LONDON -- If the Trump administration had hoped to take some pressure off its close ally the Saudi Crown Prince amid an international murder scandal by forcing a Turkish dissident out of U.S. exile, Turkey isn't playing ball. NBC…
SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea on Friday said it will deport an American citizen it detained for illegal entrance, an apparent concession to the United States that came even as it announced the test of a newly developed but…
SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea on Friday said it will deport an American citizen it detained for illegal entrance, an apparent concession to the United States that came even as it announced the test of a newly developed but…
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia -- The last surviving leaders of the Khmer Rouge regime that ruled Cambodia in the 1970s were convicted Friday by an international tribunal of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. The regime's reign of terror was responsible…
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia -- The last surviving leaders of the Khmer Rouge regime that ruled Cambodia in the 1970s were convicted Friday by an international tribunal of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. The regime's reign of terror was responsible…
LONDON -- The United Kingdom is due to leave the European Union on March 29 next year. Though Britain voted in 2016 to exit the bloc, how -- and even if -- that will happen remains unclear. The U.K.'s future…
LONDON -- The morning after the night before was a rough one for British Prime Minister Theresa May. On Wednesday night, she announced that she'd won her cabinet's backing for her draft proposal on how the U.K. should pull out…
An Iranian goldsmith counts gold coins in the sprawling Grand Bazaar, Aug. 12, 2018 in Tehran, Iran. The stall has seen customers eagerly buying gold as a hedge against the falling Iranian rial. AP TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran executed the…
Authorities are investigating the death of an American passenger on a Princess Cruises ship as it headed to Aruba early Tuesday, the cruise line says. Some news outlets in Aruba said it was being probed as a possible murder. The…
Last Updated Nov 15, 2018 10:53 AM EST DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Saudi Arabia's top prosecutor is recommending the death penalty for five suspects charged with ordering and carrying out the killing of Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi. Saudi Al-Mojeb…
OKAYAMA, Japan — Takuto Kawakami, 10, has a lot of questions. But as a volunteer tour guide inside Korakuen, one of Japan's most famous gardens, he also has all the answers. It's not just his handle on history that's unusual.…
U.S. and Russian engineers are readying a trio of rockets for launches from Virginia, Florida and Kazakhstan Thursday and Friday, two to send a combined 6.5 tons of cargo to the International Space Station and one from SpaceX to boost…
Jewelry worn by French Queen Marie Antoinette, including the pearl and diamond pendant shown here, is displayed at Sotheby's auction house, Oct. 12, 2018, in New York City. Getty GENEVA — A large, drop-shaped natural pearl pendant sold for more…
JERUSALEM -- Children in Israel's south were heading to school early Wednesday as an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire took effect, putting an end to a brief yet intense flare-up with Gaza. The truce, announced Tuesday by Palestinian militant groups in the Gaza…
Meron Eren from Kedem Auction House shows a letter written in 1922 by physicist Albert Einstein, prior to its auction, in Jerusalem, Nov. 12, 2018. REUTERS JERUSALEM -- A handwritten letter written by Albert Einstein warning of the dangers of…
LONDON -- Prime Minister Theresa May has managed to hash out a draft agreement with the European Union on the terms of Britain's looming divorce from the EU. Now she has to convince her own cabinet that the deal is…
ASHKELON, Israel — Israeli airstrikes lit up the sky over Gaza in an escalation not seen here since 2014. The strikes are retaliation, the military says, for more than 460 rockets and mortars fired from Gaza into Israel. "Hamas and…
Last Updated Nov 14, 2018 1:30 AM EST GENEVA — Christie's sold the "Pink Legacy" diamond at auction Tuesday for more than $50 million including fees, saying it's a new world record price per carat for a pink diamond. Christie's…
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump escalated his verbal assaults against France and its leader on Tuesday, suggesting that America's stalwart European ally would have been vanquished in both world wars if not for the military firepower provided by the United…
A Digital Globe satellite image taken on March 29, 2018 shows what the Washington, D.C.-based Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Beyond Parallel project reports is an undeclared missile operating base at Sakkanmol, North Korea. CSIS/Beyond Parallel/DigitalGlobe 2018 WASHINGTON…
Blackpool Police shared the image of a thief who bares an uncanny resemblance to actor David Schwimmer, who played Ross Geller in the 90s sitcom "Friends." Blackpool Police LONDON -- A man who is definitely not "Friends" actor David Schwimmer…
JERUSALEM -- Hamas and other Gaza militant groups said Tuesday they have accepted an Egyptian-brokered cease-fire after launching hundreds of rockets into Israel over the past 24 hours and weathering a wave of punishing Israeli airstrikes. There was no immediate…
Yuri "Chornota" Cherkashin, head of Sokil (Falcon), the youth wing of the nationalist Svoboda party, sits with his AK-47 rifle at the "Temper of will" summer camp in a village near Ternopil, Ukraine. FELIPE DANA / AP KIEV, Ukraine -- The…
PARIS -- Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday became the first Western leader to acknowledge his country had received the recordings of the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. "Canada has been fully briefed up on what Turkey had…