At least 100,000 bodies in Syrian mass grave, US advocacy group head says

WASHINGTON - The head of a U.S.-based Syrian advocacy organization on Monday said that a mass grave outside of Damascus contained the bodies of at least...

India’s JPMorgan bond index entry to suck $11 billion from S.Africa, Poland and Thailand

India's imminent inclusion in the world's most widely followed emerging market bond index, JPMorgan's, is expected to draw a combined $11 billion away from...

Britain may toughen summer travel rules for Spain

LONDON — British ministers plan to warn holiday makers against visiting destinations such as Spain and may create a new list of countries at high risk of moving to the government’s quarantine list, The Times newspaper reported.

Trump’s ‘madman’ rhetoric may have scared North Korea to talks — analysts

SEOUL -- US President Donald J. Trump’s notoriously threatening rhetoric towards nuclear-armed North Korea -- which has drawn comparisons with Richard Nixon’s “madman theory”...

Myanmar seeks murder, treason charges against protest leader; air strikes in east

Myanmar authorities are seeking to file charges of murder and treason against one of the main leaders of the protest campaign against military rule, the state broadcaster said on Wednesday.

Taiwan slams WHO’s ‘indifference’ after failing to get into key meeting

TAIPEI — Taiwan’s government slammed the World Health Organization’s (WHO) “indifference” to the health rights of Taiwanese people and for capitulating to China on Monday after failing to...

ADB increases climate finance after US and Japan give world’s first sovereign guarantees

BAKU — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will increase its climate-related lending by up to $7.2 billion after the United States and Japan agreed...

US to test nuclear-powered spacecraft by 2027

WASHINGTON — The United States plans to test a spacecraft engine powered by nuclear fission by 2027 as part of a long-term NASA effort...

EU to propose clampdown on companies using fake ‘green’ claims

BRUSSELS — The European Commission wants to require companies in Europe to back up climate-friendly claims about their products with evidence, under draft rules...

Twitter plan to fight midterm misinformation falls short, voting rights experts say

Twitter Inc. on Thursday set out a plan to combat the spread of election misinformation that revives previous strategies, but civil and voting rights...

Thousands of mobilized Russians sent home, unfit for military duty

KYIV — Thousands of Russians mobilized for military service in Ukraine have been sent home and the military commissar in Russia’s Khabarovsk region removed in the latest setback to President Vladimir Putin’s chaotic conscription of 300,000 servicemen.

Japan’s weak Q4 GDP rebound poses challenge for BOJ’s exit path

TOKYO - Japan's economy averted recession but rebounded much less than expected in the fourth quarter as business investment slumped, a sign of the...