17 dead in Burkina Faso bistro ‘terrorist attack’

OUAGADOUGOU, BURKINA FASO -- Seventeen people have been killed and eight injured in a “terrorist attack” on a restaurant in Burkina Faso’s capital, the...

Korea tensions ease as US plays down war risks

SEOUL/BEIJING -- Tensions on the Korean peninsula eased slightly on Monday as South Korea’s president said resolving Pyongyang’s nuclear ambitions must be done peacefully...

Britain’s Big Ben to fall silent for four years

LONDON -- Britain’s much-loved Big Ben will fall silent for four years from next week as conservation work is carried out on the famous...

China bans North Korean iron, seafood imports

BEIJING -- China will halt iron, iron ore and seafood imports from North Korea starting Tuesday, following through on new UN sanctions after US...

Trump under fire after remarks on far-right rally

CHARLOTTESVILLE -- A white nationalist rally erupted into deadly violence Saturday as a car plowed into a crowd while demonstrators and counter-protesters clashed, as...

Top US General jets into Asia as N. Korea tensions run high

TOKYO/SEOUL -- General Joseph Dunford, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, will meet with President Moon Jae-in in Seoul on Monday amid...

Kim and Trump: A tale of two leaders

SEOUL -- In many ways the two leaders on either side of North Korea-United States missile stand-off could not be more different. In others...

Indonesia quake

AN EARTHQUAKE of magnitude 6.5 struck west of Indonesia’s island of Sumatra on Sunday, the United States Geological Survey said. There were no immediate reports...

Oil spill off Kuwait

KUWAIT CITY -- Emergency workers are battling to contain an oil spill near a joint Kuwaiti-Saudi oil field in the Gulf, an official said...

Pyongyang ordeal

OTTAWA -- A Canadian pastor imprisoned in North Korea for more than two years returned home Saturday days after being released, officials said. Hyeon Soo...

Crown executive freed

SHANGHAI -- China on Saturday freed one of the last remaining Crown Resorts Ltd executives jailed for illegally promoting gambling, as a protracted saga...

N. Korea mocks Trump, hones Guam strike plans

SEOUL -- Nuclear-armed North Korea mocked President Donald J. Trump as “bereft of reason” Thursday, raising the stakes in their stand-off with an unusually...