JAKARTA, Indonesia – Southeast Asian ride hailing app Grab is expanding into financial services in partnership with a Japanese credit card company, hoping to offer credit to millions of people without bank accounts. Grab, founded by Malaysian businessman Anthony Tan,…
TEHRAN, Iran – Iranian lawmakers have begun a hearing on the labor minister's alleged mismanagement of unemployment and other government enterprises. The hearing could lead to the impeachment of Ali Rabiei if there is a majority vote in parliament against…
ANKARA, Turkey – Turkey's state-run news agency says a passenger bus has burst into flames after hitting a truck, killing at least 13 people. Anadolu Agency says the accident occurred Tuesday on a highway in the central Turkish province of…
BEIRUT – The largest rebel group in the besieged suburbs of the Syrian capital Damascus has vowed not to leave the area and to continue fighting advancing government forces. The Army of Islam was responding to some local reports that…
BEIRUT – After seven years of war in Syria, the United Nations has one thing to say: Stop the war on children. The numbers speak for themselves. Of Syria's estimated 10 million children, 8.6 million are now in dire need…
FILE: U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis made an unannounced visit to Kabul on Tuesday. (Reuters) U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, who made an unannounced visit to Kabul on Tuesday, told reporters that he believes victory is still possible and "we…
KABUL, Afghanistan – U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has arrived in the Afghan capital to take stock of the war, with emphasis on prospects for drawing at least some Taliban fighters into reconciling with the Afghan government. The visit, which…
KABUL, Afghanistan – An Afghan official says at least five Afghan police forces have been killed after insurgents attacked their checkpoint in western Farah province. Fared Bakhtawer, head of the provincial council in Farah, said Tuesday that Insurgents took five…
BEIJING – Chinese President Xi Jinping's anti-corruption campaign stands to gain a major boost as the ceremonial legislature moves to establish a powerful new agency with authority over vast numbers of workers in the public sector. The National People's Congress…
CAPILLA DEL SENOR, Argentina – Riding a polo horse on Argentina's Pampas grasslands, Martin Folan swings a mallet in a wide arc and hit the ball with a loud clink, slotting it between two posts to cheers of "Goal!" Not…
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,…