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The International Chess Federation, or FIDE, has updated its policy on transgender players, effectively banning trans competitors from participating in official women’s tournaments. The world governing body for chess said its member federations have r…
A Brazilian man wanted for killing 11 people in 2015 has been arrested in New Hampshire, federal authorities said Wednesday. Antonio Jose De Abreu Vidal Filho, 29, was wanted on an Interpol Red Notice. He was convicted in Brazil two months ago for the…
NEW YORK — Former chief of the FBI’s New York City counterintelligence division Charlie McGonigal pleaded guilty in Manhattan Tuesday to helping a sanctioned Russian oligarch find dirt on his enemies after his retirement. The former special agent in c…
The party of ousted President Mohamed Bazoum has rejected the charges of treason brought against him by the coup leaders. The accusations against Bazoum are a childish and grotesque fabrication of lies that have no basis in facts, the Nigerien Party f…
NEW YORK — El Chapo’s cocaine supplier, whose testimony helped seal the famed drug lord’s fate, got one step closer to freedom Monday when a judge sentenced him to 20 years — most of which he’s already served. Colombian drug lord Juan Carlos Ramírez A…
As deadly gang violence unfolds against another Port-au-Prince neighborhood and another police officer lost his life trying to help the public fend off armed attacks, Human Rights Watch is calling on the international community to act urgently to supp…
The Eiffel Tower, one of Paris’ most popular tourist attractions, was temporarily closed to the public on Saturday after a bomb threat forced visitors to evacuate the iconic landmark. Tourists on all three floors of the tower in Central Paris were ord…
German environmentalist Luisa Neubauer has criticized the radical form of protest deployed by the Last Generation group, in comments to the Watson news portal on Saturday. “Political change does not categorically come faster by resorting to more radic…
The World Scout Jamboree, whose 40,000 participants were plagued by a typhoon and subsequent evacuation, came to an end on Friday in Seoul, a day earlier than planned. Participants gathered at the capital’s World Cup stadium on Friday for the closing …
Bacardi, the world’s largest private liquor company whose U.S. headquarters are in Coral Gables, has been sanctioned by Ukraine for expanding its operations in Russia, a move that the Ukrainian government says has provided economic support to the war …