China says briefed by U.S. on latest Trump-Kim meeting
China has received a briefing from the United States on the latest meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un,...
Weed ban means no Rocky Mountain high for Canada’s Calgary Stampede
Canada’s Calgary Stampede, known as the country’s biggest and booziest annual party, is banning the use of cannabis in the first year that legislators made...
Actor Kevin Spacey’s alleged sex assault victim drops lawsuit
The man that former “House of Cards” star Kevin Spacey is accused by prosecutors of sexually assaulting in Massachusetts three years ago has dropped a...
Hong Kong mothers march in support of anti-extradition students
Thousands of mothers marched in Hong Kong on Friday in support of students who have taken to the streets in recent weeks to protest against...
Sudan’s opposition agree power-sharing deal with military
Sudan’s ruling military council and a coalition of opposition and protest groups agreed provisionally on Friday to share power for three years, bringing thousands onto...
Iran threatens British shipping in retaliation for tanker seizure
An Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander threatened on Friday to seize a British ship in retaliation for the capture of an Iranian supertanker by Royal Marines...
On Venezuelan independence day, Maduro calls for dialogue as Guaido slams ‘dictatorship’
Venezuela’s bitterly divided political factions held competing commemorations of the country’s independence day on Friday, with President Nicolas Maduro calling for dialogue and opposition leader...
Enforcer of Philippine drug war defends police killing of toddler
A former police general who oversaw the bloodiest years of the Philippines’ war on drugs has shrugged off the killing by police of a three-year-old...
‘Speared’ activists protest Spain’s Pamplona bull runs
Dozens of half-naked protesters lay on the street with fake spears jutting from their backs on the eve of the Spanish festival of San Fermin...
High heels race defies gravity and homophobia
Dozens of men and a few women in stiletto heels raced through the center of Madrid on Thursday, defying gravity, despite the heat and attempts...