PARIS – France's National Union of Journalists has called on President Emmanuel Macron to reconsider a controversial decision to move the press room from inside the presidential palace to a nearby site. In a statement late Wednesday, the SNJ union…
LAHORE, Pakistan – A Pakistani public prosecutor says the trial of a suspect accused of brutally killing eight children has concluded and that a judge will announce the ruling this weekend. Abdul Rauf says the lawyer for the suspect, Mohammad…
Members of North Korea's Taekwondo demonstration team, pictured, are part of the delegation whose Olympic expenses South Korea agreed to pay, according to a report. (AP) South Korea on Wednesday approved a plan to pay North Korea's Olympic expenses to the…
JAKARTA, Indonesia – Indonesian police have defended bestowing their highest honor on the Philippine police chief, who has been criticized for spearheading the war on drugs that has left thousands of suspects dead. Ronald dela Rosa was among five neighboring…
NAIROBI, Kenya – A Kenyan judge has rescinded the orders used to deport to Canada an opposition politician over his alleged role in a mock inauguration by opposition leader Raila Odinga. Judge Luka Kimaru also orders Kenya's government to return…
BERLIN – German Chancellor Angela Merkel is meeting with Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim in Berlin. The two countries are taking small steps toward restoring friendlier relations after more than a year of tension. Hopes are high in Berlin that…
JOHANNESBURG – The Latest on South Africa's leadership transition (all times local): 11:15 a.m. South Africa's parliament spokesman says the speaker has received Jacob Zuma's resignation letter and his departure as president is effective immediately. Parliament is set to elect…
JUBA, South Sudan – Six African nations are among the 10 worst in the world to be a child in a war zone, a new report says. The Save the Children report released Thursday looks at factors including attacks on…
CANBERRA, Australia – Australia's prime minister has banned government ministers from having sex with staff as his deputy battles for his political survival over revelations that he is expecting a baby with a former press secretary. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull…
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa's government says acting President Cyril Ramaphosa is in charge until parliament elects a new leader Thursday afternoon following the resignation of Jacob Zuma. The 400-member parliament, dominated by the ruling African National Congress party, is expected…
PARIS – European planemaker Airbus says its earnings improved last year but it was hindered by further problems, both to its long-troubled military aircraft program as well as more recent engine problems on its single-aisle models. The company said Thursday…
KATHMANDU, Nepal – Nepal's prime minister has resigned after his party lost parliamentary elections, paving the way for a new government to take power. Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba made the announcement Thursday, a day after the results of the…
BANGKOK – When five Myanmar journalists were sentenced to decade-long prison terms for reporting on an alleged military-run chemical weapons factory a few years ago, Aung San Suu Kyi — then an opposition lawmaker — condemned the harsh punishments as…
KABUL, Afghanistan – The number of civilians killed and wounded in the war in Afghanistan declined last year, but the number of deaths from airstrikes was on the rise, according to a new United Nations report released on Thursday. The…
JAKARTA, Indonesia – A key ideologue for Islamic State militants in Indonesia has gone on trial for ordering a 2016 suicide bombing and gun attack in Jakarta that killed eight people including the four attackers. The radical cleric, Oman Rohman,…
CANBERRA, Australia – Australia's beleaguered deputy prime minister has withstood a parliamentary vote that would have called for his firing after revelations of a relationship with a former staffer. The opposition Labor Party had hoped disaffected lawmakers in Barnaby Joyce's…
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine president has offered a nearly $500 bounty for each communist rebel killed by government forces to save on anti-insurgency costs and says insurgents are easier to hit than birds because they have bigger heads. President…
CARACAS, Venezuela – Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro says he's reopening the country's consulate in Miami, citing requests from fellow citizens who want to vote in the upcoming presidential election. Maduro announced the decision Wednesday at the opening session of Venezuela's…
A solar storm is forecast to hit Earth on Feb. 15, 2018. (Courtesy of NASA/SDO and the AIA, EVE, and HMI science teams) A solar storm is forecast to hit Earth early Thursday after the sun unleashed a powerful solar…
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends a grand military parade celebrating the 70th founding anniversary of the Korean People's Army at the Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, in this photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency…
MEXICO CITY – Mexican independent presidential candidate Maria de Jesus Patricio was injured in a crash that also killed a person riding in her caravan and injured two others Wednesday. The National Indigenous Council said in a brief statement that…
JOHANNESBURG – As scandal after scandal unfolded, South African President Jacob Zuma maintained an affable demeanor in public, rallying his support base, dispatching lawyers to fend off court challenges and, it is alleged, enabling his corrupt associates. Finally, the astute…
CAIRO – Egyptian security officials say police have arrested a senior Islamist politician over allegations that he had contacts with the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood. They say Abdel-Monaim Abu El-Fetouh was arrested at his home in a Cairo suburb Wednesday soon…
UNITED NATIONS – The U.N. Mideast envoy has briefed the Security Council behind closed doors at the request of Kuwait and Bolivia on what Palestinian U.N. Ambassador Riyad Mansour calls the "catastrophic" humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip. Bolivian Ambassador…