Both sides preparing as if US-NKorea summit will happenRapid-fire diplomacy played out on two continents in advance of an "expected" summit between President Donald Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong Un, the strengthening resolve coming after a series of hi...
Israel denies Gaza ceasefire but calm returnsIsrael denied it has agreed to a ceasefire with Palestinian militants in Gaza as claimed by Hamas after the worst military flare-up since a 2014 war, but calm returned Wednesday and there were signs t...
West Libya factions raise doubts on Paris talksGroups in western Libya have cast doubt on talks in Paris on Tuesday that aim to pave the way for elections in the divided country, fearing the meeting could play into the hands of their rival, easter...
Brexit tangle raises prospect of Irish reunificationThe wrangle over what will happen to the Irish border after Brexit has put the previously unthinkable possibility of reunification of the island of Ireland firmly on the political agenda. Support for...
Palestinians launch boats from Gaza to protest Israeli blockadePalestinians launched boats from Gaza on Tuesday to protest Israel's blockade, a move likely to further raise tensions after mortar fire from the enclave earlier in the day and weeks of deadly unrest....
Saudi-led coalition closes in on Yemen port city HodeidahForces backed by a Saudi-led coalition are closing in on Yemen’s Houthi-held port city Hodeidah, a coalition spokesperson said, but did not specify whether there were plans for an assault to seize the...
US official says agency did not lose immigrant childrenOver 1,500 immigrant children who have entered the United States unaccompanied are not ‘lost,’ as Senate testimony by an administration official in April suggested, a US Health and Human Services offi...
AI better at finding skin cancer than doctors: studyA computer was better than human dermatologists at detecting skin cancer in a study that pitted human against machine in the quest for better, faster diagnostics, researchers said Tuesday. A team from...
More than 100 dead as Bangladesh drug war escalatesMore than 100 alleged drug dealers have been killed and thousands detained in Bangladesh in the past fortnight in a Philippines-style narcotics crackdown that has raised concerns about extrajudicial k...
Nicaragua protests erode pillars of support for OrtegaA thuggish response to weeks of protests has eroded carefully constructed pillars of support in the Church, military and business world for Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, emboldening calls for th...
Four years on, MH370 families await report as search ends for missing planeMalaysia's new government has promised to release a long-awaited report into the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 as a privately funded underwater search ended on Tuesday. Flight MH370,...
Showdown looms in Italy as caretaker PM assembles teamItaly's caretaker prime minister was assembling a cabinet lineup on Tuesday despite almost certain rejection by populist parties whose bid for power collapsed at the weekend. Fresh elections are now l...
EU handouts not always the answer for Africa’s returning migrantsWhen Fatou Kine's failed attempt to reach Europe left her jobless and penniless in Algeria, she turned to an agency she had heard helped migrants return home. The United Nation's International Organiz...
Top North Korean general on way to US ahead of summit: reportA top North Korean general is headed for the United States in what would be the highest-profile visit in years, reports said Tuesday as the two countries prepare for a momentous summit. General Kim Yo...
Japan backlash over ‘mums should care for toddlers’ remarkJapanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government came under fire Tuesday after a senior MP suggested only women should raise children under three and another urged newly-weds to have at least three kid...
Brazil, nine days into grinding strike, still a transport hellSouth America's economic giant, Brazil, remained almost in a transport stranglehold on Tuesday despite a pledge from the president that a nine-day strike will end soon. Late Sunday, the deeply unpopul...
Death row art: a rare glimpse inside Vietnam’s secret jailsNguyen Truong Chinh proudly holds up intricately crafted animals, flowers and hearts -- secret gifts made from plastic bags by a son on Vietnam's death row. The palm-sized creations that his son and o...
Folkloric and a national symbol: saving the Balkan LynxIn Albania, legend has it that staring into the almond-shaped eyes of the Balkan Lynx renders you blind. But today, sightings of the rare wildcat have become so unlikely that conservationists have rai...
Displaced from Ghouta, Syrians seek refuge in emptied AfrinDisplaced from her home in Syria's Eastern Ghouta, Umaima al-Sheikh and her family sought refuge in an abandoned house across the country in Afrin. The traditionally Kurdish town had been emptied of i...
Spirit of Ramazan returns to Iraq’s IS-free MosulUnder the cover of night in the Iraqi city of Mosul, Rayan and Ali break the silence by drumming to announce suhur, the pre-dawn breakfast during the holy month of Ramadan. The Islamic State (IS) grou...
Once mighty storm Alberto fizzles, but can still soak USFormer subtropical storm Alberto, which threatened to clobber the southeastern United States on Memorial Day, fizzled into a subtropical depression, with winds dropping to 35 mph (56 kph) as it rolled...