At NATO, abrasive Trump lashes Germany for being Russian ‘captive’US President Donald Trump accused Germany of being a "captive" of Russia on Wednesday as Western leaders gathered in Brussels for a NATO summit where Trump wants Europeans to pay more for their own de...
Myanmar opens peace conference with ethnic rebelsMyanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi and the country's military commander on Wednesday opened a major conference with representatives of ethnic minority groups to try to move toward a lasting peace after...
Government falls short of deadline to reunite kids, parentsSome immigrant toddlers are back in the arms of their parents, but others remained in holding facilities away from relatives as federal officials fell short of meeting a court-ordered deadline to reun...
Russia pursues Jehovah’s Witnesses as ‘extremists’With masks and rifles, police came to Anatoly Vilitkevich's door in the early morning and made him pack a bag. He was wanted for religious extremism -- as a Jehovah's Witness. "Forget it," they told h...
Peace in Afghanistan more elusive as Taliban shrug off talksWith the Taliban shrugging off the Afghan government's latest offers of a cease-fire and negotiations, peace seems as elusive as it has been for decades in this war-battered country, both for troops o...
The week Brexit got real: Britain turns pragmaticA week ago Britain had strict red lines on Brexit, pro-EU lawmakers were "traitors" and the plan for Britain's future ties with the European Union after leaving the bloc were a jumble of platitudes an...
Nicaraguans fear return to civil war pastWhen still just 16, Alvaro Gomez fought with revolutionary forces against a US-backed dictatorship during the Nicaraguan civil war. He lost comrades and a leg after he was hit by a grenade fired from...
Japan PM meets stranded evacuees in flood disaster zoneJapan's prime minister met Wednesday with people forced from their homes by devastating rains that have killed at least 179 people, as the government said it would review its disaster management plans...
Two dead in militant attack on Afghan govt office: officialsGunmen stormed an education department compound in Afghanistan's restive east Wednesday and were battling security forces in an ongoing attack that has left at least two people dead, officials said. F...
Turkey jails mine bosses over 2014 disaster that killed 301A Turkish court on Wednesday handed jail terms of up to 22 years to five top managers convicted of negligence over Turkey's worst ever mining disaster, which claimed hundreds of lives. The accident in...
Greece acts against Russian diplomats in security breach over Macedonia rowGreece has taken "the necessary measures to protect its national interest" after "interference" by Russian officials in the name dispute with the former Yugoslav republic of Macedonia, the government...
Surviving member of German neo-Nazi murder cell jailed for lifeThe only surviving member of a German neo-Nazi cell behind a shocking series of racist murders was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison, capping one of the longest and politically charged trials of t...
Catalan leader travels to Scotland for historic talksAfter years of holding Catalan separatists at arm's length despite obvious sympathy for their cause, Scotland's pro-independence First Minister Nicola Sturgeon meets Catalan president Quim Torra for t...
UN aid chief says ‘clear evidence of humanitarian need’ in North KoreaThere is "very clear evidence of humanitarian need" in North Korea, the top UN aid official has said during the first visit of its kind to the isolated country since 2011. UN Humanitarian Chief Mark L...
Trauma fears cloud upbeat picture of Thai boys rescued from caveThe dramatic rescue of a dozen boys from a flooded Thai cave ended a harrowing two-week ordeal that most seem to have weathered with astonishing mental and physical resilience -- at least for the mome...