Nieto denies Trump call over border policy
MEXICAN President Enrique Peña Nieto said Monday he had not recently spoken to Donald J. Trump on the phone, after the US leader boasted...
Venezuela’s Maduro claims vote win, opposition vows protests
CARACAS -- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro claimed victory Monday in an internationally criticized election for an assembly to rewrite the constitution, but the opposition...
Australian plane plot may have involved bomb or gas
SYDNEY -- Four men accused of plotting to bring down a plane planned to use poisonous gas or a crude bomb disguised as a...
Trump and Japan’s Abe talk about ‘grave and growing’ N. Korea threat
TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe spoke with US President Donald Trump on Monday and agreed on the need for more action on...
Ally of Nawaz Sharif nominated to replace him
ISLAMABAD -- A close ally of ousted Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday submitted papers in parliament to become the new premier, part...
IS claims attack on Iraq embassy in Kabul
KABUL -- The Islamic State group claimed it had attacked the Iraqi embassy in Kabul Monday, as a series of explosions and the sound...
US to cut 755 US diplomatic staff in Russia, says Putin
MOSCOW -- President Vladimir Putin on Sunday said the United States would have to cut 755 diplomatic staff in Russia and warned of a...
S. Korea starts review of Japan ‘comfort women’ deal
SEOUL -- South Korea Monday began an official review of a controversial agreement with Japan over Second World War sex slaves, formally reopening an...
Lightning kills 11 as India reels from floods
NEW DELHI -- Lightning killed at least 11 people in eastern India as large swathes of the country reel under the worst floods in...
Qatar accuses Saudis of hampering Qatari hajj pilgrims
DOHA -- The Qatari authorities have accused Saudi Arabia of jeopardizing the annual hajj pilgrimage to Mecca of Qatari pilgrims by refusing to guarantee...
China police arrest 230 over pyramid scheme
BEIJING -- Chinese police have arrested 230 members of a suspected pyramid scheme, a week after a rare demonstration in Beijing protesting a crackdown...
US flies bombers over Korean peninsula after Nokor ICBM test
SEOUL -- The United States flew two B-1B bombers over the Korean peninsula in a show of force after recent North Korean missile tests,...