World leaders at UN look for progress on North Korea, global diplomacyNorth Korea and Iran will dominate this week's gathering of world leaders at the United Nations, where President Donald ill be in the spotlight as he continues to upend global diplomacy. After warming...
Swiss region overwhelmingly votes for ‘burqa ban’A second Swiss canton will introduce a regional "burqa ban", after voters in St. Gallen on Sunday emphatically backed prohibiting all face-covering garments in public spaces. At the same time, voters...
Israel gives Bedouin villagers until end of month to leaveIsraeli authorities issued a notice to residents of a Bedouin village in a strategic spot in the occupied West Bank on Sunday informing them they have until the end of the month to leave. The fate of...
Ashes of war to S Korea holiday gift: Spam Spam SpamFrom the front lines of war to a staple of institutional catering, Spam is rarely seen as a gourmet ingredient -- but the canned pink meat holds a unique position in South Korea as a top-selling holid...
Danger remains even as flood waters recede in CarolinaNearly all rivers and waterways in North and South Carolina will crest Sunday, but most will remain at dangerous flood levels for days to come, the US National Weather Service warned, more than a week...
Mexico president-elect says will not fight with TrumpMexican president-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said he does not want to fight with US President Donald Trump on immigration. Trump's hardline approach on the subject has ramped up tensions and ri...
100 years ago, US fought its deadliest battle in FranceIt was America's deadliest battle ever, with 26,000 US soldiers killed, tens of thousands wounded and more ammunition fired than in the whole of the Civil War. The Meuse-Argonne offensive of 1918 was...
Needle found in Australian strawberries sold in New ZealandThe Australian strawberry scare has spread to New Zealand with a supermarket chain announcing Sunday that needles were found in a box of the fruit sourced from the neighbouring country. The Countdown...
Russia says ‘misled’ by Israel in plane downing over SyriaRussia's military Sunday blamed "misleading" information from the Israeli airforce for the downing of one of its planes in Syria last week, and denounced the "adventurism" of Israeli pilots. Israel st...
German coalition hangs in balance as spymaster saga drags onLeaders of the parties in Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition government were believed to be meeting on Sunday to discuss how to end a crisis over the future of Germany's scandal-tainted spymaster th...
China comes out ahead in Vatican deal: analystsThe landmark deal between China and the Vatican is a win for Beijing, giving official recognition to bishops appointed by the government despite a crackdown on religion, and potentially softening the...
Maldives election expected to cement president’s grip on powerMaldives President Abdulla Yameen is expected to cement his grip on power in the tropical archipelago in an election on Sunday that opposition and international groups have criticised for a lack of tr...
Live from Idlib, an American broadcasts from Syria’s last rebel zonePointing to a green screen as if presenting a weather forecast, Bilal Abdul Kareem analyses the Turkish-Russian deal over Syria's Idlib, broadcasting in his native English from inside the war-torn cou...
Ivory Coast looks to solar vehicles to replace bush taxisHi-tech, cheap -- and quiet. The Ivorian resort of Jacqueville just outside Abidjan is betting on solar-powered three-wheelers as it looks to replace traditional but noisy and dirty bush taxis. "It's...
In governor’s races, Trump emerges as a defining issueIt's a resume that reads like an ideal springboard to higher office: investigated sexual assaults of Olympic gymnasts, charged government officials responsible for a tainted water crisis, bucked the g...
Being LGBT in Kosovo: a battle to come out from the shadowsOn paper, the legal request was small: changing his name from Blerta to Blert. But it was a big -- and risky -- move by Blert Morina, a transgender man trying to bring Kosovo's marginalised LGBT commu...
Survivor pulled from capsized Tanzanian ferry as death toll reaches 218Divers rescued a man from the wreck of an overcrowded Tanzanian ferry on Saturday, two days after it capsized on Lake Victoria killing at least two people. Bodies continued to float to the surface aro...
Green card clampdown planned for US immigrants on benefitsUS immigrants who get public benefits like food stamps or housing vouchers could be denied green cards, under a new proposal from President Donald Trump's administration. Trump came to power pledging...
Pro-Turkey Syria rebels cautiously accept Idlib dealPro-Turkey rebels have cautiously accepted a Moscow-Ankara deal to prevent a Russia-backed regime attack on Syria's last major opposition bastion of Idlib, while a small jihadist group has rejected it...
Labour will challenge UK PM May on her Brexit deal, Corbyn saysBritish opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said on Saturday his party would challenge Prime Minister Theresa May on any Brexit deal she can strike with Brussels, and called for a national election...
Trump lawyer Giuliani says Iran’s government will be overthrownPresident Donald Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani on Saturday said that US sanctions on Iran are leading to economic pain that could lead to a "successful revolution," contrasting with administra...
Carolina communities race to beat dangerous flooding from FlorenceCommunities in North and South Carolina along waterways to the Atlantic coast faced rising floods on Saturday more than a week after the arrival of Hurricane Florence, which has killed at least 40 peo...
Australia kills two sharks after tourist attacksTwo large sharks have been killed in Australia after a woman and a girl were attacked at a popular Great Barrier Reef tourist spot. Both victims -- one of them just 12 years old -- were still in hospi...
Melting ice sculpture protests ‘fake news’ at US CapitolArtists melted a ton of ice spelling out the word "truth" in the shadow of the US Capitol on Saturday, in a poetic protest at the caustic state of politics in the era of "fake news" under President Do...