CAIRO (AP) — Egypt authorities have scheduled a nationwide referendum on proposed constitutional changes that could see President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi remain in power until 2030. Lasheen Ibrahim, chairman of the…

CHICAGO (AP) — Text messages show the Chicago prosecutor whose office handled the case of “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett told her top deputy that Smollett was a “washed up celeb” who was overcharged. The…

ANKARA – Recounts of local election votes in Istanbul ended on Wednesday and the main opposition candidate said he expected to be installed as mayor despite an appeal by President Tayyip Erdogan’s party to re-run the election in Turkey’s largest city. Initial results from the March 31 local elections gave a narrow victory to the main opposition Republican People’s Party ...

‘We need to take actions that are disruptive so everyone understands the dangers we’re facing,’ said lawyer Farhana Yamin, one of those arrested LONDON…

TRIPOLI, April 17 (Xinhua) — Libya’s UN-backed Prime Minister Fayez Serraj pledged to bring the commander of the eastern-based Army General Khalifa Haftar to the International Criminal Court (ICC) over indiscriminate shelling…

PARIS — The French prime minister has announced an international architects’ competition to rebuild the spire of Notre Dame Cathedral. Edouard Philippe will speak following a special Cabinet meeting…

Denver-area schools are closed on Wednesday as authorities have launched a manhunt for a woman they say is dangerous and has made “credible threats” days before the 20th anniversary of the Columbine High School shooting. Police are searching for 18-year-old Sol Pais who allegedly traveled from Miami to Colorado because she is “infatuated” with the school shooting, USA Today reported. ...

Bollywood actor-turned-politico Jaya Prada is speaking out after being subjected to sexism by her political nemesis Azam Khan. Prada and Khan were once colleagues in India’s Samajwadi Party, but the three-time MP is now a BJP candidate and is standing against Khan in the Rampur constituency in the ongoing elections. Their…

LIMA, PERU — Former Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski has been hospitalized days after he was detained as part of a money laundering probe into his ties to the company at the heart…

(CNN)Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg met Pope Francis after his weekly audience at the Vatican on Wednesday. The Swedish 16-year-old carried a sign reading “Join the Climate Strike,” which she showed the Pope after he greeted her. A day earlier, Thunberg urged European Union leaders to “panic” about climate change, as she addressed a committee of the European Parliament in ...