Judge halts deportation of more than 1,400 Iraqi nationals from the US
DETROIT -- A federal judge in Michigan halted on Monday the deportation of more than 1,400 Iraqi nationals from the United States, the latest...
Thai authorities freeze ousted PM’s bank accounts
BANGKOK -- Thai authorities have frozen seven bank accounts belonging to ex-premier Yingluck Shinawatra over a $1 billion fine she faces for her administration’s...
Taliban suicide car bomber kills dozens in Afghan capital
KABUL -- A Taliban suicide attacker detonated a car bomb in the western part of Kabul on Monday, killing up to 35 people and...
China to ‘step up’ troop deployment in border row
BEIJING -- China warned on Monday that it will step up its troop deployment in a border dispute with India, vowing to defend its...
UN accuses Australia of breaching refugee deal
SYDNEY -- The UN accused Australia Monday of backtracking on a deal to relax its strong stance on asylum-seekers and resettle some refugees now...
Turkey puts on trial 17 staff from anti-Erdogan daily
ISTANBUL -- Seventeen directors and journalists from one of Turkey’s most respected opposition newspapers go on trial Monday after spending over eight months behind...
Why Ukrainian forces gave up Crimea without a fight — and NATO is alert
KIEV/SEVASTOPOL, CRIMEA -- The career of Sergei Yeliseyev helps to explain why Ukraine’s armed forces gave up Crimea almost without a fight -- and...
Floodwaters swallow Myanmar pagoda
YANGON -- Rising floodwaters have swallowed a Buddhist pagoda in central Myanmar and sent tens of thousands fleeing their homes, as the government warned...
Netanyahu faces pressure over holy site after 8 die
JERUSALEM -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faced mounting pressure Sunday over new security measures at a sensitive Jerusalem holy site after a weekend...
Shoot drug traffickers if they resist arrest — Indonesia President
JAKARTA -- Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo has ordered the police to shoot drug traffickers who resist arrest in the latest effort to eradicate drug...
Headway on AIDS threatened by American funding slowdown
PARIS -- Progress in beating back the AIDS epidemic risks being eroded by a funding shortfall set to grow under Donald Trump’s proposed cuts...
Syrian warplanes strike near Damascus despite ceasefire — human rights group
BEIRUT -- Syrian government warplanes carried out several air strikes in the Eastern Ghouta area east of Damascus on Sunday, a day after the...