Canadian diplomats hit by Cuba illness feel ‘abandoned’ – paperA group of Canadian diplomats who left the embassy in Cuba after suffering unusual health symptoms say their foreign ministry has abandoned them, the Globe and Mail newspaper reported on Monday. Canad...
Northern Irish kingmakers send UK PM May a warning over Brexit dealThe Northern Irish kingmakers who prop up British Prime Minister Theresa May's government sent her a stark warning over her draft Brexit divorce deal, pulling support in several parliamentary votes on...
Fiji leader sworn in for 4 more years after winning electionFiji’s leader was sworn in for four more years Tuesday after winning an election with a reduced majority, after earlier lashing out at his opponents. Voreqe Bainimarama was affirmed prime minister in...
US preparing to add Venezuela to terrorism sponsors list -sourceThe United States is preparing to add Venezuela to its list of state sponsors of terrorism but no final decision has been made, a person familiar with the deliberations said on Monday. Adding Venezuel...
Despite UN call for Yemen truce, new clashes around key portYemeni officials and witnesses say fighting between Saudi-led coalition forces and Shiite rebels has flared up again around the Red Sea port city of Hodeida despite U.N. calls for a cease-fire there....
Malaysia reopens submarine probe, questions former PM NajibMalaysian anti-graft authorities have reopened investigations into a contentious submarine deal 16 years ago involving former prime minister Najib Razak, the latest corruption probe facing the embattl...
Rains could hinder search for California wildfire victimsAuthorities on Monday redoubled efforts to find more victims of the deadliest wildfire in California history and to account for nearly 1,000 people listed as missing, with forecast rains likely to hin...
New barricades at US-Mexico border as migrant caravan arrivesHuge metal or concrete barricades and walls of concertina wire went up Monday on both sides of a bustling US-Mexico border crossing as a caravan of US-bound Central American migrants pours into Tijuan...
UN prepares ground for Yemen peace talks as battles flareUN envoy Martin Griffiths was preparing Tuesday to head to war-torn Yemen to lay the groundwork for peace talks in Sweden, after fresh fighting shook the flashpoint city of Hodeida. Griffiths -- whose...
Trump dilemma: Preserve Saudi alliance or declare prince a murdererThe Saudi assassination of a US-based journalist has put President Donald Trump in an intractable bind. Does he preserve a close US ally and accept whatever Riyadh says about the murder? Or does he ri...
Maggots, licorice and cobra hearts at Sweden’s ‘Disgusting Food Museum’Cheese teeming with squirming maggots, sheep's eye juice and mouse wine: the "Disgusting Food Museum" explores why a dish seems delicious to some, but for others is stomach-churning. On show for three...
US judge blocks Trump asylum restrictionsA US judge on Monday temporarily blocked an order by President Donald Trump that barred asylum for immigrants who enter the country illegally from Mexico, the latest courtroom defeat for Trump on immi...
PNG police, soldiers storm parliament over unpaid APEC bonusesPapua New Guinea police and soldiers stormed the country's parliament Tuesday, smashing windows and furniture and demanding unpaid APEC bonuses just days after the international summit wrapped up, pol...
Russia denounces ‘interference’ in Interpol leadership voteThe Kremlin on Tuesday denounced "interference" in the election for a new Interpol president after critics including US senators objected to a Russian becoming chief of the global police body. "This i...
Twitter CEO trolled for ‘hate mongering’ against India’s BrahminsTwitter CEO Jack Dorsey has kicked up a social media storm in India after a picture of him with a placard saying "smash Brahminical patriarchy", referring to the highest Hindu caste, went viral in one...
Xi visits Philippines to cozy up to historical US allyChinese President Xi Jinping arrived in the Philippines Tuesday for a key state visit to a long-time US ally, aiming to boost blossoming ties with potentially billions in backing for mega- projects. P...
Australian police charge three men over plot to undertake ‘mass’ attackPolice said on Tuesday they arrested three men who were allegedly preparing to attack a "mass gathering" in Melbourne, less than two weeks after a man was killed in Australia's second-largest city in...
European court urges Turkey to free pro-Kurdish leaderThe European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday called on Turkey to release pro-Kurdish leader Selahattin Demirtas, saying his detention since 2016 on terror charges was aimed at "stifling pluralism". D...
Ivanka Trump used personal email for govt business: reportThe US president's daughter and senior advisor Ivanka Trump used a personal email account for government business in violation of federal records rules, The Washington Post reported Monday. The Post,...
China glacier melt speeds up in ‘wake-up call’ for world: GreenpeaceGlacier melt at major sites in western China is accelerating fast, Greenpeace said on Tuesday, prompting thousands to evacuate in recent months and underscoring the vulnerability to climate change in...