BEIJING – A Chinese anti-graft official says a new regulation allowing the detention of corruption suspects for up to six months without charge is "based on rule of law." The head of Beijing's anti-corruption watchdog body, Zhang Shuofu, on Tuesday…
BERLIN – Austria's public broadcaster is suing the country's vice chancellor for claiming it spreads fake news. Broadcaster ORF says nationalist politician Heinz-Christian Strache shared a post on Facebook earlier this month that defamed and discredited the work of 800…
ANKARA, Turkey – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has come under criticism for telling a small girl dressed in a military uniform that she would be honored if she were "martyred" for Turkey. Erdogan spotted the weeping-and-saluting 6-year-old Amine Tiras…
KAMPALA, Uganda – Uganda's ruling party is pushing for a referendum that could extend the longtime president's rule to 2035. Rogers Mulindwa, a spokesman for the National Resistance Movement party, says the referendum to extend the president's term from five…
LAHORE, Pakistan – The younger brother of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has been elected as acting president of the country's ruling party after the Supreme Court ruled that anyone disqualified from office cannot serve as party chief. Tuesday's…
COPENHAGEN, Denmark – A Danish newspaper says a whistleblower warned the management of Denmark's biggest bank in 2013 that family members of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russia's spy agency were using its Estonian bank branch for money laundering. Denmark's…
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia – A court in Cambodia has ordered the seizure of the headquarters of the country's former opposition party, which was dissolved last November after a ruling that it was involved in trying to overthrow the government of…
CAIRO – The Committee to Protect Journalists has urged the release of Yemeni journalist detained after he criticized local forces in southern Yemen, trained and funded by the United Arab Emirates. CPJ said on Monday that Awad Kashmeem was detained…
BERLIN – Germany has suffered one of its coldest nights, with the mercury dropping below minus 10 degrees Celsius (14 Fahrenheit) in large parts of the country. The German meteorological office said Tuesday it recorded a temperature of minus 30.4…
JUBA, South Sudan – Arual Longar was 9 years old when she decided to become a beauty queen. Growing up in refugee camps, the South Sudanese native watched her aunt compete on the world stage and dreamed of doing the…
ATHENS, Greece – Greece's economy and development minister has resigned, shortly after his wife, a junior cabinet minister, also stepped down over a rent allowance scandal. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras accepted the resignation of Dimitri Papadimitriou, the prime minister's office…
BEIRUT – A Russia-ordered "humanitarian pause" has gone into effect to allow civilians to leave a rebel-held enclave near Damascus but there were no immediate signs of any corridors set up for people to use. Rami Aburrahman of the Syrian…
Napolitano: Is Turkey a friend or enemy to US? Freedom Watch with Judge Napolitano: Judge Napolitano and former ambassador to the U.N., John Bolton, discuss President Erdogan of Turkey warning that Turkey would extend its military operation in Syria, which…
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia – Nineteen people, mostly foreigners, have been injured and the driver of the bus they were on killed in a collision with another vehicle in eastern Cambodia. Police Col. Sam Nal said those injured in the pre-dawn…
ISLAMABAD – As Pakistan navigates its troubled relationship with the United States and scrambles to avoid being blacklisted for doing too little, too late to stop terror funding, regional alliances are shifting and analysts ponder whether a cozier relationship with…
SEOUL, South Korea – Prosecutors have demanded a 30-year prison term for former South Korean President Park Geun-hye for alleged bribery, abuse of power and other crimes in a landmark corruption case that marked a stunning fall from grace for…
BEIJING – A well-known political commentator and a prominent businesswoman in China have penned public letters urging lawmakers to reject a plan that would allow President Xi Jinping to rule indefinitely. The rare and public expressions of dissent have come…
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador – More than 25 years after the end of its civil war, families in El Salvador are still searching for an estimated 3,000 children who disappeared in the fighting. The country's military has so far refused…
WELLINGTON, New Zealand – Lawmakers from New Zealand's main conservative party have chosen their first indigenous Maori leader as they regroup after an election loss. National Party members selected 41-year-old Simon Bridges from among five candidates Tuesday. He is a…
Russia vetoed a United Nations Security Council draft resolution sponsored by the United Kingdom Monday that would have included a promise of action against violations of a U.N. arms embargo on Yemen that showed Iran in violation in a recent…
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Saudi Arabia has replaced its military chief of staff and other defense officials amid its stalemated war in Yemen. The kingdom gave no reason behind the shake-up that was announced early Tuesday morning. Those fired…
WELLINGTON, New Zealand – Severe damage to phone networks and roads from a powerful earthquake in a remote Papua New Guinea region is hindering government efforts to assess the destruction, although local officials fear dozens of people may have been…
CANBERRA, Australia – A senior Australian state police officer has resigned over racist and obscene comments he posted online under a fake name. Victoria State Police Chief Commissioner Graham Ashton said on Tuesday he accepted Assistant Commissioner Brett Guerin's resignation…
The South Pacific is reeling from another series of powerful earthquakes that rocked the region early Tuesday. Known as the Ring of Fire, the area is home to Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck 56 miles…
Hyogo Prefectural authorities enter a lodging facility where the severed head of a woman was found, after an American man was arrested on suspicion of confining the missing 27-year-old woman. (Kyodo via REUTERS) The American tourist who police have linked…
TORONTO – The ousted leader of Ontario's conservative opposition party has ended his bid to reclaim his former job. Patrick Brown said Monday he is quitting the race because it has been difficult on his family and because his candidacy…
RABAT, Morocco – King Mohammed VI of Morocco has undergone a medical operation in France for an irregular heartbeat. A statement Monday from his personal doctor and a French-Moroccan medical team said the 54-year-old king underwent examinations at the Ambroise…
ST. THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands – A man who had moved to the U.S. Virgin Islands from Texas has admitted setting fires that destroyed a military recruiting office and damaged two other federal properties in the territory. The U.S. Attorney's…
UNITED NATIONS – Russia has vetoed a British-drafted U.N. resolution that promised action against violations of a U.N. arms embargo on Yemen and pointed to a report by experts that cited Iran as a violator. Monday's vote was 11-2 with…
JOHANNESBURG – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced a Cabinet shuffle that replaces the finance minister and puts a former finance minister in charge of the country's troubled state-owned companies. Ramaphosa was sworn in this month after President Jacob…
QUITO, Ecuador – Two presumed stowaways died Monday in Ecuador after they fell from the landing gear of a New York-bound plane. The airport in the coastal city of Guayaquil had to close for 90 minutes while the two bodies…
Worshippers stand in front of the closed doors of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City February 26, 2018. (Reuters) A fight over money has erupted at one of Christianity’s most holy sites. The doors of Jerusalem’s…
MOGADISHU, Somalia – A Somali police official says two Somali soldiers were killed in a confrontation with African Union peacekeepers from Uganda. Col. Ahmed Mohamed says the firefight occurred when the AU troops tried to force their way through a…
ATHENS, Greece – The Greek government has fired a deputy labor minister for allegedly claiming rent assistance despite declaring an annual household income of more than half a million dollars and owning multiple properties. Government officials said the prime minister…
MEXICO CITY – Mexico's annual crude oil and gas output has fallen below 2 million barrels per day for the first time since comparable records were kept starting in 1990. State-owned oil company Petroleos Mexicanos reports on its website that…
BELGRADE, Serbia – European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker says Serbia must solve its dispute with Kosovo to join the European Union. Juncker said Monday following talks with Serbia's President Aleksandar Vucic that the Balkan country is on the right path,…
BEIRUT – The office of Lebanon's Prime Minister says he has received an invitation to visit Saudi Arabia from an envoy of the Gulf monarch. It's the first such gesture following tension between the two countries in the wake of…
JERUSALEM – Leaders of the two largest Christian sects in Jerusalem say the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, built at the traditional site of Jesus' crucifixion and resurrection, will remain closed indefinitely to protest an Israeli attempt to tax their…
ROME – She has sat next to royalty both Hollywood and real, often donning her trademark dark sunglasses to block the glare from the catwalks of the world's fashion capitals. Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour had a front-row seat of a…
KIGALI, Rwanda – A United Nations official says 11 Congolese refugees were killed last week as Rwandan police tried to put down a protest over reduced food rations. Daniela Ionita with the U.N. refugee agency says the deaths occurred in…
THESSALONIKI, Greece – The stone walls that cut through the old quarter of Greece's second-largest city defended Thessaloniki for more than 2,000 years. For a 24-year-old Pakistani immigrant, parts of the remaining ramparts mean survival. Muhammed Adeel and other homeless…
MEXICO CITY – Officials in the southern Mexico state of Guerrero say a state assembly candidate has been killed just days after another office seeker was shot to death in the same city. The ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party says candidate…
BRUSSELS – European Union and Arab League countries insist that Jerusalem must be the joint capital of Israel and a future Palestinian state, as the U.S. prepares to move its embassy there in a step angering the Arab world. Speaking…
ALGIERS, Algeria – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has started a five-day trip to Africa aimed at boosting his country's influence in the continent. Starting off in Algeria on Monday, Erdogan is seeking to give a boost to economic relations…
ROME – The Vatican is loaning some of its most beautiful liturgical vestments, jeweled miter caps and historic papal tiaras for an upcoming exhibit on Catholic influences in fashion at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Vatican culture minister, Cardinal…
LONDON – A London man has been sentenced to seven years in prison for terrorism offenses after an investigation that started with a complaint about a Facebook message. Mohammed Kamal Hussain was sentenced in Kingston Crown Court Monday after being…
GENEVA – The Latest on the meeting of the U.N. Human Rights Council (all times local): 1:15 p.m. Hungary's foreign minister has called for the resignation of the United Nations' human rights chief for referring to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor…
JERUSALEM – Relatives of Ahed Tamimi, the Palestinian teen-turned-protest icon, say troops arrested 10 people from her West Bank village, including a 15-year-old cousin with a serious head injury. The teen, Mohammed, had part of his skull removed by surgeons…
CONAKRY, Guinea – Police in Guinea have used tear gas to disperse opposition supporters who burned tires and demonstrated in the capital to challenge the results of the country's first municipal elections in 13 years. Opposition head Cellou Dalein Diallo…
Ships carrying illicit cargo to North Korea can expect rough seas ahead due to a planned crackdown on sanctions violators initiated by the U.S. and its regional allies -- a move that potentially enhances tensions with the volatile Hermit Kingdom.…
