First Arab-EU summit billed as chance to cooperate in troubled regionEuropean and Arab leaders are to hold their first summit Sunday, in what the top EU diplomat sees as a chance to boost cooperation across a troubled Mediterranean region. President Abdel Fattah El-Sis...
Competing concerts to duel on Venezuelan borderVenezuela's political tug-of-war morphs into a battle of the bands on Friday, with dueling government and opposition pop concerts ahead of a weekend showdown over the entry of badly needed food and me...
North Korea’s forgotten fighters in VietnamA caretaker tends to the headstones of 14 North Koreans killed fighting in the Vietnam War, carefully sweeping around the plaques honouring Pyongyang's little-known contribution to Hanoi's anti-Americ...
In tiny Moldova, voters choose between Russia and EuropeVoters in Moldova head to the polls on Sunday for a parliamentary election reflecting the tiny ex-Soviet republic's long-standing division between pro-Russians and pro-Europeans. Wedged between Ukrain...
Nigeria’s Buhari promises security for delayed presidential electionPresident Muhammadu Buhari on Friday urged Nigerians "to go out and vote", promising that there would be adequate security for Saturday's postponed election that pits him in a tight race with business...
US to leave 200 troops in Syria for a period of time – White HouseThe United States will leave “a small peacekeeping group” of 200 American troops in Syria for a period of time after a US pullout, the White House said on Thursday. President Donald Trump in December...
After bloody protests, Nicaragua’s president wants dialogue for peaceNicaraguan President Daniel Ortega said on Thursday he would resume dialogue with opposition leaders who are calling for early elections after nearly a year grappling with one of the country's worst c...
Turkey orders 295 military personnel arrested over Gulen linksTurkey ordered the arrest of 295 serving military personnel on Friday, the prosecutor’s office said, accusing them of links to the network of US-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, who Ankara says or...
The Taliban have not changed, warn Afghans living under their ruleAli Ahmad Alizai has no choice but to obey when the Taliban come knocking on his door demanding food, shelter or a slice of his hard-earned harvest to fund their insurgency. "The Taliban run a dictato...
Australian judge sentences ‘mass murderer’ to life in prisonA man who drove a stolen car into lunchtime crowds in downtown Melbourne and killed six people was sentenced to life imprisonment Friday in what the judge described as "one of the worst examples of ma...
Father of US-born woman who joined Daesh sues over citizenshipThe father of an Alabama woman who joined the Daesh group in Syria sued Thursday to bring her home after the Trump administration took the extraordinary step of declaring that she was not a US citizen...
Vote on Micronesia state breakaway postponedA referendum next month on independence for the Micronesian state of Chuuk has been postponed, officials in the Pacific nation said Friday, defusing an issue seen as a potential flashpoint between Chi...
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi woos investors to crisis-hit Rakhine, decries ‘negative’ focusMyanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi called for investment in the crisis-hit western state of Rakhine on Friday, saying the world had "focused narrowly on negative aspects" in the state from which some 730...
Muslim rebel commanders transform into Philippine officialsSome of the fiercest Muslim rebel commanders in the southern Philippines are in Manila to be sworn in as administrators of a new Muslim autonomy region in a delicate milestone to settle one of Asia's...
Young Moldovans fight corruption as election nearsFor Andrei Trupceac, the breaking point came when courts in his native Moldova overturned the results of a local election that had been won by an opposition candidate. "That day I understood that just...
2nd Trump-Kim summit crucial moment for Moon’s presidencySouth Korean President Moon Jae-in has staked his legacy on the stunning diplomatic progress he has forged with North Korea, as well as the behind-the-scenes orchestration of the US-North Korean summi...
Climate threat doubter is leading effort to advise TrumpThe Trump administration is exploring the idea of forming a special committee to look at climate change and security risks, with the effort being coordinated by a 79-year-old physicist who rejects mai...
US, Central America launch plan to crack down on people smugglersThe United States and three Central American nations on Wednesday announced an effort to combat trafficking of people to the US-Mexico border, days after US President Donald Trump declared a national...
Chile’s ‘Chicago boys’ making a comeback in BrazilThey were the architects of the "shock" economic politics that some claim galvanized Chile's economy under the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship. Now the so-called "Chicago Boys" are back with a bang unde...
US Coast Guard officer arrested for mass murder plotA US Coast Guard officer who espoused white supremacist views and drafted a target list of Democratic politicians and prominent media figures has been arrested on firearms and drug charges. Christophe...
In US, pope’s summit on sex abuse seen as too little, too lateIn the study of his home outside Washington, victims’ advocate Tom Doyle searched a shelf packed with books to find the thick report that led him to stop practicing as a priest and devote himself to h...
Boko Haram displaced feel forgotten amid Nigeria election feverIdriss Abdullahi was once a successful businessman and a husband to four wives, until the day he fled his home when Boko Haram insurgents advanced across northeastern Nigeria. Five years on he lives b...
Advocates say US still separates migrant families needlesslyMonths after the Trump administration announced an end to its widescale separation of migrant parents and children, the policy remains a heated issue in the courts and at the border as critics contend...
Violent street protests in Haiti hit tourism industryWith flaming barricades and widespread looting, 10 days of street violence in Haiti have all but buried a tourism industry that managed to resurrect itself after a devastating earthquake in 2010. Ugly...
Hungary hits Soros, Juncker in new media campaignHungary launched a new anti-immigration media campaign on Tuesday in which it accused George Soros and EU Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker of allegedly supporting illegal migration, but which Brus...
Top Netanyahu challengers unite for Israeli electionIsrael’s primary centrist challengers to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have announced they are joining forces. Ex-military chief Benny Gantz and Yair Lapid, head of the Yesh Atid party, said early...
Woman who joined Islamic State cannot return to US, Pompeo saysUS Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday a woman born in the United States who joined the Islamic State militant group did not qualify for US citizenship and had no legal basis to return to...
Pelosi urges support for resolution to block border wall emergencyHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday called upon lawmakers to back a resolution to halt the national emergency declared by US President Donald Trump to fund a wall on the southern border with Mexic...
Fire in centuries-old part of Bangladesh’s capital kills 70A devastating fire raced through densely packed buildings in a centuries-old shopping district in Bangladesh's capital, killing at least 70 people, officials and witnesses said Thursday. The fire in D...
Iran announces another navy drill in key Strait of HormuzIran's navy says it will hold an annual drill in the strategic Strait of Hormuz as pressure mounts on the country months after the United States re-imposed sanctions on Iran, targeting its vital oil s...