BANGKOK – Two Myanmar journalists facing up to 14 years in prison if convicted of receiving government secrets have appeared for the latest hearing in Yangon, one day after it was announced that they had won a major press freedom…
BERLIN – German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel has called for the release of a German-Turkish journalist who marks one year in a Turkish prison Wednesday. Deniz Yucel, a correspondent for the daily Die Welt, still has not been formally charged…
MELBOURNE, Australia – Lawyers for the most senior Catholic cleric to face sex charges have told an Australian court that the allegations stemmed from publicity surrounding a national inquiry into child abuse three years ago. Cardinal George Pell was charged…
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia – Cambodian lawmakers have unanimously approved changes to the criminal code and the constitution that can further limit free speech and political activities, already under stress from the government of Prime Minister Hun Sen. All 123 members…
JERUSALEM – The Latest in Israel after police recommended corruption charges against embattled Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (all times local): 9:55 a.m. Israeli opposition politicians are calling on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to resign following police recommendations that he be…
ANKARA, Turkey – Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim says Turkey and Greece have agreed to settle tensions through dialogue, a day after a Greek coast guard vessel was damaged in a collision with a Turkish patrol boat in the Aegean…
AMMAN, Jordan – Despite repeated threats to punish countries that don't agree with U.S. policy in the Middle East, the Trump administration is set to boost aid to Jordan by more than $1 billion over the next five years. President…
BEIJING – Millions in China are boarding trains, planes and automobiles in the travel rush ahead of Friday's Lunar New Year. The world's largest seasonal human migration actually begins a few weeks before China's most important traditional festival, as people…
JERUSALEM – Israeli police have recommended that Benjamin Netanyahu be indicted on bribery and breach of trust charges in two corruption cases, a development that deals an embarrassing blow to the embattled prime minister and is likely to fuel calls…
FUJAIRAH, United Arab Emirates – The waters of the Persian Gulf have long been home to pearl oysters, providing a valuable mainstay to the Arab tribes that subsisted off its trade before the discovery of oil pumped new life into…
BEIRUT – New fronts have opened up in Syria as President Bashar Assad and his allies push toward final victory and the fight against the Islamic State group draws to an end. This threatens an even broader confrontation among regional…
WELLINGTON, New Zealand – Thousands of Tonga residents face a long wait for power and other services to be restored after a cyclone tore through the Pacific nation this week. More details emerged Wednesday about the damage caused by Cyclone…
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine president's spokesman says his government rejects and does not recognize Chinese names given to undersea features in a vast offshore region where the Philippines has undisputed sovereign rights. Spokesman Harry Roque Jr. said Wednesday that…
QUETTA, Pakistan – Pakistani police say gunmen riding on motorcycles have opened fire on a vehicle carrying paramilitary soldiers in the country's southwest, killing four troops before fleeing. Abdur Razzaq Cheema, the police chief in Quetta, said Wednesday's attack took…
LA PAZ, Bolivia – An explosion killed two people and injured 10 Tuesday night in the same Bolivian town where eight people died and 40 were injured during weekend Carnival celebrations by a blast that has been blamed on a…
MEXICO CITY – Mexican authorities say dozens of dolphins have been found stranded on a rocky beach along the coast of Baja California Sur state. The federal environmental protection agency says 54 of the marine mammals came onshore in the…
Nikki Haley, the United States ambassador to the United Nations, is looking the Security Council to act toward the repatriation of nearly 700,000 Rohingya refugees who were forced to flee Burma to neighboring Bangladesh following a major military crackdown last…
UNITED NATIONS – Venezuela and Libya have been suspended from voting in the U.N. General Assembly for the third time in three years because of millions of dollars in unpaid dues to the world body. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres informed the…
LIMA, Peru – The host nation for a summit of Western Hemisphere leaders has withdrawn its invitation to Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro over his country's plan to hold an early presidential election. Peruvian Foreign Minister Cayetana Aljovin said Tuesday that…
CANBERRA, Australia – Australia's deputy prime minister was under mounting pressure Wednesday to resign as his party's leader over revelations of a relationship with a former staffer. Newspapers revealed last week that Barnaby Joyce and his former media adviser are…
UNITED NATIONS – U.N. experts say "a political solution in Libya remains out of reach in the near future." The panel says in the summary of a report to the Security Council that despite U.N. efforts to overcome the current…
The Israeli military judge overseeing the trial of Palestinian teenager Ahed Tamimi has ordered all proceedings to take place behind closed doors. (Copyright 2017 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.) An Israeli military judge overseeing the trial of Palestinian teenager…
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fought back against accusations of corruption on Tuesday after police recommended that he be indicted on charges of bribery and illicit quid-pro-quo agreements in two separate cases. In an emotional televised speech, Netanyahu vehemently denied any…
UNITED NATIONS – U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley is denouncing Myanmar's government for continuing to make life for Rohingya Muslims "a death sentence," citing the reporting of mass graves by The Associated Press and other news organizations. She started her speech…