Round 1: Brexit talks start in Brussels with 20 months to go
BRUSSELS -- British and European Union (EU) envoys on Monday began a first round of negotiations on Britain’s divorce from the EU with both...
Less popular Trump back on offensive after brief holiday in Paris
WASHINGTON -- US President Donald J. Trump, fresh from a political holiday in Paris, went back on the offensive Sunday as a new poll...
US Secret Service rejects suggestion it vetted Trump son’s meeting
WASHINGTON -- The US Secret Service (USSS) on Sunday denied a suggestion from President Donald J. Trump’s personal lawyer that it had vetted a...
Erdogan threatens to ‘chop off’ traitors’ heads
ISTANBUL, TURKEY -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday threatened to “chop off the heads” of traitors, in a speech marking the first...
Venezuelans cast ballots in opposition vote
CARACAS, VENEZUELA -- Venezuelans go to the polls Sunday in a vote organized by the opposition aimed at gauging public support for Maduro’s plan...
Jerusalem holy site reopens after attack
JERUSALEM -- Israeli authorities were to reopen an ultra-sensitive holy site Sunday closed after an attack that killed two policemen, but new security measures...
South Koreans wowed by grandma’s diary of makeup tips on YouTube
YONGIN, SOUTH KOREA -- She gives tutorials on applying makeup so as to resemble Amy Winehouse, among others, and posts videos of attempts to...
Ahead of Liberation Day, Guam eyes independence from US colonial rule
HAGATNA, GUAM -- As Guam prepares to celebrate Liberation Day this week, political leaders on the Pacific island say it’s time to decide whether...
PM Lee denies nepotism amid family feud in parliament speech
SINGAPORE -- Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Monday rejected claims from his siblings that he abused power and engaged in nepotism as he...
Trump in Paris with Russia scandal in tow
PARIS -- Donald J. Trump arrived in Paris on Thursday for a presidential visit filled with Bastille Day pomp and which the White House...
China says upholds sanctions as North Korea trade rises
BEIJING -- China insisted Thursday it was abiding by UN sanctions on North Korea despite a jump in its trade with the nuclear-armed nation...
China opens first overseas military base
BEIJING -- Ships carrying personnel for China’s first overseas military base, in Djibouti in the Horn of Africa, have set sail to begin setting...