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Yemeni boys, injured in an air raid on a wedding party in Yemen, receive treatment at a hospital in Yemen's Hajjah province April 23, 2018.

A Saudi-led airstrike hits a Yemen wedding, killing at least 20 people

Harrowing images emerged on social media of the deadly bombing, the third to hit Yemeni civilians since the weekend.

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In this file photo taken April 12, 2018, President Donald Trump speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington.

Trump renews his threat to tie border crossings to a new NAFTA deal

The president’s latest threat comes as trade negotiators are already grappling with a host of thorny issues.

about 7 hours ago

NASA has no idea what is causing some mysterious ice holes in Arctic sea ice.

NASA is baffled by the mysterious ice circles in the Arctic

Add this to the ever-growing list of things you have to worry about.

about 8 hours ago

Police officers stand by a covered body in Toronto after a van mounted a sidewalk and crashed into a crowd of pedestrians on Monday.

Driver in custody after van kills 10, injures 15 on Toronto street

Witnesses said the driver appeared to be acting deliberately, but police said they did not yet know the cause or any possible motive.

about 9 hours ago

In this file courtroom sketch Feb. 5, 2018, Salah Abdeslam, second right, and Sofiane Ayari, second left, attend their trial at the Brussels Justice Palace in Brussels.

World briefs: The Paris attack suspect Salah Abdeslam is convicted for shooting at Brussels police

Plus: Nicaraguans take to streets en masse on sixth day of protests; Tour bus crashes in North Korea, killing 36; and more.

about 5 hours ago

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump walk on the South Lawn with French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte, at the White House on April 23, 2018, in Washington.

Trump begins the first state visit of his administration wooing France’s Emmanuel Macron

With Iran and a list of other tough issues awaiting them, the leaders started the three-day visit with an anything-but-ordinary double date.

about 10 hours ago

In this file photo, Mike Pompeo, President Donald Trump's pick to replace former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on his nomination April 12, 2018, in Washington.

A Senate panel votes to recommend Mike Pompeo as secretary of state

With that, the current CIA director’s nomination is sent to the full Senate.

about 11 hours ago

A pigeon takes off as Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May arrives at St Martin-in-the-Fields church in London on April 23, 2018.

Britain’s Lords defeat Theresa May for the third time on Brexit

This time, it was over an amendment to the government’s so-called European Union (Withdrawal) Bill.

about 12 hours ago

A South Korean news magazine with front cover photos of South Korea President Moon Jae-in, right, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and the headline "Finding North Korea's hidden picture" is displayed at the Dong-A Ilbo building in Seoul, South Korea, on April 23, 2018.

Trump won’t ease sanctions without action by North Korea on its nuclear weapons

Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ comments appeared to leave open the possibility of easing the U.S.-led “maximum pressure” campaign.

about 13 hours ago

Demonstrators march through the streets of Yerevan on April 23, 2018, to protest the former president's election as prime minister.

Armenia’s leader, Serzh Sargsyan, quits amid protests, saying ‘I was wrong’

Thousands of people had poured into the streets to protest his political maneuvering to cling to power in this former Soviet republic.

about 14 hours ago

Britain’s Prince William and Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, pose for a photo with their newborn baby son as they leave the Lindo wing at St Mary’s Hospital in London, Monday, hours after the duchess gave birth to a healthy baby boy — a third child for Kate and Prince William and fifth in line to the British throne.

Kate leaves hospital hours after giving birth to a royal baby boy

“The baby weighed 8lbs 7oz,” Kensington Palace announced in a tweet. “… Her Royal Highness and her child are both doing well.”

about 17 hours ago

Tourists take a camel ride along a mostly empty stretch of Clifton Beach in Karachi, Pakistan on March 19, 2018. The beach is maintained by Pakistan's Defence Housing Authority.

Treading carefully into Pakistan: Pittsburgh companies wary of risks

In 2009, it seemed like a great idea. Bryan Tamburro, a soft-spoken, steely-eyed international business consultant in Pittsburgh, launched

about 23 hours ago

This April 20, 2018, picture released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on April 21, 2018, shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un delivering a speech while attending the Third Plenary Meeting of the Seventh Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea in Pyongyang.

A suspicious factory spotlights the challenge of verifying North Korea’s nuclear promises

North Korea has a long history of concealing illicit weapons activity from foreign eyes.

about 22 hours ago

A boat sails by the Gateshead Millennium bridge as part of the flotilla of fishing boats participating in a protest against the deal that will see the U.K. obeying the EU Common Fisheries Policy for the transition period of Brexit, in Newcastle, England, on April 8, 2018.

A chance to reverse Brexit? U.K. business says ‘no’ to a second vote.

As a group of lawmakers tries to engineer a second referendum, business leaders are recoiling. Worse than Brexit is prolonged uncertainty.

about 21 hours ago

Mona Mathews, 48, waits for an audition for a jewelry commercial in Mumbai recently.

India’s actresses are starting to seize their own #MeToo moment

Movie industries from Bollywood to Kollywood, Mollywood and Tollywood are starting to open up about the treatment of women in the business.

about 19 hours ago

Masked militants from the Izzedine al-Qassam Brigades, a military wing of Hamas, stand guard as relatives receive condolences at the house of engineer Fadi al-Batsh in Jebaliya, Gaza Strip, on April 21, 2018.

Hamas says a man gunned down in Malaysia was an important member

The statement raised suspicions that Israel was behind the brazen killing.

1 day ago

This photo taken on April 18, 2018 shows a Kashmiri Muslim Bakarwal nomad posing for a photograph with livestock at a temporary camp near Udhampur, some 72 km north of Jammu in northern India.

India institutes the death penalty for child rape in the wake of an 8-year-old’s brutal death

Offenders who rape girls under 12 may now be subject to the death penalty in India.

1 day ago

World briefs: China’s ZTE says it’s seeking a solution to America’s tech ban

Plus: Barclays CEO fined over whistle-blower scandal; U.S. human rights report labels Russia and China threats to global stability; and

1 day ago

President Donald Trump makes his way to board Air Force One before departing from Palm Beach International in West Palm Beach, Florida, on April 22, 2018.

Trump criticizes OPEC, calling oil prices ‘artificially’ high

Rob West, an analyst at Redburn, noted that the president may have a point: “I do see some artificiality in the prices we see today.”

1 day ago

Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Moscow on April 22, 2018.

Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya questions why Robert Mueller hasn’t contacted her

Ms. Veselnitskaya discussed sanctions with Donald Trump Jr. in New York during his father’s 2016 campaign for the U.S. presidency.

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Police officers enter a supermarket after lootings during protests against the government's reforms in the Institute of Social Security in Managua on April 22, 2018.

Met with days of deadly protests, Nicaragua’s leader vows to reverse course

President Daniel Ortega announced Sunday that he was reversing a social security overhaul that had prompted days of protests.

1 day ago

In this file photo, troops march in a parade marking National Army Day in front of the mausoleum of the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini outside Tehran, Iran, on April 18, 2018.

Iran warns it will restart ‘nuclear activities’ if Trump withdraws from the 2015 deal

A resumption, Mohammad Javad Zarif said, does not include developing nuclear weapons, because Iran “has never wanted to produce a bomb.”

1 day ago

A picture taken on April 22, 2018, shows smoke billowing from the Palestinian camp of Yarmouk, south of the Syrian capital Damascus, during regime strikes targeting the Islamic State group in the camp. Syrian troops are waging an intense bombing campaign against Yarmuk, a Palestinian refugee camp on the edge of Damascus, and nearby districts that are held by IS. / AFP PHOTO / STRINGERSTRINGER/AFP/Getty Images

Syria’s military pummels Islamic State-held districts in Damascus

It’s part of a bid to enforce an evacuation deal reached last week.

1 day ago

In this February 2015 file image, then-Labor Secretary Tom Perez attends an American Association of Retired Persons function in Washington.

The DNC’s chairman defends its lawsuit against Russia, the Trump campaign and WikiLeaks

Talk show hosts were asking Tom Perez whether the suit was distracting from efforts to rebuild the Democratic Party.

1 day ago

This April 20, 2018, picture released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on April 21 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, rear second left, attending the Third Plenary Meeting of the Seventh Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea in Pyongyang.

Trump says North Korea agreed to ‘denuclearization,’ even though it hasn’t

The North has stopped short of saying it has any intention of abandoning its nuclear arsenal.

1 day ago

A wounded man who lost his two daughters cries on a hospital bed after a deadly suicide attack on a voter registration center in Kabul, Afghanistan, on April 22, 2018.

At least 63 people are killed in attacks on Afghanistan voter-registration centers

The Islamic State terror group claimed responsibility for the attack via its Amaq news agency, saying its target was Shiite Muslims.

1 day ago

People watch a TV screen showing file footage of U.S. President Donald Trump, right, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday.

North Korea is setting the mood for a summit with Trump

World applauds decision to freeze missile, nuke tests

2 days ago

World briefs: Boats capsize in southern China, 17 die

Plus: World’s oldest person dies

2 days ago

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker

In message to Trump, Europe and Mexico forge trade pact

The deal, which has yet to be formally signed, is expected to increase trade in dairy, pork, services, digital goods and medicines.

2 days ago

Palestinian protesters hurl stones at Israeli troops during clashes Friday along Gaza’s border with Israel. Thousands of Palestinians joined the fourth weekly protest, some burning tires or flying kites with flaming rags dangling from their tails.

Israel's Lieberman blames Hamas over Gaza deaths

Demands grow for investigation into Israeli use of lethal force.

2 days ago

Syrian government forces oversee the evacuation by bus of rebels and their family from the towns of Ruhaiba in the eastern Qalamoun region in the Damascus countryside, Syria, on Saturday.

Inspectors get samples from suspected site of gas attack in Syria

Global chemical weapons watchdog says it has collected samples from Douma, Syria, two weeks after suspected chemical weapons attack

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In this Friday, April 20, 2018, photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks during a meeting of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, in Pyongyang, North Korea.

N. Korea, setting stage for talks, halts nuclear, ICBM tests

North Korea suspends nuclear and long-range missile tests ahead of summits, Trump responds with tweet of "big progress."

2 days ago

Swaziland absolute Monarch King Mswati III, left, bestows the Order of the Elephant to Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen during her visit to the Kingdom of Swaziland at an official ceremony on Wednesday, April 18 in Lozitha Palace, Manzini.

King of Swaziland proclaims his nation will be known as eSwatini

The name is not new. The king has used it on many previous occasions, including his address to the U.N. General Assembly last year.

3 days ago

Palestinian protesters evacuate a wounded woman during a protest Friday at the Gaza Strip’s border with Israel.

Gaza protest draws fewer, still deadly

Four people, including a 15-year-old, were reported killed as Palestinians protested for the fourth Friday on the border of Gaza and Israel.

3 days ago

World briefs: President of Philippines deports critics

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3 days ago

As doors close in America, China’s telecom giant Huawei shifts its focus to Europe

SHENZHEN, China — As trade disputes simmer, Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei, the No. 3 smartphone brand, is shifting its growth

3 days ago

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump, third left, and Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, left, and his wife, Akie, fourth left, take part in a dinner at Mr. Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, on April 18, 2018. At third right is Vice President Mike Pence.

Trade issues expose the limits of the Trump-Abe ‘bromance’

The president rejected the Japanese leader’s efforts to win a pass on tariffs for Tokyo and persuade the U.S. to rejoin the TPP trade deal.

3 days ago

Women watch on TV in Havana as Cuba's new president, Miguel Diaz-Canel, takes over from Raul Castro after he was formally named his successor by the National Assembly on April 19, 2018.

As Raul Castro steps down, Cuba and America are still bound by strategic interests that remain solid

Shared policy initiatives, technical cooperation pacts and binational task forces have survived and, in some cases, even strengthened.

3 days ago

Moscow municipal workers repair a road in Moscow on April 18, 2018.

Russia joins a bid to win compensation over Trump’s steel and aluminum tariffs

The White House says the measures are for national security reasons.

4 days ago

This photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA shows Russian soldiers and Syrian government forces gathering next to a bus during the evacuation of rebel fighters from the Army of Islam and their families from the town of Dumayr, northeast of Damascus, on April 19, 2018.

Syrian rebels give up the Damascus-area town of Dumayr to the Assad government

It was the latest in a string of handovers by rebels to the government.

4 days ago

Qualcomm gets a new deadline for acquiring NXP as China seeks remedies

The semiconductors company demanded a July deadline for closing the deal as regulators required additional concessions to give it approval.

4 days ago

People gather at Stortorget square in Stockholm while the Swedish Academy held its weekly meeting at the Old Stock Exchange building seen in the background April 19, 2018.

World briefs: Women take fall in Nobel scandal for man’s alleged misdeeds

Plus: U.S. officials say 16 nations agree to track Venezuela corruption; volcano erupts in Kyushu; and more.

4 days ago

CIA Director Mike Pompeo walks to a meeting with Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., on Capitol Hill in Washington on April 18, 2018.

Heidi Heitkamp becomes the first Democrat to pledge support for Mike Pompeo as secretary of state

The development potentially clinches the CIA director his bid — as long as no more Republicans refuse to vote for confirmation.

4 days ago

Commuters walk by a Wells Fargo ATM station at New York's Penn Station on Oct. 13, 2016.

Regulators will fine Wells Fargo up to $1 billion as early as Friday, reports say

The penalty would be toughest action by the Trump administration against a major bank.

4 days ago

In this file photo, Rudy Giuliani and his wife, Judith, arrive for a church service at St. John’s Episcopal Church across from the White House in Washington on Jan. 20, 2017.

Rudy Giuliani says he’s joining Trump’s legal team to seek an end to Robert Mueller’s probe

Mr. Giuliani is doing this “for the good of the country and because I have high regard for the president and for Bob Mueller.”

4 days ago

A man walks by a banner showing a map of the Korean Peninsula — to wish for a successful inter-Korean summit — in Seoul, South Korea, on April 19, 2018. South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will meet at Panmunjom on April 27. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

After Trump brings up leaving the talks, the South says North Korea removed a major obstacle

Kim Jong Un has ceased to demand that American troops be removed from South Korea as a condition for denuclearization, Moon Jae-in said.

4 days ago

Outgoing Cuban President Raul Castro, right, raises the arm of Cuba's new president, Miguel Diaz-Canel, after he was formally named by the National Assembly in Havana on April 19, 2018.

Raul Castro’s successor, Miguel Diaz-Canel, pledges ‘continuity’ as he takes over in Cuba

“Raúl … will be key to the process of making the most important decisions on the future of the nation,” Mr. Díaz-Canel, 57, said Thursday.

4 days ago

An illustration picture taken through a magnifying glass April 17, 2018, in Moscow shows the icon of the popular messaging app Telegram on a smartphone screen.

Russian authorities want to ban Telegram. It’s not going as well as they’d hoped.

Officials began implementing a ban on the popular messaging platform after the company refused to hand over access to encrypted messages.

4 days ago

Earthquake, at least 5.5 in magnitude, strikes southern Iran near nuclear power plant

TEHRAN, Iran — An earthquake of at least magnitude 5.5 struck in southern Iran near the country’s sole nuclear power plant on Thursday

5 days ago

Jamaica-born Anthony Bryan poses for a photograph outside his home in north London on April 17, 2018. After half a century in Britain, Mr. Bryan decided it was time to go abroad. But the decision set off a nightmare that saw him lose his job, detained twice and almost deported to Jamaica. Now 60 and a grandfather, Mr. Bryan thought the issue could be resolved swiftly, as he legally moved to Britain with his family as part of the Windrush generation of Caribbean migrants after World War II. In 1948, the ship Windrush brought the first group of migrants from the West Indies to help rebuild post-war Britain, and many others followed from around the Commonwealth. A 1971 law gave them indefinite leave to remain, but many never formalized their status, often because they were children who came over on their parents' passports and then never applied for their own.

Postwar Britain welcomed workers from the Caribbean. Now, Brexit Britain wants proof they belong.

Unlike the “dreamers” at the center of similar controversy in the U.S., the Windrush families came to Britain legally.

4 days ago

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