Turkey’s ex-premier squares up for Istanbul election battleIf former Turkish prime minister Binali Yildirim wants a reminder of how much he needs to win as Istanbul mayor in this month's election, he just has to listen to his boss. President Recep Tayyip Erdo...
Outgoing Comoros leader Azali looks set to win new termPolls opened Sunday in the tiny archipelago of Comoros, with President Azali Assoumani widely expected to win a new term in an election that rivals say has been hijacked. Some 300,000 voters are expec...
Flooding impairs drinking water treatment in MissouriRecord flooding along the Missouri River has impaired treatment of drinking supplies in Kansas City, raising health risks for infants, the elderly and others with compromised immune systems, the munic...
Druze protest Trump’s backing of Israeli sovereignty on GolanDozens of Druze Arabs, some carrying Syrian flags and pictures of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, gathered on the Golan Heights on Saturday to protest US President Donald Trump’s support for Israeli...
Wife of Venezuelan opposition leader to Maduro: ‘Enough already!’The wife of Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido had a brief message for President Nicolas Maduro on Saturday, following the arrest of her husband's chief of staff this week: "Enough already." In...
At least 134 killed in central Mali’s worst violence yetGunmen killed at least 134 Fulani herders in central Mali on Saturday, a local mayor said, the deadliest such attack of recent times in a region reeling from worsening ethnic and jihadist violence. Th...
Israel strikes Gaza after border blastsIsraeli aircraft targeted Hamas positions in the Gaza Strip early Sunday after Palestinians there threw explosive devices at the border fence during "riots", the army said. Also Sunday, the health min...
Trump set for star turn in Netanyahu re-election campaignUS President Donald Trump's role in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's electoral campaign gets its star turn this week when the two allies meet in Washington ahead of Israeli polls. The billionaire p...
In Ukraine race, some call for close ties with arch-foe RussiaUkrainian economist Yevgeniya Gorobey will vote for a pro-Moscow candidate in next week's presidential poll even though Russia annexed Crimea and fuelled a separatist uprising in the ex-Soviet country...
Spain’s crisis-hit Podemos launches election campaignSpain's radical left-wing Podemos party launched its campaign for next month's elections on Saturday with its leader apologising to supporters for infighting that threatens to destroy it. Born from th...
NZ to hold national remembrance for Christchurch next FridayNew Zealand will hold a national remembrance service on March 29 for the victims of the Christchurch mosque massacre and their families, the prime minister's office announced on Sunday. The interfaith...
Disneyland Paris ‘attack’ false alarm sparks stampedeCrowds of holidaymakers stampeded for safety in Disneyland Paris Saturday when they mistook the din from a broken lift or escalator for the sound of weapons, officials and witnesses said. "There was a...
Syria force takes IS bastion, ‘caliphate’ wiped outKurdish-led forces pronounced the death of the Islamic State group's nearly five-year-old "caliphate" Saturday after flushing out diehard jihadists from their very last bastion in eastern Syria. Fight...
Media attacks in Balkans harming EU accession hopesLast weekend Serbian protesters stormed their state-run TV station demanding fair coverage while Montenegrins were chucking rolls of toilet paper at theirs, as public anger at the media erupts in the...
Tearful Muslims return to Christchurch mosque as NZ works to move onMuslims prayed at Christchurch's main mosque on Saturday for the first time since a white supremacist massacred worshippers there as New Zealand sought to return to normality after the tragedy. The Al...
US asylum seekers returned to Mexico despite court challengeTwo people from Central America seeking asylum in the United States were sent back across the border to Mexico on Thursday, despite their claims that a return to Mexico was too dangerous, as part of t...
Syria asks UN council to uphold resolutions on GolanSyria on Friday asked the UN Security Council to uphold resolutions declaring that Israel withdraw from the Golan Heights after President Donald Trump said the United States would recognize Israel's a...
Trump drops new N Korea sanctions because he ‘likes’ Kim: W.HousePresident Donald Trump on Friday abruptly announced the cancellation of sanctions imposed by his own Treasury Department to tighten international pressure on North Korea. "It was announced today by th...
US agency error exposes 2.3 million disaster survivors to fraudThe US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) exposed 2.3 million disaster survivors to possible identity theft and fraud by improperly sharing sensitive personal information with an outside compa...
Second round of talks on Western Sahara endsA second round of talks on the disputed Western Sahara region ended Friday with the sides agreeing to meet again, but with the UN acknowledging many positions remained far apart. Morocco and the Polis...
Mueller submits report on bombshell Trump-Russia probeSpecial counsel Robert Mueller on Friday submitted his long-awaited report into an explosive two-year investigation of Russian meddling in Donald Trump's 2016 election -- a probe the president denounc...
China factory blast death toll jumps to 64, man rescued after 40 hoursThe death toll in a chemical plant explosion in China rose to 64 Saturday but rescuers found a survivor among more than two dozen still missing in the debris of one of the country's worst industrial a...
Israeli PM Netanyahu says he will sue political rivals for libelIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday he would sue two of his main political rivals for libel, claiming that they labelled him a traitor over a graft scandal involving a German subm...
‘Can’t be called water’: Brazil marks two months since dam disasterBrazilian fisherman Jose Geraldo dos Santos uses a long pole to push his boat down the reddish-brown Paraopeba River, taking care not to splash himself with water he says is toxic. Two months after an...
Panama ex-president Martinelli faces up to 21 years in jailPanama's ex-president Ricardo Martinelli faces up to 21 years in jail for spying on political foes, reporters and business leaders while in power, prosecutors said Friday. Martinelli created and direc...
Two family members of Christchurch victims die after killings: officialsA grief-stricken mother who had traveled to New Zealand after her son was gunned down in the Christchurch mosque massacre passed away overnight, officials said Saturday. The woman, whose name was not...
Missouri River: flooding forces evacuation of 7,500 from waterfront cityRecord floodwaters that submerged vast stretches of Nebraska and Iowa farmland along America's longest river reached a new crest on Friday at the waterfront city of St. Joseph, Missouri, forcing chaot...
Robert Mueller, the invisible prosecutor who shook the White HouseAs a prosecutor, Robert Mueller took on violent Hells Angels, mob bosses and foreign spies. At the end of his career, he was tasked with hunting the biggest quarry of all: the president of the United...
Conspiracy, collusion: What Mueller’s probe has told us so farSpecial Counsel Robert Mueller has remained silent for nearly two years about his Russia meddling and collusion investigation, which wrapped up on Friday. But a vast story of conspiracy, possible coll...
Battle over Mueller report to be pressed by DemocratsWithin minutes of receiving notification that special counsel Robert Mueller had turned over his report on the Russia investigation, congressional Democrats were calling for the report to be fully rel...
India’s watchmen question whether Modi embrace will improve their lifeFor over a decade Arvind Singh has worked as a watchman in New Delhi, doing the rounds of the streets with a whistle and a wooden stick to keep vigil at night. Watchmen like him are so ubiquitous in I...
Nigerians return to vote in governor, state electionsNigerians returned to vote in governorship and state elections on Saturday after polling a fortnight ago was declared invalid in some areas because of violence. The decision by Nigeria's electoral boa...
Two blasts kill 4 at Afghan stadium celebrationTwo explosions went off at a celebration in a stadium in the Afghan city of Lashkar Gah on Saturday, killing four people and wounding 31, government officials said. The blasts came during a Farmers Da...
Cyclone lashes remote Australian coast with wind, rainsA vast and powerful cyclone made landfall Saturday along a remote stretch of the northern Australian coast, bringing fierce winds and heavy rains amid safety fears for a small number of residents who'...