CARACAS- Venezuela’s ruling party-controlled National Assembly on Thursday unanimously passed a bill allowing the government to more tightly regulate non-governmental organizations (NGOs), amid criticism of a government crackdown on the opposition after a disputed July election.

Hurricane Ernesto on Thursday barreled toward Bermuda where it threatened powerful winds, a dangerous storm surge and heavy rains over the weekend after leaving hundreds of thousands of Puerto Ricans without power in its wake.

China says it will restrict exports of a mineral used in a wide range of products from batteries to weapons

Japan’s economy grew at an annual rate of 3.1% last quarter, rebounding from the contraction in the previous quarter

TOKYO – Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Wednesday he would step down next month, succumbing to public disaffection over political scandals and rising living costs that marred his three-year term, and setting off a scramble to replace him.

A German federal court has suspended a ban the government imposed last month on a far-right magazine

Kosovo’s prime minister says that fully reopening a bridge in Mitrovica would be another step toward free movement and wasn’t a threat to anyone

ATHENS  – Firefighters battled on Wednesday to extinguish the remnants of a wildfire near Athens that killed a woman, torched buildings, devoured woodland and forced thousands of people to flee their homes.

WARSAW  – The Polish government chose Piotr Serafin, head of Poland’s Permanent Representation to the EU, as an EU commissioner candidate, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Tuesday, setting his sights on the EU budget commissioner role.