After cabinet Brexit deal, May must persuade MPs and BrusselsBritish Prime Minister Theresa has persuaded her eurosceptic ministers to back a plan for closer ties with the EU after Brexit, but some MPs expressed alarm -- and she must still sell it to Brussels....
Spanish PM meets Catalan president to defuse tensionsSpain's new leader Pedro Sanchez on Monday meets separatist Catalan president Quim Torra for the first time in a bid to kickstart dialogue after the region's failed attempt at secession which sparked...
S Korea women protest ‘spycam porn’ in mass rallyTens of thousands of South Korean women on Saturday angrily urged the government to crack down on secretly-filmed spycam pornography in one of the biggest-ever female-only protests in the country. So-...
Al Shabaab fighters attack Somalia Police HQMilitants from Somalia's al Shabaab group stormed a government building housing the security and interior ministries on Saturday after twin bombings wounded at least 17 people nearby in central Mogadi...
Thousands head home in south Syria after ceasefire deal: monitorThousands of displaced Syrians were heading home Saturday after rebels and the government reached a ceasefire deal in the south following more than two weeks of deadly bombardment, a monitor said. Und...
Japan on alert after execution of doomsday cult founderJapan was on alert on Saturday amid fears that the executions of the former leader and members of a doomsday cult behind the deadly Tokyo subway sarin gas attack in 1995 could spark acts of retaliatio...
US condemns Moscow’s efforts to ‘stifle’ press freedomThe US State Department on Friday condemned Moscow for trying to "stifle press freedom," less than two weeks ahead of a meeting between President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Puti...
Iran executes 8 over 2017 Islamic State attack on TehranIran said Saturday it executed eight people convicted in the 2017 Islamic State group attack on parliament and the shrine of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in Tehran. The June 7, 2017 attack has so far b...
French policeman on manslaughter charge as shooting sparks riotsA French policeman who shot dead a young black man in western France, sparking four nights of rioting, has been charged with manslaughter, his lawyer said as clashes between youths and police raged in...
Incoming Mexican president to seek negotiated peace in drug warMexican President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's transition team unveiled a plan on Friday to shake up the fight against crime, including reduced jail time but stiffer controls on weapons, as the...
Thai coach apologises to parents as boys write they’re OKThe soccer coach trapped in a cave with 12 Thai boys apologized to their parents in the first letter he and the team have sent out through divers, in which the boys say they're doing well and missing...
Pompeo says made progress with North Korea, more work neededUS Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Saturday he had made progress "on almost all of the central issues" in talks with North Korea, including on setting a timeline for its denuclearisation, but w...
Back doors, tunnel help Supreme Court nominees stay secretTo keep his arrival in Washington secret, the Supreme Court nominee was driven along a back farm road and flown to the nation's capital on a military jet. He stayed with friends, rather than at a hote...
In Bosnia, young man’s death stirs nationwide protestWhen the body of a 21-year-old student was found in a stream in March, police said it was an accident. But his family cried foul, unleashing a wave of protests unseen in Bosnia since 2014. Until his d...
Canada woman breaks silence on PM groping allegationA former journalist broke her silence on Friday to stand by her allegation that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau groped her nearly two decades ago, when he was not politically involved. "I issue this sta...
Haiti tense after unpopular fuel price hikeAt least one person was killed amid protests in the capital of impoverished Haiti Friday, following the announcement of a fuel price rise to comply with an International Monetary Fund agreement. The b...
Records broken as heat wave bakes Southern CaliforniaAdangerous heat wave will continue to bake Southern California on Saturday, hitting temperatures well above 110 degrees across the region and setting all-time records in several places. High temperatu...
US orders non-emergency personnel to leave crisis-hit NicaraguaThe United States on Friday ordered all of its non-emergency personnel to leave crisis-stricken Nicaragua amid a wave of anti-government protests and violence that has left 230 dead, the embassy in th...
30 dead as record rains devastate parts of JapanRecord rainfall devastated parts of Japan on Saturday, killing at least 30 people, as homes disappeared beneath floodwaters and landslides, and authorities ordered over 1.9 million evacuations. The un...
Cambodia kicks off campaign for controversial electionCambodian political parties on Saturday kicked off a three-week-long campaign for a controversial general election later this month, which strongman Hun Sen is poised to sweep after the main oppositio...
Mexican drug baron lawyer asks to push back trialThe lawyer for imprisoned drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman on Friday asked for his client's trial to be postponed, arguing that thousands of new documents produced by the prosecution would make...