LONDON – Police say a door from a London high-rise that went up in flames, killing 71 people, has failed an expert fire safety test. The Metropolitan Police force said Thursday that an undamaged door from Grenfell Tower withstood flames…
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip – Israel says it struck four militant positions in the Gaza Strip after fighters there planted two explosive devices near the border. Military spokesman Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus said the two bombs were planted on the…
PARIS – Thousands of retired workers are taking to the streets across France to protest against a new hike in a tax taken from their pensions. Protests are planned in several cities around the country Thursday over the 1.7 percent…
LAHORE, Pakistan – Hundreds of Pakistani mourners have attended the funerals of nine people — five police officers and four civilians — killed when a Taliban suicide bomber struck a police checkpoint on the outskirts of the eastern city of…
A reporter in a blue blazer rolled her eyes at another journalist wearing red during a news briefing in China on Tuesday -- and video of the exchange quickly went viral. Wearing blue was Liang Xiangyi, a Shangai-based reporter with…
JOHANNESBURG – A financial scandal is threatening to unseat Africa's only female head of state, the president of the Indian Ocean nation of Mauritius. President Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, whose role is mostly ceremonial, faces allegations that she used a credit card…
ISLAMABAD – A Pakistani court has charged the country's deputy interior minister with insulting judges and set a hearing date for his testimony later this month. The official, Talal Chaudhry, pleaded not guilty during an appearance before the court on…
CAIRO – With less than two weeks before elections, Egypt's president says he's prepared to personally join security forces battling Islamic militants in the Sinai Peninsula. The outcome of the March 26-28 election is a foregone conclusion, with general-turned-president Abdel-Fattah…
MADRID – Police in Barcelona have searched the seat of the Catalan regional government as part of a widening probe on the funding of last year's banned Catalan referendum on independence from Spain. A Civil Guard spokesman said agents also…
ROME – The United Nations chief is warning that a U.S.-induced half-billion-dollar funding shortfall for the U.N. relief agency for Palestinians risks cutting critical services that could "push the suffering in disastrous and unpredictable directions." Secretary-General Antonio Guterres addressed an…
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan's foreign ministry says it has called its top diplomat in India back home for consultations after allegations of harassment of Pakistani diplomatic staff in New Delhi. Ministry spokesman Mohammad Faisal says the decision was taken after Pakistani…
DHAKA, Bangladesh – Bangladesh is mourning those who died in the crash of a plane from Dkaha as it was landing in Kathmandu, Nepal. Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has ordered national flags be flown at half-staff at all government…
DAKAR, Senegal – Authorities in Senegal say at least eight people were killed when a military helicopter crashed into a field of mangroves. Army spokesman Col. Abdoul Ndiaye confirmed the death toll Thursday. There was no immediate reason given for…
SIEM REAP, Cambodia – A Cambodian court has started the trial of a British man who was among a group of foreigners arrested for allegedly posting photos on social media of sexually suggestive dancing. Daniel Jones, who has been charged…
KATHMANDU, Nepal – Officials in Nepal say they are struggling to identify many of the 22 survivors of a deadly plane crash, with many badly burned, in critical condition and unable to speak. Police spokesman Manoj Neupane says extensive burns,…
BEIRUT – The Latest on developments in Syria as it marks seven years of war this week (all times local): 10:35 a.m. Syrian activists and monitoring groups say government and Russian forces are blanketing the besieged rebel-held eastern Ghouta region…
STOCKHOLM – North Korea's foreign minister is visiting Sweden, a move that can be seen as a first step toward the Scandinavian country hosting a meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. The Swedish…
BANGKOK – Thailand's slow move from military to civilian governance has attracted dozens of new political parties to register in barely two weeks, including one by an internet-famous billionaire who says he embraces democracy and wants to challenge the country's…
NIZHNY TAGIL, Russia – Vladimir Putin walks briskly to a group of factory workers, who ask him for a water treatment facility, new equipment to reduce toxic emissions and a sports arena for their children in this Ural mountains city.…
MOSCOW – The Russian military says it has extended a "humanitarian pause" in fighting for two days in a part of Syria's embattled eastern Ghouta enclave, just outside of Damascus. The Russian Defense Ministry says the pause on Thursday and…
Nicaragua National Police arrested Orlando Tercero on Tuesday and transferred him to a prison 40 miles southwest of Managua, the capital. (Reuters) The Nicaragua National Police on Wednesday released a photo of the suspect in the killing of a New…
MANILA, Philippines – Human rights groups say Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and his officials could still be prosecuted at the International Criminal Court for killings in his anti-drug war until his decision to withdraw from the tribunal takes effect after…
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – A flight attendant for the Mideast long-haul carrier Emirates has been hospitalized in Uganda after falling out of an open emergency door on a Boeing 777 that was parked on the tarmac. Civil aviation authorities…
MANAMA, Bahrain – A U.S. military official says Iranian naval forces appear to have deliberately halted their provocations of U.S. Navy ships in the Persian Gulf in recent months. Navy Cmdr. William Urban, spokesman for U.S. Naval Forces Central Command,…