TOKYO – Japan's leader is calling on North Korea to take concrete steps toward denuclearization. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Tuesday that he welcomes any dialogue premised on denuclearization. He spoke ahead of a meeting in Tokyo with South Korea…
KATHMANDU, Nepal – Nepal officials say the plane crash at Kathmandu's airport a day earlier killed 49 people among the 71 on board. The plane coming from Bangladesh swerved erratically and flew dangerously low before crashing and erupting in flames…
UNITED NATIONS – U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is calling himself "a proud feminist" and says all men should support women's rights and gender equality. His announcement was loudly applauded at Monday's opening of the annual two-week meeting of the Commission…
United States Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley addresses the U.N. Security Council on Syria during a meeting of the Council at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., March 12, 2018. REUTERS/Mike Segar - RC1A0BA8FB40 Addressing the United Nations…
BEIJING – China's move to scrap term limits and allow Xi Jinping to serve as president indefinitely puts him on track to deal with some of the country's weightiest long-term sovereignty challenges, especially the fates of Hong Kong and Taiwan.…
An unnamed dog has reportedly been waiting more than four months outside a Brazilian hospital for his deceased owner to return. (Cristine Sardella via Storyful) It’s long been said that dogs are a man’s best friend due to their unwavering…
BOGOTA, Colombia – A senior U.N. official says Colombia needs international help as it struggles with a humanitarian catastrophe along its border from Venezuelans driven from their homes by hunger. David Beasley is director of the World Food Program and…
UNITED NATIONS – The U.S. national security adviser says President Donald Trump is optimistic about the opportunity for a diplomatic solution in North Korea — but will keep up maximum pressure until there is "real progress" toward denuclearization of the…
MEXICO CITY – Authorities in southern Mexico say three assailants shot up a 15-year-old's "quinceanera" or coming-of-age birthday party, killing two people and wounding four more. Guerrero state security spokesman Roberto Alvarez says the incident took place around 2:30 a.m.…
BERLIN – Scientists say they have found intriguing evidence that women also migrated long distances across medieval Europe, not just men. The discovery of unusually shaped female skulls at burial sites in Germany's Bavaria prompted the researchers to take a…
MEXICO CITY – Mexican prosecutors say they have arrested a man who allegedly played a decisive role in the disappearance of 43 college students in 2014. The Attorney General's Office says the suspect probably belonged to the Guerreros Unidos drug…
PARIS – A young official of France's far-right National Front has resigned after he was recorded using a racial slur outside a congress aimed at remaking the party's identity. Davy Rodriguez, the No. 2 in the party's youth wing, was…
BERLIN – German prosecutors say they have been notified that a former guard dubbed the "accountant of Auschwitz" has died. Hannover prosecutor Kathrin Soefker says a lawyer informed her office that Oskar Groening died Friday in a hospital. Soefker says…
As the Assad regime continues to defy a Feb. 24 United Nations Security Council-mandated ceasefire in the Damascus suburbs known as eastern Ghouta, at least one American citizen and her family are huddled in a small basement in the enclave,…
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia – The Latest on the slaying of an investigative journalist and his fiancee in Slovakia (all times local): 8:00 p.m. Anti-government protesters in Slovakia are planning to hold more rallies over the slaying of an investigative journalist even…
LONDON – Russia is "highly likely" to blame for poisoning a former spy and his daughter with a military-grade nerve agent, Prime Minister Theresa May said Monday, demanding that Moscow give a compelling explanation or face "extensive" retaliation. May told…
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – An Argentine icebreaker has rescued five American scientists who were stranded in an island off the northeast tip of the Antarctic Peninsula. Argentina's Foreign Ministry says the five scientists conducting research at Joinville Island were airlifted…
Former SS guard Oskar Groening waits for the start his trial in a courtroom in Lueneburg, northern Germany. (Julian Stratenschulte/dpa via AP,file) Oskar Groening, the death camp guard known as the “bookkeeper of Auschwitz,” died on Friday — before he…
Russia is “highly likely” to be the party responsible for poisoning a former Russian spy and his daughter last week by using a "weapons-grade nerve agent,” British Prime Minister Theresa May said Monday. May revealed to British lawmakers that Sergei…
Russia is “highly likely” to be the party responsible for poisoning a former Russian spy and his daughter last week by using a "weapons-grade nerve agent,” British Prime Minister Theresa May said Monday. May revealed to British lawmakers that Sergei…
LONDON – The Latest on the poisoning of a former Russian spy and his daughter in Britain (all times local): 5:45 p.m. The widow of a former KGB agent who died after he defected to England says Britain should adopt…
BOGOTA, Colombia – Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos says he's resuming peace talks with the nation's last remaining rebel group. Santos told the nation in a televised broadcast Monday that he's sending his chief negotiator back to Ecuador for a…
BEIRUT – An American woman living in the besieged suburbs of the Syrian capital on Monday called on President Donald Trump to put more pressure on Russia to "stop bombing us" amid an air and ground assault by government forces…
Right-wing journalist Lauren Southern was barred from entering the U.K. (Facebook/Lauren Southern) Canadian right-wing journalist and activist Lauren Southern was barred from entering the United Kingdom on Monday, purportedly over a poster she distributed about Islam in February -- making…
MILAN – Former Italian Premier Matteo Renzi formally resigned Monday as leader of the Democratic Party following its crushing defeat in the latest parliamentary election. Party leaders named Maurizio Martina, who has served as agriculture minister in the outgoing government,…
JUBA, South Sudan – Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry met with South Sudan President Salva Kiir in the capital, Juba, Monday to encourage an end to the country's civil war and to announce assistance in health and education. South Sudan…
ATHENS, Greece – Greek police say they have arrested two Pakistani teenagers on suspicion of robbing tourists and passers-by at knifepoint near Greece's top tourist attraction, the ancient Acropolis Hill in Athens. The arrests announced Monday come days after six…
TALLINN, Estonia – Estonia says a Russian military cargo plane has violated its airspace near the island of Vaindloo in the Gulf of Finland. Estonia's military said the Il-76 plane spent less than a minute in the Baltic country's airspace…
BUDAPEST, Hungary – A Budapest-based university founded by Hungarian-American billionaire George Soros says it's in talks to open a satellite campus in Vienna. Central European University Rector Michael Ignatieff said Monday in a statement that Budapest would remain its home…
British mom Heike Phelan married convicted murderer William Matthew Schiffert. (MEN Media) A British mom married a double-murderer serving 75 years in a Texas jail after the pair became pen pals. And Heike Phelen hopes she and William Matthew Schiffert,…
VATICAN CITY – The surviving daughter of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. has had a private audience with Pope Francis at the Vatican. The Vatican made a video of the Monday meeting public. Bernice King presented the pontiff…
At least 50 people were killed when a Bangladeshi passenger plane crashed and burst into flames Monday as it landed at Kathmandu airport in Nepal, a police official said. Brig. Gen. Gokul Bhandari, the Nepal army spokesman, confirmed 50 people…
ANKARA, Turkey – Turkey's parliament has begun debating changes to Turkey's electoral laws that critics say are designed to help President Recep Tayyip Erdogan consolidate power and could lead to election fraud. The debate opened Monday before crucial elections next…
WARSAW, Poland – Non-government organizations in Poland have distanced themselves from the right-wing government's policies that have strained Polish-Jewish relations and some say have led to a wave of anti-Semitism. In a letter to "international public opinion" they said they…
CAIRO – An Egyptian columnist has ignited a firestorm on social media by calling on Liverpool's star forward Mohamed Salah to shave his beard, saying he looks like a "terrorist." In an article published Sunday by the state-run newspaper Al-Ahram,…
Jonathan Brussow's body was found days after he was swept away by a huge wave in the Bahamas. (Facebook) A Michigan man who was swept away by a massive wave in the Bahamas had asked his girlfriend’s family for permission…
JERUSALEM – Hundreds of Ethiopian immigrants are protesting outside Israel's parliament, demanding the government fulfill a pledge to bring some 8,000 of their countrymen remaining in Ethiopia to Israel. Israel's government agreed in 2015 to bring the remaining Ethiopians to…
LONDON – Police in London say two people have been taken to hospital as a precaution after a suspicious package was found at Britain's Parliament complex. The Metropolitan Police force said officers were called Monday about a package at the…
MOSCOW – The Russian military says it has run a successful test of a nuclear-capable hypersonic missile capable of sneaking through enemy defenses. A video posted by the Defense Ministry Sunday showed a MiG-31 fighter jet launching a Kinzhal (Dagger)…
ISLAMABAD – Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani has put a peace offer on the table, and analysts say the ball is now in the Taliban's court. But so far the militants are showing no sign of being interested. Ghani's offer calls…
MINSK, Belarus – Ukraine's intelligence agency says it has found weapons and explosives at the homes of suspected "agents of Russia." The Ukrainian government has been fighting a separatist war in the east since 2014, which has killed more than…
TIRANA, Albania – Albania's Defense Ministry says four climbers are trapped by snow and ice on a southern mountain. Spokeswoman Albania Qehajaj on Monday said the four Albanians are on the Sotir mountain, 270 kilometers (170 miles) south of the…
WARSAW, Poland – Poland's prime minister says 17 deputy government ministers have been dismissed in a move designed to improve the Cabinet's work and make it "less political." Premier Mateusz Morawiecki made the announcement Monday just as the opposition has…
The poisoning of a former Russian spy and his daughter looks "awfully like it was state-sponsored attempted murder," a senior British lawmaker said Monday. Tom Tugendhat, chairman of the Foreign Affairs committee, told BBC News it was too early to…
CAIRO – Egypt has arrested eight people after soccer fans tore out seats and chanted against the government during a game earlier this month. The demonstration, which was dispersed by police, happened during a March 6 match in which Egypt's…
MINSK, Belarus – The European Union's foreign policy chief says the EU will extend a 1 billion-euro ($1.2 billion) loan to struggling Ukraine. Federica Mogherini, who was visiting the capital Kiev on Monday, told reporters the loan should "support Ukraine's…
N'DJAMENA, Chad – U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says he is hopeful that Chad could be removed from the Trump administration's travel restriction list. Tillerson is speaking at a joint news conference with Chad's Foreign Minister Mahamat Zene (zen)…
LONDON – Two far-right figures say they have been deported from Britain after being detained when trying to enter the country. Austrian Martin Sellner of the Generation Identity group and American commentator Brittany Pettibone tweeted Monday that they were denied…
MADRID – Lawyers for a prominent Catalan secessionist being held in a Madrid jail have made another request to Spain's Supreme Court for him to be allowed to attend a plenary session in the northeastern region's parliament. Separatist Catalan lawmakers…
BERLIN – Chancellor Angela Merkel says "it's finally time to start work" as Germany's new government prepares to take office nearly six months after the country's election. Merkel's Christian Democratic Union, its Bavaria-only sister party the Christian Social Union, and…
