KABUL, Afghanistan – An Afghan official says at least five Afghan police forces have been killed after insurgents attacked their checkpoint in western Farah province. Fared Bakhtawer, head of the provincial council in Farah, said Tuesday that Insurgents took five…
BEIJING – Chinese President Xi Jinping's anti-corruption campaign stands to gain a major boost as the ceremonial legislature moves to establish a powerful new agency with authority over vast numbers of workers in the public sector. The National People's Congress…
CAPILLA DEL SENOR, Argentina – Riding a polo horse on Argentina's Pampas grasslands, Martin Folan swings a mallet in a wide arc and hit the ball with a loud clink, slotting it between two posts to cheers of "Goal!" Not…
TOKYO – Japan's leader is calling on North Korea to take concrete steps toward denuclearization. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Tuesday that he welcomes any dialogue premised on denuclearization. He spoke ahead of a meeting in Tokyo with South Korea…
KATHMANDU, Nepal – Nepal officials say the plane crash at Kathmandu's airport a day earlier killed 49 people among the 71 on board. The plane coming from Bangladesh swerved erratically and flew dangerously low before crashing and erupting in flames…
UNITED NATIONS – U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is calling himself "a proud feminist" and says all men should support women's rights and gender equality. His announcement was loudly applauded at Monday's opening of the annual two-week meeting of the Commission…
United States Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley addresses the U.N. Security Council on Syria during a meeting of the Council at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., March 12, 2018. REUTERS/Mike Segar - RC1A0BA8FB40 Addressing the United Nations…
BEIJING – China's move to scrap term limits and allow Xi Jinping to serve as president indefinitely puts him on track to deal with some of the country's weightiest long-term sovereignty challenges, especially the fates of Hong Kong and Taiwan.…
An unnamed dog has reportedly been waiting more than four months outside a Brazilian hospital for his deceased owner to return. (Cristine Sardella via Storyful) It’s long been said that dogs are a man’s best friend due to their unwavering…
BOGOTA, Colombia – A senior U.N. official says Colombia needs international help as it struggles with a humanitarian catastrophe along its border from Venezuelans driven from their homes by hunger. David Beasley is director of the World Food Program and…
UNITED NATIONS – The U.S. national security adviser says President Donald Trump is optimistic about the opportunity for a diplomatic solution in North Korea — but will keep up maximum pressure until there is "real progress" toward denuclearization of the…
MEXICO CITY – Authorities in southern Mexico say three assailants shot up a 15-year-old's "quinceanera" or coming-of-age birthday party, killing two people and wounding four more. Guerrero state security spokesman Roberto Alvarez says the incident took place around 2:30 a.m.…
BERLIN – Scientists say they have found intriguing evidence that women also migrated long distances across medieval Europe, not just men. The discovery of unusually shaped female skulls at burial sites in Germany's Bavaria prompted the researchers to take a…
MEXICO CITY – Mexican prosecutors say they have arrested a man who allegedly played a decisive role in the disappearance of 43 college students in 2014. The Attorney General's Office says the suspect probably belonged to the Guerreros Unidos drug…
PARIS – A young official of France's far-right National Front has resigned after he was recorded using a racial slur outside a congress aimed at remaking the party's identity. Davy Rodriguez, the No. 2 in the party's youth wing, was…
BERLIN – German prosecutors say they have been notified that a former guard dubbed the "accountant of Auschwitz" has died. Hannover prosecutor Kathrin Soefker says a lawyer informed her office that Oskar Groening died Friday in a hospital. Soefker says…
As the Assad regime continues to defy a Feb. 24 United Nations Security Council-mandated ceasefire in the Damascus suburbs known as eastern Ghouta, at least one American citizen and her family are huddled in a small basement in the enclave,…
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia – The Latest on the slaying of an investigative journalist and his fiancee in Slovakia (all times local): 8:00 p.m. Anti-government protesters in Slovakia are planning to hold more rallies over the slaying of an investigative journalist even…
LONDON – Russia is "highly likely" to blame for poisoning a former spy and his daughter with a military-grade nerve agent, Prime Minister Theresa May said Monday, demanding that Moscow give a compelling explanation or face "extensive" retaliation. May told…
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – An Argentine icebreaker has rescued five American scientists who were stranded in an island off the northeast tip of the Antarctic Peninsula. Argentina's Foreign Ministry says the five scientists conducting research at Joinville Island were airlifted…
Former SS guard Oskar Groening waits for the start his trial in a courtroom in Lueneburg, northern Germany. (Julian Stratenschulte/dpa via AP,file) Oskar Groening, the death camp guard known as the “bookkeeper of Auschwitz,” died on Friday — before he…
Russia is “highly likely” to be the party responsible for poisoning a former Russian spy and his daughter last week by using a "weapons-grade nerve agent,” British Prime Minister Theresa May said Monday. May revealed to British lawmakers that Sergei…
Russia is “highly likely” to be the party responsible for poisoning a former Russian spy and his daughter last week by using a "weapons-grade nerve agent,” British Prime Minister Theresa May said Monday. May revealed to British lawmakers that Sergei…
LONDON – The Latest on the poisoning of a former Russian spy and his daughter in Britain (all times local): 5:45 p.m. The widow of a former KGB agent who died after he defected to England says Britain should adopt…