Returning Florida evacuees stunned by Irma’s wreckage
ISLAMORADA, FLORIDA -- Hurricane Irma evacuees began returning to the storm-ravaged Florida Keys on Tuesday to find homes ripped apart and businesses coated in...
Singapore gets first female president without a vote
SINGAPORE -- Singapore got its first female president Wednesday, but the milestone was overshadowed by criticism that her selection was undemocratic after she was...
UN unanimously backs new sanctions on N. Korea
UNITED NATIONS -- The UN Security Council on Monday unanimously imposed new sanctions on North Korea, slapping a ban on textile exports and restricting...
Brexit bill passes first vote in UK parliament
LONDON -- British MPs voted in favor of a bill Tuesday to end Britain’s European Union (EU) membership, a key moment for the government’s...
UN to discuss Myanmar after ‘ethnic cleansing’ claim
COX’S BAZAR -- The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) will hold an urgent meeting to discuss violence barreling through western Myanmar, after the UN’s...
China backs Myanmar’s ‘safeguard stability’ efforts
BEIJING -- China said Tuesday it backs the Myanmar government’s efforts to “uphold peace and stability” in Rakhine state, where a military crackdown has...
Trump hosts scandal-hit Malaysian PM Najib in White House
WASHINGTON -- US President Donald Trump will on Tuesday host Malaysia’s prime minister in the White House for wide-ranging talks, giving his guest a...
Irma plows through Florida before weakening to Category 1
TAMPA, FLORIDA/MIAMI -- Hurricane Irma took aim at heavily populated areas of central Florida on Monday as it carved a path of destruction through...
Myanmar situation a ‘textbook example of ethnic cleansing’ — UN
GENEVA -- The UN human rights chief on Monday slammed Myanmar’s apparent “systematic attack” on the Rohingya minority, warning that “ethnic cleansing” seemed to...
UN Security Council to vote on weakened North Korea sanctions
UNITED NATIONS/SEOUL -- The UN Security Council is set to vote on Monday on a watered-down US-drafted resolution to impose new sanctions on North...
Singapore’s Malay presidency puts minority representation on agenda
SINGAPORE -- There are no Muslim Malays in the top echelons of Singapore’s army, and few among the senior ranks of its judiciary, but...
Rohingya insurgents declare temporary cease fire
YANGON -- Rohingya militants, whose Aug. 25 raids in Myanmar’s Rakhine State sparked an army crackdown that has seen nearly 300,000 of the Muslim...