Man dies in HK park’s attraction
HONG KONG -- A man has died in a haunted house attraction called “Buried Alive,” as Hong Kong’s largest amusement park prepared to kick...
British police arrest second man over London tube attack
LONDON -- A second man has been arrested over Friday’s bomb attack on a London underground train that injured 30 people, police said on...
Japan’s Abe seen poised to call snap general election
TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe may hold a snap general election next month, local media reported, a move that would allow him...
Moon, Trump vow stronger pressure against N. Korea
SEOUL -- US President Donald J. Trump and his South Korean counterpart have pledged “stronger pressure” on Pyongyang, Seoul said Sunday, after North Korea...
Blaze kills 24, mostly students, at Islamic school in Kuala Lumpur
KUALA LUMPUR -- A fire at an Islamic boarding school for boys killed at least 24 people, most of them students, in the Malaysian...
UN council calls for ‘immediate steps’ to end Myanmar violence
UNITED NATIONS -- The UN Security Council on Wednesday broke its weeks-long silence on the crisis in Myanmar and called for an end to...
Trump, Democrats agree on DACA, but no border wall for now
WASHINGTON -- Top US congressional Democrats emerged from a meeting with President Donald J. Trump Wednesday claiming progress on a deal that protects young...
Suu Kyi skips UN assembly to deal with crisis
YANGON -- Myanmar’s national leader Aung San Suu Kyi, facing outrage over violence that has forced about 400,000 Rohingya Muslims to flee to Bangladesh,...
Modi, Abe get India’s first bullet train going as ties deepen
NEW DELHI -- As India’s premier Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe prepare to break ground on the country’s first bullet train...
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...