BEIJING – China's ceremonial legislature says a broad consensus has been obtained on constitutional amendments, including one to abolish term limits that will allow Xi Jinping to continue as president indefinitely. A report submitted to the National People's Congress at…
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – Police in central Sri Lanka imposed a curfew to quell anti-Muslim violence after mobs from the majority ethnic Sinhalese population burned shops and homes in retaliation for a death that's the subject of a dispute. The…
BEIRUT – The International Committee for the Red Cross says it was forced to halt aid delivery to the besieged eastern suburbs of Damascus the previous day after the security situation deteriorated while aid workers were on the ground. Ingy…
PARIS – The French government is proposing a law that would say anyone under 15 cannot consent to sex, after widespread shock at two cases involving 11-year-old girls. It would be the first such law in France, which currently does…
MOSCOW – The Kremlin said Tuesday that Russia has not been approached by British authorities to help in an investigation over how and why a former Russian spy was found critically ill in a shopping mall in a town in…
NEW DELHI – UNICEF says a significant fall in child marriages in South Asia has reduced the rate of marriage for girls globally. The statement released Tuesday says more educational opportunities and government investment in adolescent girls and strong advocacy…
KABUL, Afghanistan – An Afghan official says at least two people were killed when a sticky bomb attached to a fuel truck detonated in eastern Nangarhar province. Attahullah Khogyani, spokesman for the provincial governor, says the explosion on Tuesday morning…
TAIPEI, Taiwan – Taiwan's defense ministry says it will look to its domestic arms industry as well as foreign suppliers to respond to China's continuing military buildup. Spokesman Chen Chung-ji said Tuesday the self-governing island had no interest in getting…
SEOUL, South Korea – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is playing host to a group of visiting South Korean envoys, affording the autocratic leader a whole new raft of propaganda and political opportunities. Photos released Tuesday showing Kim meeting…
CARACAS, Venezuela – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro welcomed a visit by a top-ranking Republican congressional staffer last month to discuss the possible release of a Utah man jailed for more than 20 months in this volatile South American nation, six…
Russia will “never” extradite any of the 13 Russians indicted by the United States for election-meddling, Russian President Vladimir Putin said, even as he insisted they didn’t act on behalf of his government. Putin’s comments in an NBC News interview…
SEOUL, South Korea – A South Korean provincial governor who was seen as a potential presidential candidate has resigned after his secretary accused him of raping her. South Chungcheong Gov. Ahn Hee-jung announced his resignation early Tuesday on Facebook just…
GUATEMALA CITY – Guatemala says it will transfer its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem the second week of May, in parallel with a similar and criticized move by the United States of its own diplomatic mission scheduled…
A worker cleans the site where the Trump name was removed from the Trump Ocean Club International Hotel and Tower in Panama City, Panama March 5, 2018. (REUTERS/Carlos Lemos) Workers at the Trump Ocean Club International Hotel in Panama City…
HAVANA – A senior Cuban official is condemning Washington's decision to make the withdrawal of 60 percent of the U.S. Embassy staff permanent in response to mysterious ailments affecting American diplomats. Carlos Fernandez de Cossio says the decision is motivated…
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Puerto Rico's governor is pledging to reduce taxes, raise pay for police officers and implement work requirements for those on welfare to help the U.S. territory recover from Hurricane Maria amid the island's 11-year-old economic…
Saudi Arabia hosted its first-ever race for women on Saturday as the Middle Eastern country slowly expands the rights of its female citizens. More than 1,500 women took part in the nearly 2 mile marathon, the Saudi-owned Al Arabiya network…
VALLETTA, Malta – Lawmakers in Malta have unanimously approved constitutional amendments lowering the minimum voting age for general elections and national referendums to 16. The Maltese Parliament's approval on Monday night makes Malta the second European country after Austria to…
UNITED NATIONS – Secretary-General Antonio Guterres gave former New York mayor and billionaire media mogul Michael Bloomberg a new title Monday as U.N. special envoy for climate action, handing him the job of spurring speedy global action to help curb…
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – Argentina's former President Cristina Fernandez will face trial for allegedly covering up the role of Iranians in a 1994 bomb attack on a Jewish center. The decision by a federal judge was announced Monday by Argentina's…
MEXICO CITY – A Mexican government report says the number of monarch butterflies wintering in Mexican forests has declined for a second consecutive year. Alejandro Del Mazo is Mexico's commissioner for protected areas and he says the monarchs clumped in…
CARACAS, Venezuela – Leaders from Latin American governments belonging to an anti-U.S. bloc have converged on Venezuela's capital to commemorate the fifth anniversary of President Hugo Chavez's death. Presidents Raul Castro of Cuba, Evo Morales of Bolivia and Daniel Ortega…
MEXICO CITY – A group of influential Mexican intellectuals and writers penned an open letter to President Enrique Pena Nieto, asking him to either bring charges or drop what is widely seen as a politicized investigation of an opposition presidential…
PRAGUE – Thousands of Czechs are rallying in Prague and other major cities to protest the election of a former communist-era police officer as the head of a parliamentary committee on law enforcement. Zdenek Ondracek became chairman Friday of the…