Pompeo to head to North Korea as doubts mount about its intentionsUS Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will leave for North Korea on Thursday seeking agreement on a plan for the country’s denuclearization, despite mounting doubts about Pyongyang’s willingness to abando...
Erdogan’s defeated rival challenges opposition leaderPresident Recep Tayyip Erdogan's defeated rival in Turkey's presidential election said Tuesday he had offered to take over the day-to-day running of his opposition party, in an apparent challenge to i...
Indonesia ends search for dozens of victims of ferry sinkingIndonesia on Tuesday ended a search of one of the world's deepest lakes for the bodies of dozens of victims of a ferry sinking two weeks ago. The head of North Sumatra province's Search and Rescue age...
Mass rape, cannibalism, dismemberment: UN team finds atrocities in Congo warRebels and government troops in Congo have committed atrocities including mass rape, cannibalism and the dismemberment of civilians, according to testimony published on Tuesday by a team of UN human r...
UN urges Jordan to open borders to fleeing SyriansThe United Nations human rights office and refugee agency UNHCR urged Jordan on Tuesday to open its border to Syrians trying to escape an escalating conflict in the southwest region of Deraa. An estim...
Iran diplomat’s detention overshadows Rouhani’s Europe tourIranian President Hassan Rouhani's visit to Switzerland and Austria was shaken Tuesday by allegations one of Tehran's diplomats was involved in a bomb plot against an opposition group in Paris. The di...
Long rescue ahead for Thai cave boysRescuers braced for a long and difficult evacuation for 13 members of a Thai youth football team found alive in a cave nine days after they went missing, as food and medicine was shuttled to them thro...
Hundreds celebrate the life of slain Maryland journalistDays after journalist Rob Hiaasen and four colleagues were shot to death by a gunman who blasted his way into the Capital Gazette's newsroom, an overflow crowd gathered on Monday evening to remember t...
Merkel dodges political bullet with controversial migrant dealGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel survived a bruising challenge to her authority with a compromise deal on immigration but faced charges Tuesday that it spelt a final farewell to her welcoming stance to...
Trump interviews with possible Supreme Court nominees beginPresident Donald Trump has interviewed four prospective Supreme Court justices and had plans to meet with a few more as his White House aggressively mobilizes to select a replacement for retiring Just...
Australian archbishop gets 12 months for concealing child abuseOne of the highest-ranked church officials convicted of covering up child sex abuse was Tuesday sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment, but Philip Wilson could avoid jail after a court ordered he be ass...
Japan aims for 24% renewable energy but keeps nuclear centralJapan's government on Tuesday pledged to modestly boost the amount of energy coming from renewable sources to around a quarter in a new plan that also keeps nuclear power central to the country's poli...
Israel to punish Palestinian payments to prisoner familiesIsrael's parliament has passed a law to freeze money transferred to the Palestinian Authority over its payments to the families of Palestinians jailed for attacks on Israelis. The legislation was appr...
In Tabasco, hometown friends of Mexico’s new president say: Remember your rootsChildhood friends, neighbors and early collaborators of Mexico’s president-elect, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, are celebrating their hometown hero’s victory, but urged him to remember his roots and br...
Greek defence minister: no ratification for Macedonia dealThe head of the Greek government's junior coalition partner said Tuesday he will not allow a deal the country recently made with neighboring Macedonia over the latter's name to be ratified until it ha...
Former Malaysian premier Najib to be charged today in graft probeMalaysian anti-corruption agents arrested former Prime Minister Najib Razak on Tuesday following a probe into how money went missing from a state fund he founded almost a decade ago and authorities sa...
Austria ready to protect borders if Germany moves on migrantsAustria is prepared to take measures to protect its southern borders if an immigration deal within Germany's coalition goes into effect, the government in Vienna said on Tuesday. It was responding to...
North California wildfire unchecked, threatens hundreds of homesA wildfire in Northern California remained unchecked on Tuesday as firefighters battled the blaze that threatened hundreds of homes and other structures, sending thick black smoke across the San Franc...