Japan to halt missile attack drills after Trump-Kim summit: Kyodo
TOKYO – Japan has decided to halt drills to prepare for a North Korean missile attack after a historic summit between the leaders of the United States and North Korea…
Trump backs down on separating immigrant children, legal problems remain
WASHINGTON – United States President Donald Trump has backed down and abandoned his policy of separating immigrant children from their parents on the US-Mexico border, after images of youngsters in…
Instagram expands into long videos, will compete with YouTube
SAN FRANCISCO – Facebook Inc-owned social network Instagram has launched a mobile app dedicated to user-generated videos up to an hour long, intensifying the competition for consumers’ time among ad-supported…
Cities face dramatic rise in heat, flood risks by 2050, researchers say
CAPE TOWN – In the next 30 years, cities around the world will face dramatically higher risks from extreme heat, coastal flooding, power blackouts, and food and water shortages unless…
Taliban kill 30 Afghan soldiers and take base in first major attack since ceasefire
KABUL – Taliban militants have killed 30 Afghan soldiers and captured a military base in the western province of Badghis, the provincial governor said, their first major attack since a…
Indonesia lists 180 missing on doomed ferry, launches underwater search
TIGARAS – The death toll from an Indonesian ferry disaster could top 180, as authorities raised an estimate of the number of people missing two days after the wooden tourist…
Merkel, Macron agree euro zone budget in “new chapter” for bloc
BERLIN – German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron have agreed to create a euro zone budget charged with boosting investment in the bloc and promoting economic convergence…
North Korea rejects remarks by UN rights boss as “fabricated”
GENEVA – North Korea has rejected allegations by the top UN human rights official that serious and widespread violations persist in the country despite its diplomatic opening. Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein,…
Mali says some soldiers implicated after mass graves found
DAKAR – Mali has said that some of its soldiers were implicated in “gross violations” after the discovery of some mass graves in its troubled central region plagued by violence…
Thailand executes first prisoner by lethal injection since 2009
BANGKOK – Thailand has executed its first prisoner since 2009, the Department of Corrections said, a move the human rights group Amnesty International condemned as a “deeply misguided” effort to…
