Afghan rivals to meet in China after U.S. talks stall
China is organizing talks among Afghanistan’s rival factions as part of efforts to end years of war after negotiations between the Taliban and the United...
Disease fighters to mark partial victory in polio eradication battle
Global health officials will on Thursday announce a partial victory in the decades-long fight to end polio, with a second of three strains of the...
South Korea warns of ‘serious risk’ from vaping
South Korea on Wednesday advised people to stop using liquid e-cigarettes due to growing health concerns and vowed to speed up an investigation into whether...
Russia warns Syrian Kurdish YPG must pull back or face Turkish army
Russia warned Syrian Kurdish YPG forces on Wednesday they face further armed conflict with Turkey if they fail to comply with a Russian-Turkish accord calling...
Pentagon chief visits Iraq as U.S. troops withdraw from Syria
U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper arrived in Baghdad on Wednesday, where he is likely to face questions about how long U.S. troops withdrawing from northeast...
Thousands could be affected by PG&E’s latest planned power cutoffs
People in more than 180,000 homes and businesses in California could find themselves in the dark as Pacific Gas & Electric again plans to shut...
British police find 39 bodies in a truck container
British police said they had arrested a man on suspicion of murder after the bodies of 39 people were found on Wednesday in a truck...
Lion Air families told 737 MAX design flaws linked to deadly crash
Mechanical and design issues contributed to the crash of a Lion Air 737 MAX jet last October, Indonesian investigators told victims’ families in a briefing...
Man sets himself on fire outside U.N. refugee agency: spokeswoman
A man set himself on fire outside the U.N. refugee agency headquarters in Geneva on Wednesday and was evacuated by medical services, a spokeswoman said....
Malta buys property Queen Elizabeth once called her home
The Maltese government has bought the only property outside Britain that Queen Elizabeth once called home, with plans to make it into a tourist attraction....