Sri Lanka grinds to political halt amid parliamentary chaosSri Lanka appeared to have ground to a political halt on Thursday, with the speaker of parliament saying there was no functioning prime minister or cabinet after a no-confidence vote the previous day....
Rohingya rejection ruins Bangladesh repatriation effortFrightened and angry Rohingya refugees on Thursday forced Bangladesh to call off efforts to start sending back some of the hundreds of thousands of the stateless Muslims to Myanmar, casting fresh doub...
North Korean defectors see uncertain future in Korean reconciliationThae Yong Ho, one of the highest profile North Koreans to defect in recent years, had hoped to visit New York last month to speak on a United Nations panel, meet US envoys, and discuss human rights in...
US troop levels at Mexico border likely at peak — commanderThe number of US troops at the border with Mexico may have peaked at about 5,800, the US commander of the mission told Reuters, noting he would start looking next week at whether to begin sending forc...
Yemen president backs UN peace talks but vows to ‘liberate’ key portYemen's president has backed UN-proposed talks to end fighting in his war-torn country but vowed to "liberate" the battleground rebel-held port city of Hodeida regardless of the peace process. Abedrab...
US urges sustained sanctions pressure on N KoreaVice President Mike Pence on Thursday took America's "pressure campaign" against North Korea to a summit of world leaders, as concerns mount over Pyongyang's key allies easing sanctions imposed over i...
‘Not enough room’: migrant flows strain Mexican border sheltersThe arrival in the Mexican border city of Tijuana of the first few hundred travelers from migrant caravans is stretching to the limit shelters already overflowing with people, and sparking signs of fr...
A year on, families grieve for Argentina’s missing submarinersYolanda Mendiola turns up every morning to join other grieving mothers in a forlorn protest at the home base of a missing Argentine submarine. Thursday's will be harder, marking a year since the last...
American Airlines ‘unaware’ of some Boeing 737 MAX functions until last week: spokesmanAmerican Airlines Group Inc said on Wednesday it was "unaware" of some functions of an anti-stall system on Boeing Co's 737 MAX until last week. Boeing and the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)...
At least 56 killed, 130 missing in California’s deadliest wildfireNational Guard troops joined the grim search on Wednesday for more victims in the ruins of an incinerated northern California town while the death toll climbed to 56 in the most deadly and destructive...
Fiji prime minister leads provisional election countFijian Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama was set to win re-election on Thursday, with a provisional count showing his Fiji First party holding a comfortable lead, although some voting has been delayed...