Reform U.K. Party.Anderson was suspended from Parliament for suggesting that London Mayor Sadiq Khan is controlled by Islamists.Prime Minister Rishi Sunak denounced Anderson’s comments on Khan and denied his party having Islamophobia issues.The former deputy…

The Vatican on Monday unveiled its groundbreaking project for the upcoming Venice Biennale of Art: A multimedia installation located inside Venice’s women’s prison, created with the active participation of inmates and artists and open to the public under strict security conditions.Pope Francis himself is expected to visit the Holy See…

Italian police have arrested three Palestinians based in central Italy who they said were planning attacks in an unspecified country, a police statement said on Monday.The three men living in l’Aquila, about 75 miles northeast of Rome, had set up a cell linked to the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, it said.The…

An explosion that took place near a ship in the Red Sea on Monday is suspected to have been an attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, though the blast caused no damage, authorities said.The master of the vessel reported the explosion and said no one was hurt, the British military’s United…

A union representing many of Germany’s train drivers has called for another strike in a long and bitter dispute with the state-owned main railway operator over working hours and pay, drawing sharp criticism from the country’s transport minister.The GDL union called on drivers of Deutsche Bahn’s passenger trains to walk…

The 19-member Cabinet of Pakistan’s newly-elected Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif was sworn in Monday during a brief ceremony.President Asif Ali Zardari administered the ministers’ oaths at the President’s Office — a sprawling white-marble building — in the capital, Islamabad, with Sharif in attendance.PAKISTAN SWEARS IN NEW LAWMAKERS AS PROTESTS BY…

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa’s ruling African National Congress said Monday that six officials facing accusations of corruption have been included on its list of candidates for this year’s election, bringing more scrutiny on a party that already has had its reputation badly damaged by graft.ANC Secretary-General…

Poland’s president on Monday called on other members of the NATO alliance to raise their spending on defense to 3% of their gross domestic product as Russia puts its economy on a war footing and pushes forward with its invasion of Ukraine.President Andrzej Duda made his call in remarks directed…

A Pakistani court sentenced a 22-year-old student to death and gave a teenager a life sentence in two separate cases after finding them guilty of insulting Islam’s Prophet Muhammad, a defense lawyer and officials said Monday.Both had denied the charges and have the right to appeal.Aslam Gujar, a lawyer who…