BANGKOK – A piece of prized World War II U.S. naval history, the wreckage of the aircraft carrier USS Lexington, which was sunk by the Japanese in a crucial sea battle, has been discovered by an expedition funded by Microsoft…
CAIRO – Egyptian aviation officials say a passenger on an EgyptAir flight from the Gulf state of Oman to Cairo assaulted crew members but was quickly overpowered. The officials say the Boeing 737-800 with 78 passengers returned to Muscat, Oman's…
LISBON, Portugal – A report by an international watchdog has warned that Portugal has a "very low level of compliance" with recommendations on fighting government corruption. The Group of States against Corruption, the Council of Europe's anti-corruption agency, said Tuesday…
BANGKOK – The senior U.N. official for human rights says it is impossible to send Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh safely back to Myanmar because it appears that widespread and systematic violence against them inside Myanmar, amounting to ethnic cleaning, is…
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – Sri Lanka's president has declared a state of emergency amid fears that anti-Muslim attacks in a central hill town could spread. Details of the emergency decree were not immediately announced, and it was unclear how it…
AMMAN, Jordan – The secretary general of NATO says the alliance plans to step up training of Iraq's armed forces, including by setting up military academies. Jens Stoltenberg said on Tuesday that the goal of training is to ensure that…
SALISBURY, England – The Latest on developments surrounding the former Russian spy found critically ill in the southern England town of Salisbury (all times local): 9:30 a.m. British counter-terror specialists are supporting police in Salisbury after a former Russian spy…
CAIRO – Sudan's ambassador to Egypt has returned to Cairo more than two months after he was recalled by his government for consultations, a move that signaled deteriorating relations at the time. The return of Abdel-Mahmoud Abdel-Halim, who flew back…
BEIRUT – The Latest on the war in Syria (all times local): 10:55 a.m. Turkey's Foreign Ministry says the country plans to establish camps in nine locations in northern Syria to house people displaced by fighting amid Ankara's offensive against…
BEIJING – China's ceremonial legislature says a broad consensus has been obtained on constitutional amendments, including one to abolish term limits that will allow Xi Jinping to continue as president indefinitely. A report submitted to the National People's Congress at…
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – Police in central Sri Lanka imposed a curfew to quell anti-Muslim violence after mobs from the majority ethnic Sinhalese population burned shops and homes in retaliation for a death that's the subject of a dispute. The…
BEIRUT – The International Committee for the Red Cross says it was forced to halt aid delivery to the besieged eastern suburbs of Damascus the previous day after the security situation deteriorated while aid workers were on the ground. Ingy…
PARIS – The French government is proposing a law that would say anyone under 15 cannot consent to sex, after widespread shock at two cases involving 11-year-old girls. It would be the first such law in France, which currently does…
MOSCOW – The Kremlin said Tuesday that Russia has not been approached by British authorities to help in an investigation over how and why a former Russian spy was found critically ill in a shopping mall in a town in…
NEW DELHI – UNICEF says a significant fall in child marriages in South Asia has reduced the rate of marriage for girls globally. The statement released Tuesday says more educational opportunities and government investment in adolescent girls and strong advocacy…
KABUL, Afghanistan – An Afghan official says at least two people were killed when a sticky bomb attached to a fuel truck detonated in eastern Nangarhar province. Attahullah Khogyani, spokesman for the provincial governor, says the explosion on Tuesday morning…
TAIPEI, Taiwan – Taiwan's defense ministry says it will look to its domestic arms industry as well as foreign suppliers to respond to China's continuing military buildup. Spokesman Chen Chung-ji said Tuesday the self-governing island had no interest in getting…
SEOUL, South Korea – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is playing host to a group of visiting South Korean envoys, affording the autocratic leader a whole new raft of propaganda and political opportunities. Photos released Tuesday showing Kim meeting…
CARACAS, Venezuela – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro welcomed a visit by a top-ranking Republican congressional staffer last month to discuss the possible release of a Utah man jailed for more than 20 months in this volatile South American nation, six…
Russia will “never” extradite any of the 13 Russians indicted by the United States for election-meddling, Russian President Vladimir Putin said, even as he insisted they didn’t act on behalf of his government. Putin’s comments in an NBC News interview…
SEOUL, South Korea – A South Korean provincial governor who was seen as a potential presidential candidate has resigned after his secretary accused him of raping her. South Chungcheong Gov. Ahn Hee-jung announced his resignation early Tuesday on Facebook just…
GUATEMALA CITY – Guatemala says it will transfer its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem the second week of May, in parallel with a similar and criticized move by the United States of its own diplomatic mission scheduled…
A worker cleans the site where the Trump name was removed from the Trump Ocean Club International Hotel and Tower in Panama City, Panama March 5, 2018. (REUTERS/Carlos Lemos) Workers at the Trump Ocean Club International Hotel in Panama City…
HAVANA – A senior Cuban official is condemning Washington's decision to make the withdrawal of 60 percent of the U.S. Embassy staff permanent in response to mysterious ailments affecting American diplomats. Carlos Fernandez de Cossio says the decision is motivated…