SEOUL, South Korea – Prosecutors have demanded a 30-year prison term for former South Korean President Park Geun-hye for alleged bribery, abuse of power and other crimes in a landmark corruption case that marked a stunning fall from grace for…
BEIJING – A well-known political commentator and a prominent businesswoman in China have penned public letters urging lawmakers to reject a plan that would allow President Xi Jinping to rule indefinitely. The rare and public expressions of dissent have come…
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador – More than 25 years after the end of its civil war, families in El Salvador are still searching for an estimated 3,000 children who disappeared in the fighting. The country's military has so far refused…
WELLINGTON, New Zealand – Lawmakers from New Zealand's main conservative party have chosen their first indigenous Maori leader as they regroup after an election loss. National Party members selected 41-year-old Simon Bridges from among five candidates Tuesday. He is a…
Russia vetoed a United Nations Security Council draft resolution sponsored by the United Kingdom Monday that would have included a promise of action against violations of a U.N. arms embargo on Yemen that showed Iran in violation in a recent…
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Saudi Arabia has replaced its military chief of staff and other defense officials amid its stalemated war in Yemen. The kingdom gave no reason behind the shake-up that was announced early Tuesday morning. Those fired…
WELLINGTON, New Zealand – Severe damage to phone networks and roads from a powerful earthquake in a remote Papua New Guinea region is hindering government efforts to assess the destruction, although local officials fear dozens of people may have been…
CANBERRA, Australia – A senior Australian state police officer has resigned over racist and obscene comments he posted online under a fake name. Victoria State Police Chief Commissioner Graham Ashton said on Tuesday he accepted Assistant Commissioner Brett Guerin's resignation…
The South Pacific is reeling from another series of powerful earthquakes that rocked the region early Tuesday. Known as the Ring of Fire, the area is home to Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck 56 miles…
Hyogo Prefectural authorities enter a lodging facility where the severed head of a woman was found, after an American man was arrested on suspicion of confining the missing 27-year-old woman. (Kyodo via REUTERS) The American tourist who police have linked…
TORONTO – The ousted leader of Ontario's conservative opposition party has ended his bid to reclaim his former job. Patrick Brown said Monday he is quitting the race because it has been difficult on his family and because his candidacy…
RABAT, Morocco – King Mohammed VI of Morocco has undergone a medical operation in France for an irregular heartbeat. A statement Monday from his personal doctor and a French-Moroccan medical team said the 54-year-old king underwent examinations at the Ambroise…
ST. THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands – A man who had moved to the U.S. Virgin Islands from Texas has admitted setting fires that destroyed a military recruiting office and damaged two other federal properties in the territory. The U.S. Attorney's…
UNITED NATIONS – Russia has vetoed a British-drafted U.N. resolution that promised action against violations of a U.N. arms embargo on Yemen and pointed to a report by experts that cited Iran as a violator. Monday's vote was 11-2 with…
JOHANNESBURG – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced a Cabinet shuffle that replaces the finance minister and puts a former finance minister in charge of the country's troubled state-owned companies. Ramaphosa was sworn in this month after President Jacob…
QUITO, Ecuador – Two presumed stowaways died Monday in Ecuador after they fell from the landing gear of a New York-bound plane. The airport in the coastal city of Guayaquil had to close for 90 minutes while the two bodies…
Worshippers stand in front of the closed doors of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City February 26, 2018. (Reuters) A fight over money has erupted at one of Christianity’s most holy sites. The doors of Jerusalem’s…
MOGADISHU, Somalia – A Somali police official says two Somali soldiers were killed in a confrontation with African Union peacekeepers from Uganda. Col. Ahmed Mohamed says the firefight occurred when the AU troops tried to force their way through a…
ATHENS, Greece – The Greek government has fired a deputy labor minister for allegedly claiming rent assistance despite declaring an annual household income of more than half a million dollars and owning multiple properties. Government officials said the prime minister…
MEXICO CITY – Mexico's annual crude oil and gas output has fallen below 2 million barrels per day for the first time since comparable records were kept starting in 1990. State-owned oil company Petroleos Mexicanos reports on its website that…
BELGRADE, Serbia – European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker says Serbia must solve its dispute with Kosovo to join the European Union. Juncker said Monday following talks with Serbia's President Aleksandar Vucic that the Balkan country is on the right path,…
BEIRUT – The office of Lebanon's Prime Minister says he has received an invitation to visit Saudi Arabia from an envoy of the Gulf monarch. It's the first such gesture following tension between the two countries in the wake of…
JERUSALEM – Leaders of the two largest Christian sects in Jerusalem say the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, built at the traditional site of Jesus' crucifixion and resurrection, will remain closed indefinitely to protest an Israeli attempt to tax their…
ROME – She has sat next to royalty both Hollywood and real, often donning her trademark dark sunglasses to block the glare from the catwalks of the world's fashion capitals. Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour had a front-row seat of a…