MOSCOW – Moscow is awaiting nearly two dozen Russian diplomats ordered to leave Britain as part of a standoff over a nerve agent attack on British soil. Britain ordered the 23 diplomats to leave by Tuesday, and they're expected in…
BEIJING – The Latest on the closing session of China's ceremonial legislature (all times local): 12:30 p.m. A Taiwanese official rejects comments by Chinese President Xi Jinping about Taiwan's future and welcomed a U.S. law encouraging more official exchanges between…
CAIRO – When the sole candidate running against Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi held a rally in downtown Cairo recently, all of 30 people showed up. And that wasn't even the biggest sign of the hollowness of his campaign. Even more…
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan is still mulling Afghanistan's recent overtures, including an invitation that Pakistani prime minister visit Kabul. Analysts widely see the offer as a good sign, underscoring that dialogue between the two often uneasy neighbors is key to defeating…
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia – A Cambodian court has found a British man guilty after he was arrested with other foreigners for allegedly posting photos on social media of sexually suggestive dancing at a party. Siem Reap provincial court spokesman Yin…
CAIRO – The sole candidate running against Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi has had two showcase campaign rallies in downtown Cairo. The first was a disaster. No one showed up except a few campaign workers. The second, on March 11, was…
NAIROBI, Kenya – Researchers say the world's last male northern white rhino, Sudan, has died after "age-related complications." A statement from the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya says the 45-year-old rhino was euthanized on Monday after his condition "worsened significantly"…
NEW DELHI – India's foreign minister says the bodies have been found of 39 Indian workers who were abducted by militants in Iraq three years ago. The abducted workers, mostly from northern India, had been employed by a construction company…
SHAH ALAM, Malaysia – A lawyer says the Vietnamese woman accused of killing the North Korean leader's half brother told police she realized she had been used to murder him after she was detained. Doan Thi Huong and co-defendant Siti…
GAUHATI, India – A tiny wildlife sanctuary in northeastern India has reported a jump in the number of one-horned rhinoceroses. Pradipta Baruah, supervisor of a census carried out Sunday at the Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary, says there are now 102 one-horned…
Chinese President Xi Jinping took a veiled shot at President Donald Trump on Tuesday during his nationalistic address to parliament regarding Taiwan. (Reuters) Chinese President Xi Jinping took a veiled shot at President Donald Trump on Tuesday during his nationalistic…
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Generators are still humming. Candles are still flickering. Homes are still being repaired. Puerto Rico was hit by Hurricane Maria exactly six months ago, and the U.S. territory is still struggling to recover from the…
PACARAIMA, Brazil – Hungry and destitute, tens of thousands of victims of Venezuela's unrelenting political and economic crisis are trying their luck in Brazil — a country where they do not speak the language, conditions are often poor and there…
TOKYO – The Latest on the anniversary of the 1995 Tokyo subway nerve gas attack (all times local): 12:40 p.m. Tokyo subway employees have marked the 23rd anniversary of a nerve gas attack that killed 13 people and sickened thousands…
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – An envoy says Maldives will not extend the state of emergency that is due to expire on Wednesday amid criticism of the government over the recent political turmoil. Mohamed Hussain Shareef, ambassador to neighboring Sri Lanka,…
BEIJING – Chinese President Xi Jinping has struck a stridently nationalistic tone in his closing address to the annual session of the ceremonial parliament at which term limits on his rule were abolished. Xi told the nearly 3,000 delegates to…
Russia used a procedural vote to halt a United Nations Security Council meeting from taking place Monday on the human rights crisis in Syria -- but other members including the United States outmaneuvered the Russians by calling for an informal…
TOKYO – Thirteen Japanese cult members may be sent to the gallows any day now for a deadly 1995 gas attack on the Tokyo subway system and other crimes. But when is uncertain. Such is the secrecy that surrounds Japan's…
UNITED NATIONS – The U.N. human rights chief told an informal meeting of the Security Council Monday that the Syrian government's five-year siege of the Damascus suburbs of eastern Ghouta has involved "pervasive war crimes," use of chemical weapons and…
BEIRUT – The Latest on the conflict in Syria (all times local): 1 a.m. Eight Security Council nations say it's "imperative" that the U.N. body Council "immediately pursue decisive action" to achieve a cease-fire in Syria if U.N. member states,…
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay – A prosecutor in Uruguay is asking for formal charges against a former vice president of the South American country. Lawmakers accepted Raul Sendic's resignation last year amid corruption accusations involving his tenure as head of state oil…
Romain Franck, an employee of France's Consulate in Jerusalem is under arrest for allegedly smuggling dozens of weapons from the Gaza Strip to the West Bank. (Israeli Security Authority) An employee of France's Consulate in Jerusalem is under arrest for…
NEW DELHI – An Indian company that is partnering with the Trump Organization on an office tower project outside New Delhi has been accused of running an elaborate real estate swindle that cheated investors out of nearly $150 million. Documents…
TUNIS, Tunisia – Tunisia's Interior Ministry says a suspected extremist blew himself up in the Ben Guerdane area near the border with Libya following a standoff with police. The man's identity hasn't been disclosed. The ministry said in a statement…
A spokesperson for Bermuda police said that a body has been found in the search for 19-year-old St. Joseph's University student Mark Dombroski. (Bermuda Police Service) The American college student from Pennsylvania who went missing in the British island territory…
HAMILTON, Bermuda – The Latest on the American student reported missing in Bermuda (all times local): 5:30 p.m. A police spokesman in Bermuda says authorities have found a body amid a search for a U.S. student who disappeared after a…
MEXICO CITY – Mexico's governmental human rights agency says municipal police were complicit in at least 38 abductions and killings in the town of Allende in northern Coahuila state, near the U.S. border. The National Human Rights Commission issued a…
RIO DE JANEIRO – A Norwegian aluminum maker operating in Brazil is apologizing for polluting a river and promising to make changes so that it doesn't happen again. In a statement Monday, the CEO of Norsk Hydro, Svein Richard Brandtzaeg,…
SKOPJE, Macedonia – A Macedonian court has overturned the more than decade-old terrorism convictions of 10 ethnic Albanian men, many of whom served long prison terms over a mine attack on a NATO vehicle. The Skopje criminal ruled that there…
MADRID – Spanish police say the man suspected of plotting an ISIS-inspired attack in Colombia appeared on their radar for his hate-filled messages toward the United States, a country where he had lived and was allegedly trying to get to.…
HAVANA – Cuba has opened up its first wholesale market in an economy dominated by government-run enterprises. State-run newspaper Granma says the market is part of an ongoing effort to "reorganize" commerce on the communist island. The market will sell…
PODGORICA, Montenegro – Montenegro's ruling party has nominated its leader, who took the tiny Balkan country into NATO in defiance of Russia, to be its candidate in next month's presidential election. The Democratic Party of Socialists' leadership announced the decision…
BEIRUT – Turkey's seizure of the town of Afrin in northern Syria is a significant military achievement for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that gives him control over a large chunk of Syrian territory but also entrenches his troops as…
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – Finance ministers and central bankers of G-20 countries are meeting in Argentina at a summit that has been eclipsed by growing concerns over U.S. President Donald Trump's import tariffs on steel and aluminum and the potential…
BRUSSELS – The European Union's foreign policy chief says the EU is reluctant to change the landmark nuclear agreement with Iran even as U.S. President Donald Trump threatens to walk away from the pact. Federica Mogherini said Monday after chairing…
Wind and white frost have formed an ice sculpture on Brocken mountain in the Harz region, Germany, Sunday, March 18, 2018. (Associated Press) BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Emergency crews in Croatia struggled to contain a swollen river that reached record…
UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations said Monday it received official notification of the Philippines' decision to withdraw from the International Criminal Court, a move that follows the tribunal's announcement of a preliminary probe of drug suspect killings under the…
HELSINKI – A fawn that became stranded on a patch of ice in Finland's Inkoo archipelago has gotten a hand from members of the Finnish coast guard. They spotted the unsteady animal from their hovercraft during a regular patrol on…
BEIRUT – Smoothly and confidently, Syrian President Bashar Assad merged into traffic at a large roundabout in Damascus before driving himself to the suburbs where his forces are battling rebels. The traffic around him and pedestrians making their way across…
VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis is cautioning bishops to avoid politicking, business and high society. Francis elevated to bishops' rank three priests during a ceremony in St. Peter's Basilica on Monday evening. He said bishops should "abandon the temptation to…
SANAA, Yemen – Yemeni security officials say local forces backed by the United Arab Emirates are expanding their reach in the country's south, where they have clashed with forces loyal to the internationally recognized president. The UAE is part of…
HELSINKI – Finland's foreign minister says representatives from North and South Korea are holding diplomatic talks in the Nordic country and describes Finland's role as a "facilitator." Foreign Minister Timo Soini told the Finnish news agency STT on Monday that…
THE HAGUE, Netherlands – Dutch police say four people have been killed in a collision between a minibus and a truck in the southern town of Helmond. Police in the East Branbant region say in a tweet that four people…
MOSCOW – Now that President Vladimir Putin has overwhelmingly won re-election for another six years, some are wondering whether he will try to stay in power in Russia for life. Chinese leader Xi Jinping recently managed it, scrapping term limits…
British police have launched a murder investigation into the death of Nikolai Glushkov, a Russian businessman living in London. (Ki Price/The Times/Mega) There were no signs of forced entry at a London home where a Russian businessman was found dead…
WARSAW, Poland – France's ambassador to Poland has greeted a group of returning Polish climbers, one of whom helped rescue a French woman in the Himalayas. The climbers returned Monday to Warsaw's airport from a three-month expedition during which they…
TORONTO – Canada has announced a peacekeeping effort in the West African country of Mali that includes six helicopters and some support troops. Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland said Monday the deployment will be 12 months. The mission will include two…
THESSALONIKI, Greece – A court in northern Greece has convicted a Syrian refugee of having been a fighter with the Islamic State group in Syria, and sentenced him to eight years' imprisonment. The Komotini court acquitted the man Monday of…
BERLIN – Borussia Dortmund's ex-coach Thomas Tuchel has testified at the trial of a man accused of bombing the German soccer club's bus that the attack was partly responsible for his departure. Defender Marc Bartra and a police officer were…
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia – Slovakia's prosecutor general has asked Italian authorities to create a joint investigative team with their Slovak counterparts in the case of the slaying of a journalist and his fiancee that triggered a serious political crisis. Jaromir Ciznar…
