TOKYO – A government-commissioned group of experts has concluded that a costly underground ice wall is only partially effective in reducing the ever-growing amount of contaminated water at Japan's destroyed Fukushima nuclear plant, and other measures are needed as well.…
BERLIN – A German court is to rule on eight Germans who are accused of forming a far-right terrorist organization and carrying out bombing attacks on asylum-seeker facilities and left-wing political targets. A Dresden regional court will announce its verdict…
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – Residents say anti-Muslim rioting has flared anew in central Sri Lanka despite a state of emergency, with Buddhist mobs burning mosques and Muslim-owned shops in at least two towns. The police ordered a curfew across much…
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone – Sierra Leone's voters are choosing a new president from among 16 candidates in a race that has sparked debate over dual nationality and eligibility for the country's highest office. The front-runners in Wednesday's vote are Samura…
March 5: U.S. Navy aircraft carrier, USS Carl Vinson, docks at a port in Danang, Vietnam (Reuters) Beijing is unhappy with the first visit by a U.S. aircraft carrier to a Vietnamese port since the Vietnam War and said, in…
CAIRO – Saudi Arabia's crown prince says Qatar will not be barred from an Arab summit in Riyadh later this month, but predicted the standoff with Doha could last a long time. Prince Mohammed bin Salman's comments were made to…
JERUSALEM – An Israeli official has hinted that a disruption to cellular coverage across southern Israel was caused by fighting in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula. Communications Minister Ayoob Kara told Army Radio on Wednesday that defense and military officials met with…
ANKARA, Turkey – Turkish media reports say two women were injured after jumping from the sixth floor of a hotel that was on fire. The private Dogan news agency says the fire broke out at the small hotel in Izmir…
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines' embattled Supreme Court chief justice has called on Filipinos to stand up against authoritarianism and threats to human rights in an indirect criticism of the country's volatile leader, who has long wanted her removed. Chief…
ANKARA, Turkey – Turkey's state-run news agency says police in the southern city of Adana have detained 13 Islamic State suspects who were allegedly plotting attacks on a number of buildings in the city, including the U.S. Consulate. Anadolu Agency…
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan's military says it shot down an Indian "spy drone" after it entered Pakistani airspace in the disputed region of Kashmir. The military said in a statement late Tuesday that the drone violated Pakistan's airspace and was spying…
WELLINGTON, New Zealand – The Latest on recent Papua New Guinea earthquakes (all times local): Noon An official in Papua New Guinea says at least 55 people are confirmed dead and the toll could exceed 100 from last week's powerful…
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – The Argentine Catholic Church announced Tuesday that it will hand over to a judge more than 100 certificates from baptisms performed in a chapel at a navy base that served as a clandestine torture center during…
MEXICO CITY – Mexican federal prosecutors have formally opened their own investigation into an explosion on a tourist ferry last month that injured 26 people. The Federal Prosecutor's Office says in a Tuesday statement that it is probing the Feb.…
BUDAPEST, Hungary – The chief of staff for Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban has posted a video on his Facebook page showing him in a district of Austria's capital that he says is dirtier, poorer and increasingly crime-ridden since immigrants…
BIRMINGHAM, England – Despite the claim of a false online story, Cadbury Easter creme eggs and other chocolate treats are still being made. The headline on the unilad website, "Cadbury Confirms It Has Stopped Making Chocolate," referred to a water…
SAO PAULO – Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is a step closer to prison. A panel of judges on Brazil's Superior Court of Justice on Tuesday rejected da Silva's request for an injunction that would prevent him…
FILE: A fire broke out on a Maersk container vessel 1,000 miles off Oman. A company spokesman called the situation “very critical.” (Reuters) Four crew members are missing Tuesday after a fire broke out on a Maersk container vessel in…
ROME – The Senegalese community in Florence, Italy is demanding justice after an Italian man shot and killed one of their own, apparently just because he was there. Police have excluded a racial motive in Monday's slaying of Idy Diene.…
A man stands on the rubble of a damaged building at the besieged town of Douma, Eastern Ghouta, Damascus, Syria March 5, 2018 (Reuters) A significant number of civilians in Syria were killed by Russian and U.S.-led coalition air strikes…
An-26 with 32 people aboard crashed in Syria on Tuesday. (Salinger Igor / Aermedia.com) A Russian cargo plane crashed in Syria on Tuesday, killing all 39 people onboard, Russia’s Defense Ministry said. The An-26 plane crashed while attempting to land…
BUDAPEST, Hungary – The U.N. human rights chief is standing by "every single word" of criticism against Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, after calling him a racist and xenophobe last month. Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein is also rejecting a demand by…
SANTIAGO, Chile – Chilean President Michelle Bachelet is ending her term with an ambitious proposal for a new constitution that would ensure equal pay for men and women and strengthen guarantees of the right to strike. Bachelet sent the proposal…
OUAGADOGOU, Burkina Faso – Authorities in Burkina Faso say they have arrested eight Burkinabe nationals in connection with last week's attacks on army headquarters and the French Embassy. Prosecutor Maizan Sereme announced Tuesday that two of the suspects are current…