DILI, East Timor – Three political parties that brought down East Timor's minority government say they will campaign under one umbrella for new elections due in May. The parties in the grouping, which calls itself the Alliance for Change and…
ATEHNS, Greece – A Greek prosecutor has urged a court to reject a third Turkish request for the extradition of eight Turkish servicemen who fled to Greece in July 2016 after a failed military coup. An Athens appeals court is…
MOSCOW – The Latest on the poisoning of a Russian ex-spy (all times local): 11:45 a.m. Russia's government will add more Americans to its "black list" in response to new sanctions against Russians accused of election meddling. Tensions with Moscow…
VIENNA – Talks on the Iran nuclear deal are about to get underway in Vienna amid growing questions about the U.S. commitment to the plan. President Donald Trump has vowed to walk away from the 2015 agreement in mid-May unless…
JAYAPURA, Indonesia – An Indonesian court has found a Papuan activist guilty of treason and sentenced him to 10 months in prison for promoting a petition calling for a referendum on independence for the region. Yanto Awerkion was arrested last…
KABUL, Afghanistan – An Afghan official says the body of a U.N. driver, who was abducted two months ago along with a female U.N. employee and her child, was found in Kabul, in the same location where the abduction took…
MOSCOW – Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says the Russian military and the Syrian government are extending a cease-fire in Damascus' rebel-held suburbs as long as it takes to allow all the civilians to leave the area. Lavrov spoke in…
HONG KONG – Hong Kong authorities are planning new legislation requiring students to be taught China's national anthem and punishing anyone who insults it with up to three years in prison. The proposals released Friday also call for anyone who…
SYDNEY – A historian has lost her court bid to force Australian authorities to release secret letters that would reveal what Queen Elizabeth II knew of her representative's scheme to dismiss Australia's government more than 40 years ago. The National…
STOCKHOLM – North Korea's foreign minister was expected to meet with his Swedish counterpart Friday for a second day after making a surprise trip to Stockholm that has fueled speculation about a possible meeting between President Donald Trump and North…
NEW DELHI – Indian officials have arrested a doctor and two of his associates as they were about to carry out a banned sex determination test for a pregnant woman in a car in a secluded forest. State health officials…
TAUNGOO, Myanmar – From the age of 5, when she entered a government school in Myanmar, Stella Naw learned about the triumphs of Burman kings and heroes, recited Burman poems and performed Burman dances at school ceremonies. Without realizing it,…
QUETTA, Pakistan – A Pakistani government official says a powerful blast at a home in the southwestern town of Qillah Saifullah bordering Afghanistan has killed at least two people and wounded 10 others. Deputy commissioner Shafqat Shahwali said Friday that…
MEXICO CITY – Mexican authorities arrested 18 people Thursday in the abduction of two prosecution agents forced to appear on a video by a drug gang before they were slain, the Attorney General's Office said. Those arrested included members of…
MY LAI, Vietnam – More than a thousand people are marking 50th anniversary of the My Lai massacre, using the event to talk of peace and cooperation instead of hatred. In 1968, American soldiers killed 504 unarmed civilians in My…
BEIJING – As Tibetans prepared to celebrate a Buddhist new year festival with prayers and dance, police officers went to schools, airports and public squares to read out "21 kinds of dark and evil forces," a list of new criminal…
A U.S. military aircraft with American service members aboard has crashed in western Iraq, officials said Thursday. "Rescue teams are responding to the scene of the downed aircraft at this time," U.S. Central Command told Fox News in a statement.…
GENEVA – United Nations officials say a Human Rights Council meeting is among the activities that will be canceled at the U.N.'s offices in Geneva after staff members overwhelmingly approved a strike. The U.N. staff coordinating council appealed to workers…
PARIS – A French court has upheld the life sentence given to the former political extremist known as Carlos the Jackal for a 1974 hand grenade attack that killed two people at a Paris shopping arcade. Venezuelan-born Ilich Ramirez Sanchez…
MEXICO CITY – The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights says that Mexico's investigation of the 2014 disappearance of 43 students has been based on statements obtained through torture. In a report released Thursday, the office…
HARARE, Zimbabwe – Former Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe has given his first interview since being forced from power in November, describing his removal as a "coup" and a "disgrace." Mugabe, 94, told South African broadcaster SABC in the broadcast aired…
UNITED NATIONS – Responding to the world's worst humanitarian crisis, the U.N. Security Council on Thursday urged the warring parties in Yemen to ensure that humanitarian aid gets to all affected areas, citing U.N. estimates that over 22 million people…
SOFIA, Bulgaria – Bulgaria is creating a natural gas hub at its Black Sea coast. The Bulgarian energy ministry says the state-owned company Bulgartransgaz signed a 1.2 million-euro ($1.5 million) contract Thursday with a Bulgarian-Swiss consortium for a feasibility study.…
Sana'a. A child stands in the middle of destroyed buildings in his neighborhood. (EPA/ICRC/YEYHA ARHAB ) Yemen has displaced civil war-shattered Syria as the world's worst humanitarian crisis - where the situation could get even worse if a bill proposed…