The president also acknowledged that he cursed at the Israeli leader in a heated phone call in which he told Benjamin Netanyahu not to bomb the Lebanese capital Beirut.

Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz sent a bill to Parliament on Wednesday to regulate states of emergency, while two ministers resigned amid a crisis.

Portugal and Austria defeated Germany for seats on the powerful but deeply divided U.N. Security Council on Wednesday in a hotly contested race after intense campaigning. The 10 rotating seats on the 15-member Security Council are earmarked for different regions of the world.

The fire started in the ground floor restaurant of an India hotel popular with patients at a nearby healthcare facility.

Los precios del petróleo subían el miércoles tras el más reciente recrudecimiento de los combates, que amenazan el alto el fuego entre Estados Unidos e Irán, mientras las acciones en Wall Street se estancan cerca de sus récords.

Cuba's former leader Raul Castro turned 95 on Wednesday, though his whereabouts were still unknown two weeks after U.S. authorities charged him with murder in connection with the downing of civilian airplanes in 1996.

A British naval helicopter flying as part of a training exercise in southwest England crashed on Wednesday, killing three crew members, the Royal Navy said. The Devon and Cornwall police, the regional police department,

Kenyan detectives have been granted 21 days to hold nine students suspected of planning an arson attack at a school in central Kenya. The fire killed 16 children and has gripped the nation. A court