By ZEKE MILLER and REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The Venezuelan opposition leader who claims to have defeated President Nicolás Maduro in last year's presidential election will meet with U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday at the White House, a senior ...

By PHILIPP JENNE and GEIR MOULSON Associated Press VIENNA (AP) — The leader of Austria's Freedom Party received a mandate Monday to try to form a new government, which would be the first headed by the far right since World War II if he succeeds. The anti-immigration and euroskeptic ...

By ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian troops in eastern Ukraine have captured the stronghold of Kurakhove after a monthslong battle, Russia's Defense Ministry claimed Monday, adding the wrecked town to the Kremlin's list of conquests during the almost three-year ...

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis on Monday named the first woman to head a major Vatican office, appointing an Italian nun, Sister Simona Brambilla, to become prefect of the department responsible for all the Catholic Church's religious orders. The appointment ...

By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France's former President Nicolas Sarkozy goes on trial Monday over allegations he received millions from Libya for his 2007 successful presidential campaign, in the latest — and biggest — of a series of legal cases involving him. This ...