AMMAN, Jordan – Jordan's King Abdullah II has approved a Cabinet reshuffle, replacing ministers in key domestic portfolios such as interior, labor and the economy at a time continued economic downturn. The monarch has final say on key policies, while…
SKOPJE, Macedonia – European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has urged Macedonia to resolve a long-standing naming dispute with neighboring Greece so the country can open membership talks with the European Union. Juncker arrived in Macedonia on Sunday to kick off…
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia – The ruling party of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen claimed a sweeping win in Sunday's elections for the country's Senate, a victory that it assured itself by eliminating any serious opposition from the contest. Sok Eysan,…
CAIRO – Campaigning is now underway in Egypt's presidential elections, a two-candidate vote that's virtually certain to be won by the incumbent, Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi. The campaigning began Saturday and ends March 23. El-Sissi is challenged by an obscure politician who…
A teenager died in a skiing accident near the Avoriaz ski resort, seen above. (Wikimedia Creative Commons ) A 13-year-old boy died after falling from a cliff in the French Alps, and his 10-year-old brother survived the plunge, authorities said.…
JUBA, South Sudan – The United Nations mission in South Sudan says it has recalled a 46-member peacekeeping police unit after some members allegedly paid local women living in a protection camp for sex. A U.N. statement says the Ghanaian…
North Korea has "enough" willingness to hold talks with the U.S., a former intelligence chief from the rogue country believed to be the mastermind behind a deadly attack on South Korea told the country's president on Sunday. The Blue House, South…
BEIRUT – The Latest on the conflict in Syria (all times local): 4 p.m. The German government says the German and French leaders have pressed Russian President Vladimir Putin to facilitate the quick and complete implementation of a U.N. resolution…
MOSCOW – Thousands of people have marched down a central Moscow boulevard to mark the third anniversary of the slaying of Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov. Nemtsov was shot and killed on Feb. 27, 2015 while walking on a bridge…
LAHORE, Pakistan – A Pakistani official says a blasphemy suspect who suffered serious injuries after jumping off a federal building is now in stable condition. Khwaja Hammad, a senior official of Federal Investigation Agency, said Sunday that Sajid Masih is…
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia – Cambodia's ruling party is assured of a sweeping victory in the election of a new Senate after the only real opposition to it was eliminated. The Senate has minor decision-making powers in Cambodian politics, but the…
BEIJING – A foreign ministry official says China will "seriously" deal with any breaches of U.N. Security Council resolutions on North Korea should they be found. However, ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said Saturday that Beijing "firmly opposes the U.S. imposing…
The United Nations Security Council unanimously approved a resolution demanding 30-day cease fire in Syria so that it can deliver humanitarian aid and evacuate the critically ill and wounded. The proposal was approved after a two day delay caused by…
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) headquarters are pictured in Geneva, Switzerland, December 1, 2016. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse - RC12B11FA050 Since 2015, more than 20 employees at the International Committee of the Red Cross have not returned to their posts…
Police in Japan allegedly found the head of a missing woman in a suitcase. (REUTERS) The severed head of a missing woman was reportedly found in a suitcase in Osaka, Japan, police said on Saturday. Police, who have been investigating…
Police in Japan allegedly found the head of a missing woman in a suitcase. (REUTERS) The severed head of a missing woman was reportedly found in a suitcase in Osaka, Japan, police said on Saturday. Police, who have been investigating…
BERLIN – Police say two people have been found dead at a house in a small town in southeastern Austria and another person is injured. There were no immediate details on what exactly happened Saturday in Dollrath, southeast of Graz.…
CAIRO – Egypt's official news agency says a bus carrying workers has burst into flames after it overturned west of the coastal city of Alexandria, killing at least eight people. The state-run MENA, citing an unnamed Interior Ministry official, said…
SKOPJE, Macedonia – Macedonia has begun the process of changing the name of its airport honoring the ancient warrior king Alexander the Great as a goodwill gesture to Greece. Turkish consortium TAV, which operates Skopje Alexander the Great Airport, started…
BEIRUT – Lebanese security and judicial officials say authorities in Beirut are interrogating a man who is suspected in the death of a Filipina maid whose body was found stuffed in a freezer in Kuwait. A senior official with Lebanon's…
PATNA, India – Police in eastern India say a speeding jeep plowed through a group of schoolchildren crossing a road, killing nine and injuring 10 of them. Police officer Vivek Kumar says the jeep first hit and injured two adult…
TUNA AL-GABAL, Egypt – Egypt's Antiquities Ministry has announced the discovery of an ancient necropolis near the Nile Valley city of Minya, south of Cairo. The ministry said Saturday that the large cemetery is located north of Tuna al-Gabal area,…
Talk about being at the right place at the right time. Three Egyptian police officers on duty guarding a bank in the southern city of Assiut earlier this week jumped into action after they spotted a 5-year-old child holding on…
MINSK, Belarus – A Ukrainian opposition lawmaker who helped uncover off-the-books payments to President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman says a one-time Austrian chancellor was among the European politicians secretly paid to lobby for Ukraine. The lawmaker's claim to The…